The
embattled businessman and chairman of Innoson Group, Innocent Chukwuma, has
reacted to an order for his arrest issued by a Lagos High Court on Friday.
The court, presided by Justice Mojisola Dada,
issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Mr. Chukwuma for him to be presented
before the court on the adjourned date of March 14, 2018 for arraignment over
alleged forgery.
Mr. Chukwuma was in December dragged to the
Lagos High Court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on
allegations of fraud and forgery.
But a statement issued by Head of Corporate
Communications of the Innoson Group, Cornel Osigwe, quoted the businessman
citing irregularities in the process of his planned arraignment as the reason
for his absconding the session.
The statement contends that Mr. Chukwuma “is
not afraid of arraignment in the court but he must be arraigned through the due
process of law.”
Mr. Osigwe argued that “the decision of Justice
Mojisola Dada was done in bad faith because the judge did not grant the counsel
to Innoson, Prof J.N Mbadugha a fair hearing”.
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