It will be recalled that the court had ruled on May 23 that the matter would go on in Metuh’s absence since he was absent in court on May 22 without any reasonable explanation.
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Counsel to the EFCC, Sylvanus Tahir, made the request in an application at the resumed trial following Metuh’s absence in court.
The News Agency of Nigeria, reports that the Federal Government filed a four-count charge bothering on forgery, impersonation and fraud against the defendant who has failed to appear in court.
Tsoho fixed the date for judgment after listening to arguments of counsel and adopted processes.
Gbenga Adebayo, ALTON Chairman, made this known at a press briefing in Lagos.
The court on Thursday ordered Azibaola to defend himself on two out of the nine-count charge preferred against him by the government.
He said the precedent was that any judicial officer accused of a wrong doing must first be reported to the National Judicial Council before being charged to court.
The witness, simply identified as AB, gave his testimony behind a barricade, where only the judge, the defendants and the counsel could see him as he was shielded from the public.
The Judge, who accused the EFCC of frustrating proceedings in the trial and attempting to take over control of the court, withdrew from the case and returned its file to the Chief Judge of the Court, Justice Abdul Adamu Kafarati, for re-assignment to another court.
The former first lady had alleged that the said property was demolished by agency of the Federal Government.
Wike is seeking an order of injunction restraining the I-G, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Department of State Services from searching any of his houses.
In one of the suits, the prosecution had filed an oral application seeking a leave to file a written motion to withdraw charges against some of the defendants.
Yusha’u, a former Director, Finance and Accounts, Nigeria Air Force, and lead witness in the trial, made this known when he concluded his evidence-in-chief.
Justice Ahmed Mohammed gave the prosecuting counsel, Oladipo Okpeseyi (SAN), the go ahead after he objected to a letter written to the court by Joseph Daudu (SAN) seeking an adjournment.When the matter was called, the court registrar read out a letter in which Daudu informed the court that he was attending the Body of Benchers meeting at the Supreme Court.
Melaye filed a suit before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba seeking an interpretation of the court’s judgment of September 11, 2017.
The trial Judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, adjourned the matter after listening to submissions from A.I Ani, (SAN) counsel to Itanyi, in response to objections raised on some documents he intended to tender in evidence.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that a law student, Firdaus Abdulsalam, was not called to the Nigerian Bar on December 13 last year for allegedly breaking the dress code.
He said the election would now hold because the Federal High Court Abuja injunction earlier stopping the conduct of the council poll on February 11, 2017, had been lifted.
Justice Binta Nyako, delivering ruling on the application on Friday, said that Kanu had failed to prove to the court that he was last seen in the company of the army or any soldier.
Adoke, in the suit, is praying the court to declare a criminal charge filed against him by the Federal Government invalid, null and void.