EFCC urged the court to adjourn the Malabu trial to a later date, stressing that the President Bola Tinubu administration was highly interested in the case.
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, fixed March 27 for trial-within-trial in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s suit against Malabu Oil and Gas Limited and seven others.
Ex-AGF, Adoke, recovers from COVID-19 in UAE ― Lawyer
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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja
The immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Adoke, SAN, who is facing money laundering charges, on Monday, failed to appear before the Federal High Court in Abuja for continuation of his trial.
However, his lead counsel, Mr Kanu Agabi, SAN, who is equally a former AGF, told the court that his client is currently stranded at the United Arab Emirate, UAE, where he tested positive for COVID-19.
Agabi told trial Justice Inyang Ekwo who is presiding over two separate charges the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against Adoke, that his client was confirmed positive for the disease, at the point of his return to Nigeria from the UAE where he went for medical examination.