A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Godwin Obla has filed an application before Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court in Lagos seeking to be tried separately in the charge filed against him and Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged both for money laundering, to which they pleaded not guilty.

Obla was a former EFCC prosecutor for several years; he represented the commission in several asset recovery proceedings and is presently suing EFCC over non-payment for services rendered.

The SAN is praying the court to quash the charge numbered FHC/139C/19 for being an abuse of court process.

Alternatively, he is praying the court to separate trial, contending that only counts 1, 2 and 3 of the 18-count charge affect him.

Obla’s counsel Chief Ferdinand Orbih (SAN) urged the court to hear his client’s application before proceeding with the trial.

He argued that the application was not challenging the charge’s validity, and therefore does ot fall within the contemplation of Section 396 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA).

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