Cardoso ordered to appear before Kogi guber tribunal on Tuesday

He said though his team had planned to call witnesses within
five days, the issue of the subpoena must be dealt with before proceeding.

Izinyon, who said he expected an officer from the legal
department of CBN to be at the tribunal on Monday, described the letter by the
apex bank as “an act of contempt.”

He said the CBN team should be at the tribunal on Tuesday to
give evidence, noting that if they failed to appear, it would be in the court record,
going by the fact that the matter is time-bound.

“If by tomorrow, we call our last witnesses and they (CBN
officers) are not here, we urge my lord to look at our application in the
interest of justice,” he said.

Other respondents’ lawyers and counsel for the petitioners
aligned with Izinyon’s application.

Delivering the ruling, Birnin-Kudu held that the subpoena
was to the CBN governor and director of the corporate service of the apex bank.

He said the subpoena is a command in the name of the
president and commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria.

The judge held that the act of writing to the tribunal by
the apex bank that its officials will be available on April 26 “is contemptuous
and condemnable”.

The panel then adjourned the matter until April 23 for the
continuation of the 2nd respondent’s defence and for the CBN to show cause.