The arraignment of oil company executives indicted by the fuel subsidy panel before an Ikeja High Court was stalled today due to the absence of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, SAN.
Although all the 23 suspects in the matter were docked before Justice Habeeb Abiru, their plea was not taken because the the counsel to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Rotimi Williams, SAN, asked the court for an adjournment to enable the Attorney-General appear in the matter personally.
Williams told the court that the AGF had only arrived the country yesterday and requested that the matter be adjourned till Thursday to enable him appear.
Justice Abiru consequently adjourned the matter till tomorrow.
Those docked today are: Adaoha Ugo-Ngadi, Fakunde Babefemi, Ezekiel Ejide and Abdulahi Alao.
On 5 July this year, President Goodluck Jonathan set up a panel known as Committee on Verification and Reconciliation of Fuel Subsidy Payments to scrutinise and investigate payments made by the Federal Government to oil companies which imported subsidised fuel.
Chairman of the Committee and Managing Director of Access Bank, Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imokhuede submitted its findings to the President in Abuja yesterday.-PM NEWS
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