Ex-MD Of Mint Company Appeals Extradition Order

 Less than a day after an order for extradition to the UK was granted, the embattled former Managing Director of Nigeria Security Minting and Printing Company, Mr Ehidiamhem Okoyomon, has approached the Court of Appeal in Abuja Division, seeking an order to set aside the verdict of the Federal High Court, Abuja.

He also prayed the court for a stay of execution of the order to stop any possible attempt by the Nigerian government to whisk him away to the United Kingdom.

In a Notice of Appeal filed by his counsel, Alex Izinyon, the lawyer contended that the trial Judge of the Federal High Court erred in law when he ordered the extradition of the appellant to Great Britain to stand criminal trial, on the grounds that there is no subsisting Act of the National Assembly or treaty between Nigeria and Great Britain upon which the decision of the court was premised.

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday approved the extradition of Mr Okoyomon to the United Kingdom to face charges of bribery and corruption.

Justice Evoh Chukwu ordered that Mr Okoyomon should be extradited within 30 days to the Untied Kingdom for the trial.


Mr Okoyomon is wanted in the United Kingdom over his alleged role in the bribery involving officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Nigerian Security and Minting Company and Security International Party of Australia.

He had approached the court to stop his extradition to the United Kingdom to face charges of corruption.

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