The Federal High Court in
Abuja on Wednesday gave the court bailiff five days to serve former
President Goodluck Jonathan with the subpoena compelling him to appear in court
with respect to the trial of a former National Publicity Secretary of the
Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh.
The court also ordered the
counsel prosecuting Metuh, Mr. Sylvanus Tahir, to persuade the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission to explore administrative means of ensuring that
the Department of State Service produced the detained former National Security
Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, in court on October 31.
Upon applications by Metuh, the
court had issued two separate subpoenas on Jonathan and Dasuki,
compelling them to appear in court on Wednesday.
But both men were, however,
absent from court on Wednesday.
Justice Abang noted in his
ruling on Wednesday that without the two summoned witnesses
appearing, the court might not be able to make any progress in the case.
He also noted that while Dasuki
had been served with the court subpoena, Jonathan had yet to be served so could
not be blamed for failure to attend court on Wednesday.
But the judge noted that singular
attempt by the court bailiff to serve Jonathan personally with the witness
summon at his home in Abuja, was not sufficient.
He therefore directed the bailiff
to take further steps to ensure personal service on Jonathan within five
days from Wednesday.
He said if after five days, the
bailiff was unable to serve Jonathan personally, Metuh, who was the one who
applied for the subpoena, should kick-start the process of serving the
ex-President through substituted means
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