Judge threatens to withdraw from Oyo-Ita’s N570million fraud case
The judge was angry that EFCC is pursuing parallel proceedings against three of the co-defendants before another judge.
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The judge overseeing the trial of a former Head of Service, Winifred Oyo-Ita, at the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, threatened to withdraw from the case.
Ms Oyo-Ita, who was prematurely retired over corruption allegations late 2019, is being prosecuted along with others before the judge for money laundering involving N570million.
Taiwo Taiwo, the trial judge, was angry that the prosecution allegedly snubbed his directive to terminate the parallel proceedings instituted against three of Mrs Oyo-Ita’s co-defendants before another judge.