LAGOS – The arraignment of Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Adeyemi Ikuforiji, and his personal aide, Oyebode Atoyebi, before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was again aborted, following the withdraw of the trial judge, Justice James Tsoho, who gave no reason for withdrawing from the matter.

Vanguard, however, gathered that one of the defence counsel had petitioned the Chief Justice of the Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, seeking the disqualification of the judge from further handling the matter.

When the matter came up, yesterday, it had to be stood down by the court, after defence counsel told the court that the accused persons where trapped in traffic, but there and then, the judge hinted that he might not continue with the matter.

In the 20-count charge against the accused persons by the EFCC, Adeyemi and Atoyebi were alleged to have conspired to receive and did receive N501million in several tranches between April 2010 and July 2011 from the Lagos State House of Assembly without going through a financial institution.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/01/judge-withdraws-from-ikuforijis-trial/

na wa o! which way Nigeria!

GoldCircle:

na wa o! which way Nigeria!

the easy way of course

The judge might not have been bribed you know. Maybe the judge have an emotional friendship with the accused which will render him favoring a more lighter sentence to the accused. I mean who wants to put their friend in prison right? Some judge do that in an effort to allow the trial go fairly. But I don't know maybe it is bribe, maybe it isn't.

He has taken his own share and asked to look the other way

what d hell are u  talking about? which friends? when d defence council was d one who sugested d judge be withdrawn? my friend, either d judge was threatened n lackd d balls to go ahead or he was offered some heavy money but changed his mind at  d end

Tivnubu the godfather in action. Anything happens here in this part of the world.

Abi judge too dey fear? his days of reckoning is near. i hope is case will not be like that of Al-Mustapha.

According to Channels,he withdrew for "personal reasons"

I guess its bribe or bullet.or both.

Bad news, it's more worrying because this man is angling for Alausa and has some powerful backers. I think he'll be a disaster IMO, they better nail him quick!!