The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the arrest of a former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Dikko.

The bench warrant was issued by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu against Dikko for his continued failure to appear in court in respect of corruption charges held against him and two others by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC. 

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The judge, in issuing the arrest warrant, refused to accept his lawyer’s explanation that the defendant was ill and on admission in London. Dikko’s lawyer, Solomon Akuma (SAN), who had previously undertaken to produce him in court, only presented a medical report, in a bid to justify his absence from court on Monday.

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COURT ORDERS ARREST OF CUSTOMS EX-CG, DIKKO