The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday moved till December 18, 2018, the arraignment of the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Paul Usoro (SAN), who was accused of affirmed N1.4bn misrepresentation.
The arraignment prior booked for Monday before Justice Muslim Hassan couldn't hold as the NBA President, through his resistance group, told the court the charge sheet had not been served on him.
Usoro was spoken to in court on Monday by a previous NBA president, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), who drove 12 other Senior Advocates of Nigeria.
Olanipekun said his customer came to court alone in spite of not being presented with the charge sheet, adding that he was prepared to acknowledge the administration of the charge sheet in the court.
In any case, the indicting counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, said he was not in a situation to serve the charge sheet on Usoro, saying the sheet was with the EFCC analytical office.
While moving the arraignment till December 18, Justice Hassan coordinated the EFCC to guarantee the administration of the charge sheet on Usoro.
In a duplicate of the charge sheet located a week ago by our reporter, the EFCC guaranteed that Usoro changed over and washed N1.4bn in intrigue with the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel.
Emmanuel was anyway not recorded as a respondent as the EFCC showed that he seemed to be "at present unavoidably resistant from criminal indictment."
Additionally referenced in the body of the charges were Nsikan Nkan, depicted as the Commissioner for Finance, Akwa Ibom State; Mfon Udomah, portrayed as the Accountant General of Akwa Ibom State; Uwemedimo Nwoko, depicted as the Akwa Ibom State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice; and Margaret Ukpe, every one of whom were said to be on the loose.
The EFCC asserted that Usoro in intrigue with the others referenced contrived to submit the offense at some point in 2015 "inside the locale of this respectable court."
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