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Imo Deputy Gov Has Case to Answer — US Dept of Justice
- By Williams Ekanem
- Published August 15th, 2011
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The United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) says the deputy governor of Imo State, Mr. Jude Ikechi Agbaso is still case to answer from US Court. According to Gateway Nigeria, a Premier news service portal reported last week that Mrs Hannah Lewis, an official of the US Department of Justice, said that the US still maintains and upholds the arrest warrant issued on December 30, 1994 against the Imo State deputy governor, and that no Nigerian court can quash the warrant of arrest.
The Mineola County Court in New York, on December 30, 1994 issued a warrant of arrest with registration number 861 against Jude Agbaso when he jumped bail on a 17-count charge before the court. According to the news portal, a source at the Department of Justice had confirmed that the United States government still regrets ever granting a bail to Mr. Agbaso who currently serves as a deputy governor in Nigeria.
The source, the report added stated that Mr. Jude Ikechi Agbaso, who last resided at Number 112 Front Street, New York before he jumped the bail granted him after he was being arraigned on a 17-count charge of forgery, still remains a criminal in spite of his political immunity in Nigeria, stressing that the US government will do everything to get him arraigned anytime he comes to America.
The story quoted the US official as saying “if it was possible for the United Kingdom government to get former Governor James Ibori back to London to face criminal charges made against him despite his power and influence, then it will be easy for us to make Mr. Agbaso face all the charges against him when the time comes”.
The Mineola County Court in New York, on December 30, 1994 issued a warrant of arrest with registration number 861 against Jude Agbaso when he jumped bail on a 17-count charge before the court. According to the news portal, a source at the Department of Justice had confirmed that the United States government still regrets ever granting a bail to Mr. Agbaso who currently serves as a deputy governor in Nigeria.
The source, the report added stated that Mr. Jude Ikechi Agbaso, who last resided at Number 112 Front Street, New York before he jumped the bail granted him after he was being arraigned on a 17-count charge of forgery, still remains a criminal in spite of his political immunity in Nigeria, stressing that the US government will do everything to get him arraigned anytime he comes to America.
The story quoted the US official as saying “if it was possible for the United Kingdom government to get former Governor James Ibori back to London to face criminal charges made against him despite his power and influence, then it will be easy for us to make Mr. Agbaso face all the charges against him when the time comes”.
