In a flip of occasions on the Federal Top Court docket in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, January 24, 2025, the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee formally withdrew its arrest warrant for Ezekiel Onyedikachi, aka EeZee Tee, the landlord of EeZee Conceptz, gospel singer, Pardon Chinwo’s former document label.
The withdrawal follows a contentious prison struggle between Chinwo and EeZee Tee, stemming from monetary disputes underneath a 50/50 rude revenue-sharing pledge. EeZee Conceptz alleged that it had paid Chinwo $625,000.
All over Friday’s lawsuits, Justice Alexander Owoeye, presiding over the case, didn’t manufacture any direct pronouncements in regards to the monetary dispute. Alternatively, upcoming a radical overview of the information, the EFCC, represented through its top recommend, Bilikisu Buhari, officially asked the withdrawal of the arrest warrant.
EeZee’s recommend, Onyekachi Ubani (SAN), argued that the EFCC had overstepped its bounds in acquiring the preliminary arrest layout. He maintained that the problem to hand was once a contractual dispute instead than a prison subject. He additionally mentioned that his consumer had filed a basic human rights enforcement swimsuit in some other courtroom to halt his arrest and had lodged a initial objection to the fees towards him.
Chatting with newsmen at the courtroom premises, some other member of EeZee Tee’s prison group, Maxwell Opara, stated, “EFCC approached the courtroom pointing out that our consumer refrained from provider and ran clear of arrest. In keeping with that truth, the courtroom granted an layout that our consumer will have to be arrested. Upon receiving that data, we filed the important papers asking the courtroom to put aside the layout. We additionally installed movement a problem to the arraignment of our consumer as a result of it is a purely civil subject regulated through commitment, and the stated commitment has now not been invalidated or declared as an software of fraud ahead of EFCC stepped in.
“We came this morning only for them to tell the court that they had just been served and needed time to respond. In the interest of justice, the court granted their application, which we did not object to. The court also made a consequential order directing that they should not pursue our client because we have filed our papers before the court and notified them of the nature of the matter, which they complied with.”
The case was once adjourned to February 14, 2025, for additional lawsuits.