Dariye is
facing a 21-count charge bordering on breach of trust and diversion of N1.162
billion Plateau’s ecological fund.
Justice
Adebukola Banjoko of FCT High Court, Gudu, on Wednesday adjourned till March 2,
the N1.162 billion fraud suit filed against former Plateau governor, Chief
Joshua Dariye by the EFCC.
Dariye is
facing a 21-count charge bordering on breach of trust and diversion of N1.162
billion Plateau’s ecological fund.
The
adjournment would provide the defendant time to enable him study a response to
two motions he earlier filed.
The motion by
the EFCC was served on him Feb.13. The first motion filed by the defendant on
Dec. 6, 2016, was for the prosecution to recall two of its witnesses which
included PW1 and PW9, for the purpose of re-examination.
The
prosecution witness (PW1) was the EFCC Investigation Police Officer (IPO), Mr
Musa Sunday; the PW9 was the witness, from the United Kingdom, Mr Peter Clark.
The second
motion, which was filed on Dec.13, 2016, was seeking for the trial judge,
Adebukola Banjoko to disqualify herself from further proceedings. The motion
also sought for the case to be transferred to the Chief Judge of the FCT for
re-assignment to another court.
In the letter,
addressed to the FCT Chief Judge, Dariye accused the judge of “manifest and
undisguised bias," among other accusations.
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