Court orders arrest of Taraba-owned firm’s MD, others

A Federal high court sitting in Jalingo, Taraba State, has issued a warrant of arrest on the Managing Director of Taraba Investment and Property Company Limited, Ezekiel Iliya, along with Chris Apaji and Veronica Musa, for contempt of court.

Justice Stephen Pam, who issued the bench warrant, ordered that the trio be arrested and brought to the court on January 16, 2020.

The warrant was in pursuant of an ex-parte motion brought before the court by the plaintiffs, who doubles a the board chairman of Taraba Microfinance Bank (MfB), Benjamin Orume, and eight others on December 2, 2019.

The plaintiffs are directors of Taraba MfB.