The absence of lead counsel to the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee EFCC, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, on Thursday stalled the trial of former governor of the Central Financial institution of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, within the procurement fraud costs introduced towards him by the Federal Authorities.
Oyedepo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, had in a letter hinted that he wouldn’t be current in court docket as a result of one other official engagement.
He requested for an adjournment of the trial until the date he instructed.
When the matter was known as one I. D. Ahmed, who introduced look for Emefiele, informed the court docket that the lead counsel to the defendant had knowledgeable him of a letter from the prosecution for the adjournment of the matter.
Nonetheless, trial choose, Justice Hamza Muazu, noticed that the date instructed by EFCC counsel was not handy with the court docket.
The choose subsequently fastened June 24 and 25, for continuation of trial.
