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N4.8bn Fraud: Judge Returns Ibeto’s Case File To Chief Judge

by Olugbenga Soyele
2 years ago
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The ongoing trial of the chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Chief Cletus Ibeto, over alleged N4.8 billion fraud before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has been stalled due to the return of the case file by the trial judge, Justice Ismail Ijelu to the chief judge of the court, Kazeem Alogba.

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Justice Ijelu told lawyers yesterday that the case cannot proceed until the chief judge decides on the various petitions written by the defence challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear the case and accusing him of bias.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had charged the defendant before the court alongside his companies, Ibeto Energy Development Company and Odoh Holdings Ltd, on a 10-count charge bordering on allegations of conspiracy, fraud, forgery and fraudulent use of documents.

However, the planned arraignment of the defendant has been stalled on four occasions, September 28, October 5, November 3 and December 6 due to his failure to appear in court, although his lawyers represented him.

 

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This prompted Justice Ijelu to accede to the prosecution’s request on November 3, 2023, to order the Arrest of the businessman for allegedly refusing to appear to take his plea despite many undertakings by his lawyers to produce him in court.

 

However, during the last proceeding on the matter on December 6, 2023, Lagos State Attorney-General Lawal Pedro informed the court that he was considering taking over the matter based on a petition written by the defendant.

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The state’s director of public prosecutions (DPP), Jide Martins, who represented the Attorney-General in court, also informed the court of a petition written by the law firm of Robert Clarke (SAN) seeking a review of the case file and the outright taking over of the case by the office of the Attorney-General.


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