if he fails to appear in court on the next adjourned date.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is prosecuting Shehu
Sani on two-count criminal charges, bordering on name-dropping and
obtaining the sum of USD$25,000.00 (Twenty-five Thousand United States
Dollars) from Alhaji Sani Dauda of ASD Motors, Kaduna, under a false
pretence that he would use the sum to bribe the Acting Chairman of the
EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, to shield Dauda from EFCC’s investigation and
prompt the Commission to arrest and prosecute one Abubakar Musa who is
having an issue with Dauda.
At the resumed trial on Monday, defence counsel, A.A. Ibrahim SAN
informed the court that the defendant was not in court because his
neighbour just died of COVID-19, following which the Kaduna State
Government placed a movement restriction in the area.
“My Lord, the defendant is unavoidably absent in court today because one
of his neighbours died of COVID-19, and the government of Kaduna State
placed a restriction of movement in the area, hence making him absent.
In the circumstance, we are pleading with the court to give us a date,”
he said.
Prosecuting counsel, Abba Mohammed, who objected to the motion for
adjournment informed the court that he had two witnesses in court and
one of them came from the same Kaduna Shehu Sani complained about.
Justice Ekwo thereafter adjourned the case till July 6,7,8 and 9, 2020
for the continuation of trial.