The judge said the warrant became imperative after Shauibu again failed to appear in the court, on Thursday, in a suit filed against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC). Mr. Shauibu is facing a six-count charge bordering on an alleged false declaration of his income tax clearance while claiming to be a staff member of Zaknote Ventures Nigeria Limited in November, 2006. In a charge sheet before the court and signed by Assistant Chief Legal Officer in the ICPC, Mr. Dennis Idoko, Shauibu was alleged to have in July, 2010, in Abuja, knowingly made false statement to officers of the ICPC by writing that he was an employee of Zaknote Ventures Nigeria Limited between 2003 and 2006. He was alleged to have made the same false statement to officers of the Edo State Board of Internal Revenue contrary to Section 25 (1) (a) and punishable under the same section of the ICPC Act, 2000. The lawmaker, who was a majority leader of the Edo State House of Assembly, was also alleged to have, in November, 2006, furnished false statement to officers of the Board of Internal Revenue, Edo State, writing in the forms he submitted for application for Income Tax Clearance Certificate that he was an employee of Zaknote Ventures Nigeria Limited. He was alleged to have furnished false and misleading information to officers of the Edo State Board of Internal Revenue when he applied for his income tax clearance certificate, claiming that the application was made by the management of Zaknote Ventures Nigria Limited. Other charges against him included that he signed for and received from the Board of Internal Revenue, Edo State, a copy of his income tax clearance certificate which was obtained through false and misleading information, just as he was alleged to have presented false certificate of incorporation and staff nominal roll of Zaknote Ventures to officers of the Board of Internal Revenue, Edo State, when he applied for his income tax clearance certificate.]]>