Ex-militant leader Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tomopolo has appealed to Justice Ibrahim Buba of Federal High Court, Lagos, to release to him, a copy of the ruling of February 8, 2016 in the charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to enable him to prepare his appeal against it.
A counsel to Tompolo in the matter, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has been frequenting the court to get the ruling to enable Tompolo appeal against it with no luck.
On Tuesday in court, Adegboruwa made an oral appeal to the judge, expressing his frustrations in respect of the ruling.
He said it was necessary to appeal to the judge to intervene because of the time limit for Tompolo to exercise his right of appeal.
The judge reminded Adegboruwa that the ruling was only delivered on February 8, 2016 and that he had a backlog of judgments and rulings to deliver.
The judge said a lawyer from Adegboruwa’s law firm had been visiting the court everyday since February 8, 2016, and the ruling in question was being typed and would be ready (Tuesday) and given to Adegboruwa.
Meanwhile, despite the public declaration of the Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase to the contrary, the police have not been able to find or arrest Tompolo as the court had ordered.
-Vanguard
