Court adjourns alleged armed robbery case till Nov. 23
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Robbery
By Edith Nwapi
Abuja, Oct. 31, 2016 (NAN) An FCT High Court on Monday adjourned till Nov. 23 an alleged armed robbery charge against six men.
Ademola Ajala, Kelvin Terkura , Micheal Eze, Kelvin Okafor, Emmanuel Onoja and Abdullahi Aliyu, were being tried on a three-count charge of armed robbery, criminal conspiracy and receiving stolen goods.
The defendants alleged stole jewelleries valued nine million naira and a Toyota Camry vehicle .
The judge, Justice Jude Okeke, adjourned cross examination of prosecution witness following an application by counsel to the first defendant to proper brief on the case.
The vehicle is the official car belonging to Henry Ofong, a member of the House of Representatives.
The 1st to the 5th defendants were charged for armed robbery and criminal conspiracy while the 6th defendant, Aliyu, was charged with receiving stolen property.
At the previous sitting, the matter was adjourned till Oct. 31 because of the absence of the prosecutor, Mr John Ijaegbemi.
At the resumed sitting, Ijaegbemi was again absent while the 1st defendant, Ajala was represented by Mrs Ogechukwu Ibenegbu from Legal Aid council.
Ibenegbu prayed the court to grant an adjournment to enable her get the records of the proceedings since she was just coming into the matter.
Mr Emmanuel Enywuma, counsel for the 2nd to 5th defendants, told the court that the prosecuting counsel called one of his colleagues to inform him that he was not feeling well and could not come to the court.
Mr Wilson Ivara, counsel for the 6th defendant, did not object to the application by Ibenegbu for adjournment. (NAN)
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Edited By Hajia Sani//Felix Nwadioha