Court Orders Arrest Of Akwa Ibom APC Governorship Candidate, Nsima Ekere

A chief magistrates’ court in Port Harcourt, Rivers state has issued a warrant for the arrest of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State, Mr Nsima Ekere.

The chief magistrate, Sir S.D. Andrew-Jaja, said Ekere, alongside one Katungo Moljengo, should be arrested “in compliance with Section 138 of the Rivers State Administration of Criminal Justice Law 2015.”

In a copy of the court order sighted by our correspondent, the magistrate said he issued the warrant for the arrest of both Ekere and Moljengo after hearing argument from S.T. Soremi, the complainant counsel in a suit marked PMC/MISC/15/2019.

Multi-Intelligence Development Limited was listed as the complainant in the suit.

The court order, bearing the seal and signature of S.T. Dappa, Principal Registrar of the court, said the arrest warrant against Ekere and Moljengo was issued “In Port Harcourt under the seal of the court and hand of the presiding chief magistrate, this 5th day of March, 2019.”