S. Ovia Esq:
That is the position.
Court:
The matter is hereby adjourned to 9/11/2021 for
continuation of hearing. Witness summons be issued
to Insp. Danjuma Giwa who is No. 3 on the list of
witnesses. Defendant be further remanded.
Signed
Hon. Justice Mohammed Mohammed
(Judge)
23/9/2021
Court resumed today 9/11/2021
Appearances:
H.S. Buhari Esq. for prosecution.
S. Ovia Esq. with I. Osakwe Esq. for the defendant.
H.S. Buhari Esq: The defendant is before the court and speaks Hausa
language. The case has been adjourned to today for
continuation of hearing. Our supposed PW3 in
person of Inspector Danjuma Giwa is sick. In the
circumstances, we humbly apply for an adjournment
to enable us put our house in order.
S. Ovia Esq:
We were approached by the prosecuting counsel and
informed us about the illness of the prosecution
witness and so we are not opposing the application
for adjournment. However, at the last adjourned date,
we were hopeful that the prosecution will close their
case today and that we open our defence today. We
therefore applied for a witness summons to be issued
on the defence witnesses as the defence intends to call
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