Nigeria, Jan. 26 -- The FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Monday rescheduled the arraignment of Mike Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), on fraud charges that centred on a London property ownership transfer saga.
Trial judge Peter Kekemeke pushed the arraignment to 24 February to allow a clean transfer of the case file from the ICPC to the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice.
Mr Kekemeke adjourned the arraignment at the instance of the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, Rotimi Oyedepo, a SAN, who represented the AGF, Lateef Fagbemi.
Mr Oyedepo told the court that AGF's decision to take over the trial is in line with Section 174 of the Nigerian constitution and to "en...