Justice Binta Nyako gave the order after counsel for the Attorney General of the Federation, Shuaibu Labaran, told the court that the defendant, who jumped bail, had been arrested and produced in court
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When the matter was called, the prosecuting counsel, Shuiabu Labaran, prayed the court to have the charge read to the defendants.
At the resumed hearing on Wednesday, Shuaibu Labaran, a lawyer from the Ministry of Justice, told the court that the AGF had taken over the prosecution of the matter.
The trial of the Senator Dino Malaye in an FCT High Court, Maitama was on Tuesday stalled due to the absence of the Prosecution Counsel, Shuaibu Labaran.
The trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako, fixed the date after the court had ordered the prosecution to serve the sureties with an earlier order of 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 defendant, a resident of Light Well Estate, Utako, is standing trial on a charge of culpable homicide to which he pleaded not guilty.