Court unfreezes Peace Corps 24 bank accounts
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, discharged the post-no-debit order it placed on 24 bank accounts belonging to the Peace Corps of Nigeria on June 23, 2017.
John Tsoho, in a ruling, vacated the order after upholding the motion filed by the group and its National Commandant, Mr. Dickson Akoh, who are also being prosecuted by the Federal Government before the same court.
The judge had placed the post-no-debit order on the 24 accounts on June 23, following an ex parte motion filed by the prosecution.
Some of the accounts were said to be kept with Diamond Bank Plc and Stanbic IBTC Plc.
But Akoh and the group, through a motion filed on July 5, 2017, challenged the order made by the court, accusing the prosecution of “suppressing and misrepresenting facts” in the ex parte motion through which the post-no-debit order was obtained.
They accused Mr. James…
