The trial of erstwhile Chairman of DAAR Communications Plc., Raymond Dokpesi, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, was on Wednesday stalled again due to the absence of the prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN) in court. At the resumed hearing on Wednesday, the defence counsel, Ifedayo Adedipe, told the court that his colleague, the prosecuting counsel,…
Aproko247 has learnt that the absence of the judge handling the trial of alleged abductor of 14-year-old Ese Oruru, Yunusa Dahiru, also known as Yellow, stalled it on Thursday, June 2, 2016. The matter is presently before Justice Aliya Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Ese was allegedly kidnapped by Yunusa…
The trial of spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was adjourned on Monday after Justice Ishaq Bello of FCT High Court in Abuja, said he could no longer see clearly. He informed counsels of both the prosecution and defence that he was seeing shadows and that he could no longer go on with the…
Again, the trial of a former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, and his cohorts before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja could not continue on Monday, May 9, 2016, due to the absence of the counsels to the defendants. Lamido is being prosecuted alongside his two sons, Aminu and…
Members of the upper chamber of the national Assembly have been advised to stay off the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, in Abuja, where the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, is undergoing trial for alleged false declaration of assets. Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Danladi Umar, told the Senators accompanying their leader to the place to…
Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Justice Umar Danladi, on Monday disclosed that the trial of embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki, will now hold every day. At the resumption of the proceedings on Monday, April 18, 2016, Justice Danladi said this move is to fast track the trial and bring it to conclusion…
Aproko247 has reliably learnt that some youths loyal to the embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Monday morning, stormed venue of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, in Abuja, to show support to him. The Senate President appeared before the tribunal on Monday for the resumption of his trial by Justice Umar Danladi. It was…
Trial of the former Niger Delta Minister, Godsday Orubebe, has begun at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. The first prosecuting witness, one Samuel Madujemu, who is an investigator in the Asset Tracing Department of the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, started his testimony against the former Minister. Madujemu claimed Orubebe was issued asset declaration…
Trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, for alleged false declaration of asset will commence today, Friday, March 11, 2016. The trial was initially fixed for Thursday, March 10, 2016, but Saraki’s new lead counsel, Kanu Agabi (SAN) wrote the tribunal for a change of date for a…
Justice Danladi Yakubu Umar of the Code of Conduct Tribunal sitting in Abuja has fixed Wednesday, October 21, 2015 for commencement of trial of the Senate President, Olubukola Saraki. Saraki is standing trial before the CCT over allegation of false declaration of assets while he was the governor of Kwara State and thereafter as a…