The FCT High Court has set aside 1 August 2012 for hearing of the objection to the arraignment of the former inspector general of police, Sunday Ehindero by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) over a six count of corrupt enrichment.
Counsel to Mr Ehindero, Mike Ozekhome, had challenged not only the competence of the charges and the jurisdiction of the court but also the competence of the counsel to ICPC, Ahmed Bassi, to appear in the matter in the first place.
Mr Ozekhome said Mr Bassi, has no authority under law to represent the commission in the matter, an exclusive reserve of the attorney general of the federation and officers in the ministry of justice.
He said that the issues raised were fundamental to the matter.
The presiding judge, Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi thereafter gave Mr Bassi seven days to reply to the notice of objection and eight days to the defense counsels to respond so that the court can hear and rule on the objection.
Although Mr Ehindero and his co accused John Obaniyi were docked, they however did not take any pleas to the amended charges proffered against them by the ICPC.
