A HIGH Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has rejected an oral application for a stay of execution on the order of arrest issued against....
A HIGH Court of the Federal Capital Territory has rejected an oral application for a stay of execution on the order of arrest issued against former Attorney General of the Federation , Mohammed Adoke, ex-Petroleum Minister, Duaziya Louya Etete Dan Etete and some others.
He further ordered that any party that needed to file any processes must do so by June 5 and that no processes shall be accepted after the date. They are accused in the charge of alleged complicity in the fraudulent allocation of Oil Prospecting License, OPL 245 and OPL 214. Joe Gadzama , who is representing the fifth, sixth and seventh defendants, told the court that he was in the same boat with his colleagues as he was yet to see the EFCC’s counter-affidavit and therefore, will be asking for an adjournment.He told the court that he served the EFCC the defendant’s affidavit since April 24, accompanied with the hearing notice, adding that with the new issues introduced in the counter-affidavit, he will be filing additional processes.
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