TORI News
reported on Tuesday that Senator Hope Uzodinma, who was accused of issuing N200 million dud cheque, was landed in more trouble after a court Abuja issued a bench warrant for his arrest.
The senator representing Imo-West, Smiec Engineering and Chemical Construction Company, Niger Global Engineering and Technical Company, were charged with alleged issuance of N200 million dud cheque to Chitex Ventures and Chima Akuzie.
In a swift response to the court's judgement, a statement releaed on Wednesday by Ralph Nwosu, an aide of the senator, said that political enemies are behind the story of his arrest because of his “rising gubernatorial chances” in the state.
Uzodimma who disclosed that the cheque he issued was on condition that Chitex Ventures executed the contract he gave it but it failed to do so, wondered how a matter which had been a subject of litigation and is pending at the supreme court found its way to the area court.
The statement read: “If not because some political enemies who are behind it and the facts are clear.
“Chitek Engineering Limited was given a subcontract to supply 1,700 sheet piles at koko on or before March 2018. A bank cheque for two hundred million naira was consequently issued to UBA to transfer the valued to Chitek upon successful execution of the said contract.
“Chitek failed to execute the contract and still proceeded to attempt to cash the cheque which was not issued in her name in the first place. When the cheque was naturally returned , the company went to court to enforce payment to them. They lost at the high court and Appeal court and the matter is now at the supreme court.”
Uzodimma said the area court has no jurisdiction over matters of limited liability companies as it is only a ploy to dent his image.
“The attempt to use the area court to issue an illegal order has been quashed by an Abuja federal high court in Abuja on Tuesday. The public [should] ignore the fake news trending in the social media over the so called bench warrant,” he said.