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Breaking: Court Orders Arrest Of Enugu Former Governor Chimaroke Nnamani

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A former governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani, has been arrested following the order of a federal high court judge in Lagos

Justice Chuka Obiozor who issued a bench warrant for the arrest  said the defendant’s lawyer had not given any reasonable evidence as to why his client was absent in court.

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Mr. Nnamani’s lawyer had told the court the former governor had undergone a heart surgery in the U.S but the prosecution said the photographs brought by the lawyer were taken in 2014.

Nnamani was alleged to have embezzled N4.5 billion of Enugu State funds during his governorship tenure between 1999 and 2007.

He was first arraigned in 2007 alongside one of his aides, Sunday Anyaogu, but the charge was later amended to N5.3 billion

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At Monday’s hearing, Nnamani’s lawyer informed the court that his client had undergone a heart surgery in the United States of America, and tendered pictures to support his claims.

However, the prosecution counsel told the court that the photographs tendered by Nnamani’s lawyer were taken in 2014 and can no longer be used as an excuse.

Delivering his ruling, Justice Obiozor said the defendant’s lawyer had not given any reasonable evidence as to why his client was absent in court.

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