The Ikeja High Court adjourned the prosecution of an oil marketer, Abubakar Ali Peters, and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, for an alleged N1.4 billion yesterday.
The counsel representing the defence, Abbas Oyeyemi, refused to cross-examine the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa.
During the resumed proceedings, Oyeyemi, told the trial judge, Justice Christopher Balogun, that the defence could not continue with the cross-examination of the star witness and Bawa, who is testifying as to the prosecution’s fifth witness.
He explained that because the defence did not have the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the court’s proceedings, he was unable to continue with the cross-examination of the EFCC boss.
The prosecuting counsel for the EFCC, Seidu Atteh, described the action of the defence as an attempt “to just frustrate the trial”.
According to him, the witness has been testifying before the court since June 3, 2015.
Atteh added: “There is no single document that the prosecution has not frontloaded and provided for the defence. Moreover, the defence counsel is supposed to have his record.”
The judge adjourned the matter till today for continuation of hearing.
