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by Abayomi Adeshida, Abuja
A new date will be fixed for the arraignment of two senior staff of the Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA) for alleged forgery and falsification of documents due to the absence of Magistrate Mabel Segun-Bello of Wuse Magistrates’ Court, Abuja on Friday.
The two staff members who were due to appear before the Judge were the Head of Legal Services and Secretary to OGFZA’s Board, Mr Wasiu Sule and Mr Alenju Ngofa, who is the Human Resource Head of the organisation.
Soon after the suspension of the 64-day industrial action embarked upon by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), the court had fixed Friday, July 23 for the arraignment; despite the fact that the matter was number seven on the cause list, the court could not sit due to the judge’s absence and a new date was yet to be fixed as at the time of filing the story.
At about 10: 25 am, a court Clerk apologised to Counsels who were patiently waiting for the court to…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper