Justice Ibrahim Bako of the Katsina State High Court has scheduled November 14 to hear a suit against former Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina state for allegedly misappropriating N10 billion state funds.
The state government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had sued Shema for the alleged offence while he, in turn, had approached the Court of Appeal, Kaduna, challenging the jurisdiction of the High Court to try him.
The sitting on Tuesday was for the parties to report to the court on the progress at the Appeal Court.
Justice Bako said that the court, having listened to both counsels, had no other option than to adjourn the sitting.
”I hereby adjourn the sitting to Nov. 14, 2017, for the parties to report to the court on the verdict of the upper court,” he said.
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Lead counsel of the EFCC, Ahmed El-marzuk had earlier told the court that the Appeal Court would hear Shema’s motion on Nov 9.
He also informed the court that the commission had written a letter to the Appeal Court requesting that hearing of the motion be moved forward.
The lead Defence Counsel, Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, did not object to the EFCC counsel’s request.
Kehinde, however, pleaded with the court to either adjourn to Feb. 9, 2018 or sine die (indefinitely).
