The absence of Justice Sule Hassan of a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, stalled the planned arraignment of a former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for a N4.9 billion fraud.
Fani-Kayode, is being charged along with a former minister of finance, Nenadi Usman; Danjuma Yusuf, and a company, Joint Trust Dimension Nigeria Limited by the EFCC on a 17-count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing, corruption and making cash payments exceeding the amount authorized by law.
The defendants who were present in court were later taken back to EFCC custody when it was clear that the court would not sit.
The trial judge was said to be attending a workshop for the week.
The court registrar, however, promised to communicate a new date to both parties involved in the suit.
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