Mr Alex Okoh, the former Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has been acquitted of contempt charges in a legal dispute between BPE and BFIG, over the ownership and operation of Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON), in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State.
Mr Alex Okoh , the former Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises , has been acquitted of contempt charges in a legal dispute between BPE and BFIG , over the ownership and operation of Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria , in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State.
His court troubles began in December 2019, when Anwuli Chikere, judge of a Federal High Court in Abuja, ordered his arrest and imprisonment, after accusing him of disobedience of the Supreme Court order over the ownership controversy of the Aluminum Smelter Company of Nigeria . "It is further ordered that in the light of the submission of judgment creditor/respondent counsel and to uphold the majesty of the Court in particular the decision of the apex court on the entire judgment that led to the contempt proceedings that BPE are duty bound to continue to fully abide by the order handed down by the Supreme Court in appeal number SC/12/2004 by satisfying the said judgment.
The BPE is the Federal Government agency charged with economic reforms especially the privatization and commercialization of government-owned enterprises in the country.
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