EFCC’s plan to open trial with two witnesses in the money laundering case against Binance and one of its top executives could not make progress on Thursday.
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EFCC’s lawyer, Ekele Iheanacho, at the beginning of the court session, informed the trial judge, Emeka Nwite, of his plan to call two witnesses. Whether you turn to Premium Times for daily updates, in-depth investigations into pressing national issues, or entertaining trending stories, we value your readership.
But the EFCC lawyer responded that all the defendants, including the 1st defendant , had been duly served and that additional proof of evidence was served on the 1st defendant through the 2nd defendant in accordance with the law.He said a suspect facing criminal proceedings should be afforded the opportunity to defend himself, hence, there should be a proof of service of the documents on his client.
Mr Nwite then ordered Mr Iheanacho to serve Mr Krukrubo with the extra copy of the documents in his possession in the open court.
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