Court Summons Nigeria's Chief Of Army Staff Over Killing Of Imo Businessman

Court Summons Nigeria's Chief Of Army Staff Over Killing Of Imo Businessman

A Federal High court in Owerri, the Imo State capital, has ordered that substituted service of court summon be served on the Chief of Army Staff, Faruk Yahaya, over the killing of an Owerri-based businessman, Noel Chigbu by suspected soldiers on April 30.

Counsel to the applicant, G. O Anyalewechi informed the court that the army chief refused to be served when a court bailiff traveled from Owerri to Abuja to meet him.

The presiding judge, Justice Maureen Onyetenu, ordered that the COAS be served through a newspaper publication in The Punch newspaper.

The applicant's counsel further disclosed that the other respondents: The Chief of Defence Staff, the Governor of Imo State and the Commander of the 34 Artillery Brigade, Owerri, had been duly served.

Court Summons Nigeria's Chief Of Army Staff Over Killing Of Imo Businessman