The suit filed by Bishop Osadolor Ochei seeking to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe former Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, over alleged corruption suffered a setback yesterday as the Federal High Court, Abuja, struck it out.
Ochei, in the suit filed against the EFCC and Oshiomhole, prayed the court to order the anti-graft agency to investigate different petitions that contained allegations of financial recklessness against Oshiomhole.
But Justice Anwuli Chikere, in a ruling on the preliminary objection filed by Oshiomhole, held that the suit was statute barred and subsequently struck it out.
According to the judge, the plaintiff ought to have filed the suit three months from the cause of action. Read more