SPECIAL REPORT: Rape survivors demand justice as Kano fails to domesticate important lawsHerbert Wigwe from afar, By Kenneth AmaeshiCounting days, World War III enthusiast, Macron will leave, By Owei LakemfaSPECIAL REPORT: Rape survivors demand justice as Kano fails to domesticate important lawsHerbert Wigwe from afar, By Kenneth AmaeshiCounting days, World War III enthusiast, Macron will leave, By Owei LakemfaMr Fayose, a former Ekiti State governor, is being prosecuted by the EFCC alongside a...
Mr Jacobs told the court that his 13th witness, Aliyu Madaki, who is to be cross-examined by the defence, was held up in Jos, the Plateau State capital, and unable to attend court.Mr Jacobs said the witness now resides in Nasarawa State. Mr Ojo insisted that whatever issues preventing the witness from attending court did not happen today and so the prosecutor could not have kept silent till today before informing the prosecuting counsel.
Mr Fayose pleaded not guilty to the charges, and was granted bail on 24 October 2018, in the sum of N50 million with sureties in like sum.The defendants were re-arraigned before the new judge, Chukwujekwu Aneke, on 2 July 2019, after the case was withdrawn from Ms Olatoregun, following a petition by the EFCC.
It added that Mr Fayose got De Privateer Ltd. and Still Earth Ltd. to retain aggregate sums of N851 million which formed part of crime proceeds.