Alleged N135bn Fraud: Ifeanyi Ubah's absence in court stalls arraignment
Nigeria, Dec. 4 -- The arraignment of politician and businessman, Ifeanyi Ubah, on Wednesday could not go on as planned due to his absence in court.
Mr Ubah, who is currently a senator, was to be arraigned before Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos. The senator and his company, Capital Oil and Gas Limited, are facing a four-count charge of fraud and misrepresentation of facts.
When the court opened for hearings on Wednesday, lawyer to the federal government, Kunle Adegoke, informed the court of a pending four-count charge against the defendants and urged the court to accept the same for the purposes of a plea.
Mr Ubah's lawyer, Olisa Agbakoba, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, however, informed the court that ...
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