Tompolo Ekpemupolo seeks court ruling on his appeal
Ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tomopolo,
has appealed to Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court, Lagos, to release
to him, 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 appeal
against same. Vanguard gathered that one of the counsel to Tompolo in the
matter, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has been frequenting the court to get the ruling,
to enable Tompolo appeal same with no luck. Yesterday 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 limited 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
today (Tuesday) and given to Adegboruwa
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