Court postpones final arguments in 11-year-old fraud trial of ex-Gov. Suswam till September
EFCC opposes fresh adjournment When the matter came up on Thursday for the adoption of final written addresses, the commission’s lawyer, Mr Jacobs, informed the court that he had received a letter from Mr Suswam’s lawyer, Paul Erokoro, also a SAN, stating that both he and the former governor could not attend because of ill health.
He however, opposed the request and urged the court to proceed with the adoption of the final written addresses instead of granting another adjournment in the 11-year-old case.“I urge the court to give us leave to move for the adoption of the written address, and not to seek adjournment in a case that is 11 years old and your lordship is the fifth judge to come and sit on the case,” the prosecution lawyer, Rotimi Jacobs, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), argued.
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