Attorney-General of the Federation's (
The officials, Sulaiman Ikhuoriah and Olugbenga Omotiloye, were scheduled to be arraigned before Justice
The
Ikhuoriah was said to have served as the Collation Officer for
The alleged infractions of the two officials were investigated by the
The duo were initially billed for arraignment before the court on
At the resumed hearing, both defendants were absent in court, prompting the judge to ask the counsel from the
The prosecution told the court that the DSS had yet to bring the two defendants to
It expressed surprise that the Service did not bring them.
They, therefore, asked for a date in April for the prosecution to bring the two before the court for arraignment.
According to him, the court was not a warehouse where the prosecution would only come and file the case against the defendants and subsequently do nothing about it.
He then told the counsel from the OAGF that he would not give the prosecution any date, saying, however, that 'if you bring them (from Edo State) today, bring them tomorrow to court for arraignment.'
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