The police accused the defendants of forging documents and stealing N167,886,591,60 from the estate of the late Godfrey Kwashie Konu.
Justice O. Ogunjobi adjourned Adesina’s and Konu’s arraignment to enable the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice determine whether or not to take over prosecution of the case.
Justice Ogunjobi noted that the adjournment was also in keeping with the COVID-19 regulations of the Lagos State Judiciary. The lawyer argued, among others, that “the purport of the letter is not known to law. The letter from, the contents, is asking for a stay of proceedings in this case”. Asogwa also said the AG is constitutionally empowered to “take over and continue” a case, adding that this was not the purport of the letter.
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