<p><strong>A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, refused to admit <span style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sen</span>.</span> Rocha’s Okorocha, who is currently at the EFCC’s custody, to a bail.</strong></p>
<p>Justice Inyang Ekwo, instead, ordered Okorocha, through his lawyer, Ola Olanipekun, SAN, to put the anti-graft agency on notice.</p>
<p>The News Agency of Nigeria !NAN) reports that Olanipekun had, in an ex-parte motion marked FHC/ABJ/CR/28/2022, prayed the court to grant Okorocha bail on liberal terms pending the hearing and determination of motion on notice filed on May 25.</p>
<p>The ex-parte motion was dated and filed May 26.</p>
<p>But Justice Ekwo held that since the matter would be coming up on Monday, May 30, making an order for the release of the lawmaker on bail would be unnecessary.</p>
<p>The senior lawyer also hinted that he had also filed a motion on notice, seeking for his client’s bail.</p>
<p>The judge, who fixed May 30 for the hearing of the motions, directed the lawyer to put the EFCC on notice.</p>
<p>NAN reports that Ekwo had, in the last adjourned date, given the anti-corruotion commission May 30 as the last time the matter would be adjourned following the EFCC’s complaint that it had been unable to serve Okorocha despite several efforts.</p>
<p>The judge had threatened to strike out the case if the EFCC failed to produce the senator in the next adjourned date, after two adjournments for his arraignment.</p>
<p>Operatives of the EFCC were said to have invaded Okorocha’s residence on Wednesday following his refusal to honour the anti-corruption commission’s invitation after he was alleged to have jumped the administrative bail earlier granted to him.</p>
<p>Okorocha was whisked away after some hours and remanded at the EFCC’s custody.</p>
<p>Okorocha, an APC presidential aspirant, is standing trial alongside others on allegations bordering on money laundering while he served as governor of Imo.</p>
<p>He and others were expected to be arraigned before Justice Ekwo on Monday.</p>
<p>(NAN)</p>
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