The minister’s failure was enough for Judge Chan-Chan Paegar, a member of the three-judge panel, to summon Minister Cassell and several other officials to appear before him. However, neither Cassell nor her ministers showed up at the hearing as the court had scheduled. Consequently that same Thursday, January 4, Judge Paegar issued an arrest warrant for Minister Cassell and her deputies for their failure to appear for the case. “I am not a fugitive, I will appear at the court at any time they have told me to do so, but I am here serving as minister and waiting for any court order,” Cassell said. “I believe I have been targeted because I was not serving as a minister when the court served the writ.

Source: Daily Observer January 12, 2018 02:26 UTC