A Federal Excessive Court docket in Lagos on Thursday issued an arrest warrant towards Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu, the supervisor of fashionable gospel singer Mercy Chinwo.
The arrest warrant was issued after Mercy Chinwo accused Onyedikachukwu of diverting $345,000 in royalties from her digital platforms and occasions.
Chinwo claimed that Onyedikachukwu acquired the funds with out correct disclosure and did not remit her rightful share.
Justice Alexander Owoeye granted the order following an ex parte movement introduced by the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) in search of the arrest of the supervisor.
Bilikisu Buhari who represented the EFCC, knowledgeable the courtroom that the appliance was made below Part 35(1)(c) of the 1999 Structure and Sections 35, 36, 37, 38, and 39 of the Administration of Prison Justice Act, 2015.
The appliance aimed to safe the supervisor’s look in courtroom regarding allegations of monetary misconduct.
Buhari submitted that if the fee was not in a position to arrest the supervisor, it will deliver a public summons to declare him wished.
The courtroom granted the appliance, and adjourned the case till January 24, for the arraignment of the supervisor.
In an affidavit in assist of the appliance, EFCC averred that it acquired a petition from Chinwo towards the supervisor.
The affidavit was deposed to by Michael Idoko, an investigator with the fee.
Idoko revealed that the fee acquired a petition from Mercy Chinwo, through which she accused her supervisor of diverting $345,000 in royalties.
The singer alleged that Onyedikachukwu had been receiving royalties from her digital platforms and occasions with out correct disclosure and had diverted the funds, failing to remit her rightful share.
They added that each one efforts to arrest the supervisor failed earlier than the arrest warrant.
