Absence of witnesses stall Farouk Lawan’s trial
Absence of witnesses on Tuesday stalled the resumed hearing on the $500,000.00 bribery case against former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, sitting in Apo.
Earlier, Barrister Benson Emmanuel, who stood in for Defence Counsel, Mike Ozokhome, applied to the Court to Subpoena the two witnesses to appear before the Court in the next adjourned date. According to him, they were constrained to pray the Court for adjournment to enable the Court Subpoena the witnesses to appear before it in respect of the case.
He argued that they had two clear weeks from the last date of sitting to have applied for the witnesses to subpoenaed but chose to wait until the day the Defendant was to open his defence.However Justice Otaluka, while adjourning the matter, observed that the case was criminal matter and should be given accelerated hearing.
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