In an attempt to shield the Chairman of Zinox Group, Leonard Stanley Ekeh and other top officials involved in the alleged N170.3 million contract fraud case, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has opted to exercise his discretionary powers under the constitution to favour the suspects against the complainant.
Malami took over the case in a letter addressed to the IGP for the attention of the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Legal Department of the Police.
The trial judge Justice, Tijani Garba Ringim dismissed an application by the Managing Director of Technology Distributions Ltd., Mrs. Chioma Ekeh, Mr. Chris Eze Ozims, Mrs. Folashade Oyebode and Mr. Charles Adigwe to stop the police from executing the directive on the Police Investigation Report dated October 19, 2020, by Commissioner of Police, Amechi Elumelu, X-Squad Section, FCID, Force Headquarters, Abuja which recommended that the suspects should be charged to court as advised by the Director of Public Prosecutions given the overwhelming evidence of culpability on the part of the suspects.