Justice Inyang Ekwo had, on February 25, fixed today, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for trial-within-trial in the matter.
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Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, ordered the release of Adoke’s international passport to enable him process his visa.
Mohammed Adoke, Chairman, Osun State PDP Governorship Screening Committee, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja.
Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, granted the prayer after the lawyer to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nnenna Oko, acknowledged that the agency had been served with a copy of the application and they were not objecting.
The group said the petition written against it (by Adoke, through his lawyers) was a conscious attempt to bully it and divert public attention from the string of shady deals committed by top Nigerian officials in the celebrated OPL 245 scam.
Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, rejected the objection raised by lawyer to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Bala Sanga.
Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the warning at the beginning of the trial of Adoke and co-defendant, Aliyu Abubakar, in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Adoke, alongside an Abuja-based businessman, Aliyu Abubakar, was on June 17 arraigned before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja over charges involving about N400 million.
The Spokesperson of the Commission, Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Friday in Abuja said there was no truth in some media reports that the commission had dropped charges against Adoke.
Adoke was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission alongside an Abuja businessman, Aliyu Abubakar, on a seven-count charge.
Mohammed Adoke, former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, was on Monday re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the Federal High Court, Abuja on fresh charges bordering on money laundering to the tune of N900 million.
Adoke is being charged before Justice Binta Nyako alongside one Aliyu Abubakar
Ozekhome raised the alarm in a statement on Thursday.
Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), is still in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, 24 hours after he was granted bail.
The bail was granted on Thursday
This followed an ex parte application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, which accused Etete, Seidougha and Amaran of playing roles in the alleged fraudulent allocation of Oil Processing Licence 245 to Malabu Oil and Gas Limited in 1998
An FCT High Court on Thursday remanded the former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, and three defendants in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission until January 27, pending bail applications.
On Tuesday, the Federal Government filed a fresh 42-count charge against Adoke and six others over alleged fraud in the $1.1 billion Malabu oil deal
Justice Othman Musa, of an FCT High Court, on Tuesday said he was returning the case file of Mohammed Adoke, former Attorney-General of the Federation to FCT chief judge.
In a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju in Abuja on Sunday, BMO said the arrest indicated that there was no hiding place for Politically Exposed Persons who have questions to answer on their activities while in office.