Court Threatens to Strike out Suit against Ndume- Boko Haram
Senator Ali Mohammed Ndume
Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court in Abuja has again
threatened to strike out the charge of sponsoring Boko Haram filed by
the Federal Government against Senator Ali Mohammed Ndume for want of
diligent prosecution.
Several times in the past, the prosecution had failed to call its
witnesses, an omission that the trial judge found frustrating.
The trial was again stalled on Wednesday as the prosecution failed to produce its witness in court.
The prosecution was expected to call its witness in continuation of
trial in the case after the matter was adjourned on April 29, 2015.
The prosecution witness was to give evidence based on the call data and
other inputs on mobile phones tendered as exhibits before the court.
However, the prosecution counsel, Mrs. G. N. Okafor, informed the court
that its "expert witness" had taken ill and was unable to be in court.
As a result, she sought an adjournment to enable her produce the witness at the next adjourned date.
Reacting to the prosecution's application for an adjournment, the
defence's counsel, Chief Rickey Tarfa, SAN, expressed displeasure at the
request and left the application at the court's discretion.
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