Aliyu Umar, prosecuting counsel in the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki, and Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, for forgery, has asked for an adjournment of the case because he is unprepared.
Salisu Maikasuwa, former clerk of the national assembly and the first defendant in the case, had filed an application asking the court to quash the charges of forgery brought against him by the federal government.
He also asked the court to decline jurisdiction in the trial.
Saraki and Ekweremadu had also filed similar applications.
But Umar, counsel to the federal government, said he had internal problems, hence his failure to respond to the applications.
“Just now, I became aware of a motion by the first defendant and served on us on September 26. The motion is fundamental because it is asking your lordship to decline jurisdiction and quash the charges. It is a short notice,” he said.
Words by: TheCable
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