The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Adamu Abdu-Kafarati, has granted the request by the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Paul Usoro, for a change of judge in the N1.4bn fraud charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

It was learnt on Monday that following Usoro’s letter to the CJ, his case has been withdrawn from Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court in Lagos and re-assigned to Justice Chuka Obiozor of the same court.


The EFCC had on December 18, 2018, arraigned Usoro on 10 counts before Justice Hassan, who admitted him to a N250m bail on the same day.

Prior to the arraignment, Usoro, through his legal team, led by Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), had informed Justice Hassan of a December 17, 2018 letter, which he wrote to the Chief Judge seeking the transfer of his case to another judge for an undisclosed reason.

https://punchng.com/alleged-n1-4bn-fraud-cj-transfers-nba-president-usoros-case/

Transfered to an ipob Judge? Is alright!

Era of jurisprudence