The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has
sought the transfer of the criminal trial involving a former Governor of
Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani, to another judge.
At the resumed hearing of the case on Thursday before Justice Charles Archibong, the prosecution counsel, Kevin Uzozie, informed the judge that he had written a letter to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, asking that the matter be transferred to another judge for hearing.
He said it was expedient to await the decision of the CJ on the matter.
But Nnamani’s lawyer, Rickey Tarfa SAN, told the court that he was only givena copy of the letter by the prosecution and was not copied as a lawyer representing the accused in court.
By Agency Reporter Courtesy Of: Punch
At the resumed hearing of the case on Thursday before Justice Charles Archibong, the prosecution counsel, Kevin Uzozie, informed the judge that he had written a letter to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, asking that the matter be transferred to another judge for hearing.
He said it was expedient to await the decision of the CJ on the matter.
But Nnamani’s lawyer, Rickey Tarfa SAN, told the court that he was only givena copy of the letter by the prosecution and was not copied as a lawyer representing the accused in court.
By Agency Reporter Courtesy Of: Punch
No comments:
Post a Comment