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IN THE FEDE RAL HIGH COURT OF NIG ERIA
IN THE AWKA JUD ICIAL DIVISION
HOLDEN AT AW KA
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ON FRIDAY THE 26TH DAY OF OCTOBER 201 8 BEFO RE
THE HON . JUSTICE I.N. OWEIBO, JUDG E
CHARGE NO. FHC/AWK/C/43/201 8
BETWEEN
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE . ...
. . . . COMPLAINANT
AND
1. EMMANUEL EKEMEZIE}
2. EKEMEZIE CHINONSO
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3. OKECHUKWU ODOH ,·
DEFENDANTS
R U L I N G ON JURISDICTION
On 8/06/2017, the defendants were arraigned in
this court on the following charges - ·
"That you Emmanuel Ekemezie ' m', Ekemezie
Chinanso 'm ' and Okechukwu Odoh 'm ' on the
18 th - day of April, 2017, along Enugu Onitsha
express way at Amansea within the jurisdiction
of the Federal High Court Awka and not being ta x
authority or being authorized by appropriate ta x
au thority did mount an illegal road block for the
purpose of collecting illegal ta x from motorist