The Nation Newspaper Court adjourns Emefiele's trial over additional proof of evidence
Emefiele’s was charged alongside Henry Omoile over allegation of $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion fraud brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission .
But the first defendant’s counsel, Olalekan Ojo opposed continuation of trial stating that Emefiele and co-defendant have not seen the documents served on them by the prosecution, stressing that “justice rushed is justice crushed.”Ojo who said he was constrained to ask the court to do justice, pointed out that the additional proof of evidence ought to have been served on the defence early enough.
“I humbly urge the court to adjourn this matter so that I can thoroughly go through it and study it.” He urged the court to adjourn the case in the interest of justice and to enable them have adequate opportunity to study the additional proof of evidence. He said: “In preparation for his testimony that will be coming up, not today, not even on May 9, the prosecution, rather than wait for defence to formally place a demand on us on what is in the device, diligence prosecution made me make the device available to defence.“I plead with defence not to delay this case unnecessarily as we have a witness in the box who had given evidence and he is being cross-examined by the first defence counsel.
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