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A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Abia State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Recovery of Government Properties and Funds from investigating former Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and other government officials who served in his administration.<\/p>\n

The panel inaugurated by Governor Alex Otti on June 27 and headed by Justice Florence Duruoha-Igwe, (rtd.), is tasked with the job of investigating and recovering government properties and funds allegedly looted by the former governor and other government officials.<\/p>\n

But in granting an ex-parte motion filed by Ikpeazu and three other applicants, President of the court, Justice E. Okpe, issued an order restraining the panel from any further investigation.<\/p>\n

The ruling by Okpe read: \u201cOrder of interim injunction restraining the respondents from inviting, summoning, interrogating, harassing, intimidating, arresting, detaining, seizing, any property belonging to the applicants or otherwise dealing adversely in any manner with the applicants, their children, any member of their families or any other person connected to the applicants insofar as it relates to the applicant\u2019s tenure as public officers in the Abia State Government between 2015 \u2013 2023, pending determination of the substantive Originating Motion on Notice.\u201d<\/p>\n

But while reacting to the ruling, Governor Otti said he was not yet aware of any court injunction by his predecessor to halt the on-going probe of his administration.<\/p>\n

His Media Adviser, Ferdinand Ekeoma, said even if Ikpeazu has obtained such injunction, it would not stop the probe panel from carrying out its mandate because the government would challenge the judgment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have not confirmed that at the moment. We have not confirmed the authenticity of any court injunction by the immediate past governor,\u201d Ekeoma.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut even if he has obtained any injunction, we will challenge it at the court because no legitimate government can be stopped from probing someone who was suspected to have indulged on any act of illegality or financial malfeasance against the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he has obtained any injunction, government is confident that once that is challenged the court of law will definitely vacate such injunction. So, we are\u00a0not\u00a0bothered.\u201d<\/p>\n

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