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Alleged N570m Fraud: Court Halts Trial Of Former Head Of Service, Oyo-Ita
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it hopes to overturn the rulings that freed Orji Kalu, current Senate chief whip and Olisa Metuh, former national publicity secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from prison this year.
The commission, through its monthly publication entitled ‘EFCC Alert’ listed Babachir Lawal, former secretary to the government of the federation; Adesola Amosu, former chief of air staff; Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team; Andrew Yakubu, former group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC); Babangida Aliyu, former governor of Niger state, and Winifred Oyo-Ita, former head of civil service of the federation as some of the prominent Nigerians whose corruption cases would continue in court this year.
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The absence of Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, again stalled the continuation of the fraud trial of a former Head of Service (HoS) of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita.
Although counsel to the parties in the matter, including the defendants, were in court, the judge, Mr Taiwo, was not in court.
The case could not also hold on October 20, 2020, because the judge, who sat during the annual vacation of the Federal High Court, proceeded on leave.
The matter was, however, fixed for December 1.
When the matter came up on December 1, 2020, counsel to the former HoS, Paul Erokoro, and other defendants’ lawyers, urged the court to adjourn the trial sine die over alleged abuse of court process by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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The absence of Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, again stalled the trial continuation of former Head of Service (HoS) of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, on allegations bordering on fraud.
Although counsel to the parties in the matter, including the defendants, were in court, Justice Taiwo was not in court.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the case could not also hold on October 20, 2020, because the judge, who sat during the annual vacation of the Federal High Court, proceeded on leave.
The matter was, however, fixed for December 1.
When the matter came up on December 1, 2020, counsel to the former HoS, Paul Erokoro, and other defendants’ lawyers, urged the court to adjourn the trial indefinitely over alleged abuse of court process by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (
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