Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Court Rebukes Maina's Lawyer, Adjourns Till Nov 25

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, November 21, 2019, reprimanded Adeola Adedipe, counsel to the second defendant in the trial of Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, for telling the court that its ruling on the case would be thrown out at the Appeal Court if it refuses to allow a thorough medical examination on Maina’s state of health. Justice Abang, who was irked by Adedipe’s utterances, described it as contemptuous, warning that his court would not tolerate any attempt by any of the parties to scuttle the trial. Events took a dr…