Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court
sitting in Abuja has adjourned the trial of Sule Lamido, former Governor of
Yobe State to November 23, 2018. The adjournment, according to the Judge, is to
enable the prosecution avail the defense with all the necessary documents required
for trial.
Lamido was arraigned alongside two of his sons
- Aminu Sule Lamido and Mustapha Sule Lamido. Also docked with the former
governor for allegedly defrauding the state to the tune of N1.35billion were
Aminu Wada Abubakar and his (Lamido’s) companies: Bamaina Holdings Ltd and
Speeds International Ltd
In the course of the trial today, the first prosecution
witness, Philip Adepoju, a banker with Guaranty Trust Bank who was subpoenaed
before the court presented account opening package of Interior Woodwork
Limited, statement of account from July 2007 to December 2013 and certification
of identification. They were all admitted in evidence
However, the statement of account for Interior
Woodwork Limited of which the Prosecution Counsel, Chile Okoroma intended to
tender through the witness could not be admitted due to an objection
raised by the defense.
The defense, led by Kanu Agab, SAN, objected to
the admissibility of the document, stating that the documents were not front-loaded
into evidence and even if it was admitted they will need time to study it.
Okoroma, however told the court that the
prosecution had tendered the same documents in the previous court where the
case was formerly heard.
The case commenced de novo before Justice
Ojukwu due to the retirement of Justice Ademola.
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