{"id":4073,"date":"2014-01-28T18:55:25","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T17:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/new\/?p=4073"},"modified":"2014-01-28T18:55:25","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T17:55:25","slug":"judge-warns-counsels-frivolous-adjournment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/judge-warns-counsels-frivolous-adjournment\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge warns counsels against frivolous adjournment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1390925393611_3582\">Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday warned counsel to desist from seeking frivolous adjournment on criminal matters, stating that criminal trial are serious matters and not to be treated lightly.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Justice Kolawole said any counsel who is sick should provide a medical certificate as proof because the Chief Justice of Nigeria has ordered that cases of terrorism and corruption be dealt with expeditiously.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1390925393611_3583\">He issued the warning when Phina Chidi, Franklin Okey Nwankwo and nine other persons accused of complicity in the N10 billion pension scam in the office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, were presented for re-arraignment.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The accused persons could not take their plea as the second accused said he would not take any plea in the absence of his counsel who sent a letter to inform the court that he was ill.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1390925393611_3585\">The prosecution counsel, Godwin Obla, SAN didn\u2019t oppose the refusal, admitting that he was aware that the right of legal representation is a constitutional right.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Counsel to the 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0accused, Chris Uche, SAN also did not oppose the application for an adjournment but prayed the court to allow the accused persons to continue to enjoy the bail earlier granted them by Justice Adamu Bello.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1390925393611_3586\">The case was adjourned to March 26, 2014, while the accused persons are \u00a0to continue enjoying the bail terms already granted them by court.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1390925393611_3595\">In a related development, the EFCC re-arraigned Abdullahi Tahir before Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja on a one count charge bordering on advance fee fraud.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1390925393611_3590\">Tahir was alleged to have obtained by false pretence and with intent to defraud from the Pensions Account, Office of the Head of Service of the Federation of Nigeria, various sums in the aggregate amount of N47.3m.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Prosecuting counsel Godwin Obla, did not oppose the bail application as defence counsel Nicholas Eku urged the court to adopt the bail terms earlier granted to his client.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday warned counsel to desist from seeking frivolous adjournment on criminal matters, stating that criminal trial are serious matters and not to be treated lightly. 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