Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja yesterday adjourned the ongoing trial of a former governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, due to his lawyer’s request for more time to study additional proof of evidence served on them by the prosecution.
The EFCC served the additional proof of evidence containing the contents of the telephone of one of the prosecution witnesses, John Adetola, who is yet to testify in the matter, on the defence team on Friday.
The former CBN boss was arraigned before the court alongside one Herry Omoile on allegations of accepting gratification, accepting gifts through agents, corruption and fraudulent property receipts.
The anti-graft agency also accused the defendant of conferring corrupt advantage on his associates contrary to the Corrupt Practices Act 2000. The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
At the resumed hearing yesterday, counsel to the former CBN governor, Olalekan Ojo (SAN), told Justice Oshodi that his client needed to see and study the new document to defend himself adequately.
