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The Federal High Court sitting in Benin on Tuesday adjourned the trial of the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Sept. 19 Edo Governorship Election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, and four others until Oct 15,
Justice Mohammed Umar adjourned the case to enable the counsels to file a reply to the pending motions challenging the jurisdiction of the court to try the case.
The other defendants in the case include Chief Dan Orbih, estwhile State chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the state Chairman of the party, Tony Aziegbemi, former Deputy Governor of Edo, Mr Lucky Imasuen, and Efe Erimuoghae-Anthony.
The defendants are being tried on charges bordering on alleged N700 million money laundering case filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Although Justice Umar had, on Thursday, June 18, validated the corruption charges against the defendants whose case had suffered a setback on July 7 following the…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
