N400m Fraud: Court Threatens Andy Uba With Arrest Warrant

Posted by African Examiner Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Across Nigeria Wednesday, September 24th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –  The Federal High Court successful Abuja, connected Wednesday, threatened to contented a seat warrant for the apprehension of Sen. Andy Uba if helium fails to look successful tribunal connected Oct. 28 to basal his trial.

Uba and his co-accused, Benjamin Etu, are being prosecuted connected allegations bordering connected fraud to the tune of N400 million.

Justice Mohammed Umar gave the informing aft Uba’s lawyer, C.F. Odiniru, pleaded for much clip to let his lawsuit contiguous himself successful court.

The improvement followed an exertion made by the I-G’s counsel, Aminu Abdullahi, that a seat warrant beryllium issued against Uba successful enactment with Section 394 of Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), 2015, pursuing his continuous lack successful court.

When the substance was called connected Wednesday, Etu stepped into the dock but Uba was conspicuous absence.

Odiniru past apologised implicit Uba’s inability to beryllium successful court.

“We apologise for the lack of the 1st suspect (Uba) who is unavoidably lack owed to illness,” the lawyer said.

Abdullahi, who said Uba’s accordant lack was unbearable, said the aforesaid excuse was adduced by Odiniru for his lack successful tribunal successful July erstwhile the substance came up.

“We reluctantly accepted and the substance was adjourned.

“And today, the aforesaid crushed was advanced.

“My lord, we cannot fold our arms and proceed this way.

“We volition beryllium applying for a seat warrant nether Section 394 of ACJA, 2015 against the 1st defendant,” helium said.

Abdullahi said Uba”s accordant lack had shown a disrespect to the tribunal which had arsenic stalled his trial.

He said since the complaint was filed successful 2024, Uba had ne'er appeared successful court.

Odiniru, however, opposed Abdullahi’s exertion for a seat warrant.

“We are opposing this exertion due to the fact that consistently earlier the court, we person informed the tribunal that the 1st suspect is illed and retired of the country,” helium said.

He said Uba, currently, was receiving attraction astatine a United States’ hospital.

He said helium had besides furnished Abdullahi with documents detailing Uba’s authorities of wellness earlier the tribunal proceeding commenced the successful the morning, successful accordance with the tribunal directive which was made successful the past adjourned date.

“I told him (Abdullahi) and showed him the documents. These applications for seat warrant, my lord, are made for an absconding suspects, and not for a idiosyncratic similar the 1st defendant.

“Section 37 of ACJA says if you are funny successful seat warrant, you should spell by oath,” Odiniru submitted.

“So what you are saying is that we are going to stay this mode adjacent if it volition instrumentality 10 years?

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