They had pleaded not guilty before Justice Mohammed Liman and were allowed to continue on bail granted them in 2012 when they were first arraigned.A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday adjourned the trial of a former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly,Mr Ikuforiji was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission alongside his former Personal Assistant, Oyebode Atoyebi, on a 54-count charge.
Mr Olatunji was led in evidence in EFCC counsel, Ekele Iheanacho, while he was cross-examined by defence counsel, Dele Adesina . Prior to the vacation, there was a transfer of judges, and Mr Liman was transferred to another division.NAN also reports that the defendants were first arraigned on March 1, 2012, before Okechukwu Okeke on a 20-count charge bordering on fund misappropriation and money laundering.The defendants were subsequently re-arraigned before another judge, Ibrahim Buba, following the re-assignment of the case.
The commission had also submitted that the trial judge erred in law when he held and concluded that the testimonies of prosecution witnesses supported the innocence of the respondents.
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