An Abuja High Court has issued a contempt of court notice against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for failing to release two nephews of the billionaire Arthur Eze.
The court had on December 9 ordered the immediate release of Olisa Eze and Onyeka Eze.
But on December 18, the court was told by their lawyer Anthony Okpalah that they were still in EFCC custody.
The detainees through their lawyer secured a “notice of consequence of disobedience to order of the court” against the acting EFCC boss Mohammed Abba.
The court said that unless the EFCC boss obeys the December 9 order for the immediate release of the detainees, he will be “guilty of contempt of the court and will be liable to be committed to prison.”
The men have been detained since November 11 by the EFCC.
Olisa and Onyeka, both sons of Arthur’s late brother Alfred Eze, were arrested by the EFCC on November 11 following complaints by the billionaire.
