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The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered a stay of proceeding in the ongoing trial of the former Head of Service (HoS), Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, and others.
Frozen Accounts: Court stops trial of Ex-HoS, Oyo-Ita, 8 others On By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJA The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Thursday, suspended further proceedings in the ongoing trial of the immediate past Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita. Oyo-Ita is answering to an 18-count corruption charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against her and eight others. Trial Justice Taiwo Taiwo stayed further hearing on the matter after he found that the EFCC went before another court and obtained an exparte order that permitted it...
Taiwo, who was visibly angry with the anti-graft agency’s action, said it was a contemptuous move. The judge then ordered a stay of proceedings in the trial until the EFCC and its lawyer “do the needful” by withdrawing the application before the other court. The News Agency of Nigeria observes that Justice Taiwo did not fix any date for the court to reconvene sitting on the matter. The EFCC had filed an exparte motion with suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/1202/2020 before Justice Folashade Giwa-Ogunbanjo for the freezing of the bank accounts of 4th, 5th and 6th defendants in the alleged N570 mil...
The judge says the trial will remain suspended until EFCC does “the needful”.