The hearing of the case of the immediate past Governor of Kwara State Abdulfatah Ahmed today at the Federal High Court Ilorin Ahmed who was arraigned on a 12-count charge alongside his former Commissioner of Finance, Ademola Banu by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been adjourned to the 25th and 26th of June 2024.
Meanwhile, the bench warrant on the Second Defendant; Ademola Banu was vacated and granted bail.
According to the prosecuting Counsel of the EFCC, Rotimi Jacob SAN, the Second Defendant had just been served due to his absence; hence the need for the adjournment.
The Defence Counsel to the First Defendant Kaldeen Ajibade SAN who spoke to newsmen said they have “filled application for the EFCC to provide Facility I.e Statements and other things that were made in Abuja earlier on which the EFCC has not attached to what they brought to court so as to give us the opportunity to properly defend the First Defendant that is the Former Governor of Kwara State”.
On his part Gboyega Oyewole SAN Counsel to the Second Defendant affirmed that his client had at no time tried to elude or avoid appearing before the court.
The EFCC, had in February 2024 arraigned the immediate past governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed before Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin on a 12-count charge bordering on alleged mismanagement of public funds to the tune of N10billion while in office.
