Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the Federal Capital
Territory High Court has struck out the case
against the former Chairman of the House of
Representatives Adhoc Committee on Fuel
Subsidy, Farouk Lawan, and its Secretary,
Boniface Emenalo.
Justice Banjoko explained that she had no
interest in continuing with the case and would
return it to the Chief Judge of the FCT for
reassignment to another judge.
At the last adjourned date, counsel to Lawan, Mr
Mike Ozekhome, had applied that the case be
returned to the Chief Judge of the FCT for
hearing and determination, since his client wasn’t
satisfied with the attitude of the judge to his
case.
The prosecution counsel, Adegboyega Awomolo,
did not object to the case being struck out.
Farouk Lawan and Boniface Emenalo had been
standing trial for allegedly obtaining $620,000
bribe from an oil magnet, Femi Otedola.
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