No arrest warrant issued against me - Senator Andy Uba

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- A media report that suggests a court granted a leave for the order of the arrest of Senator Andy Uba is false

- This was the stance of the media office of the All Progressives Congress (APC) sentor

- The report was described as false and mischievous

The media office of Senator Andy Uba has denied a report suggesting that a Federal High Court sitting in FCT Abuja had issued an order of arrest for the APC senator.

In a statement sent to NAIJ.com today, Friday, March 9, the senator's aides described the report as misleading, stating that the court under justice Binta Nyako never granted such an order.

No arrest warrant issued against Senator Uba - Aide

Senator Uba's aides say the media reports suggesting an order was issued for his arrest are false. Photo credit: Joseph Itazi

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Part of the statement read: “We read with much dismay the news that a court of law had issued an arrest warrant for Senator Andy Uba, our principal. At first, we decided to ignore the article but on second thought we decided to dispel the rumour for the sake of the records.

“From the facts available, we can clearly state that the court under Justice Binta Nyako did not agree with the Anti Corruption and Integrity Forum its application which sought to compel the Inspector General of Police to arrest and prosecute Senator Uba.

“One wonders how you can force the IGP to investigate or arrest Senator Uba for an offence he did not commit? Let us remind Nigerians that the ACIF has been engaged in an unholy act of shielding one Victor Uwajeh, a man who is standing trial on a four count charge bothering on fraud, impersonation and forgery.

“The ACIF who are cronies of Uwajeh thought that by approaching the courts to arm twist the IGP, they would have achieve spectacular coup and attract negative publicity to Senator Uba.

“Acting in accordance with the law, Justice Nyako denied this application describing it as an abuse of court process, before going on to dismiss the suit itself.

“We therefore enjoin all Nigerians and supporters of Senator Uba to disregard these reports.”

Meanwhile, a group known as Nigerian Lawyers Renaissance Forum has called on the IGP to disregard all distractions emanating from certain quarters and prosecute with immediate effect one Victor Uwajeh for fraud, forgery and possession of false documents.

Uwajeh had been accused of trying to blackmail and tarnish the image of Senator Uba, by fabricating false documents and credentials against him.

In a statement by its chairman and secretary, Barristers Jide Oyekan and Nnamdi Ugbojikwe, sent to NAIJ.com on Monday, February 19, the group further accused Uwajeh of being a serial blackmailer.

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