On Tuesday, the planned arraignment of Rochas Okorocha, the former Imo State Governor at the Federal High Court in Abuja, on N2.9bn corruption was stalled.
It would be recalled that The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) accused Rochas of conspiring with others, including a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and five companies, to steal N2.9 billion public funds.
It then filed a 17-count charge against the former Imo governor before a federal high court in Abuja January on 31.
The arraignment was scheduled for Tuesday, February 22, 2022.
However, the senator representing Imo West was absent in court and was also not represented by any legal practitioner.
Due to the new development, the arraignment was stalled.
However, six other defendants billed to be arraigned along with him on 17-count corruption charges were in court, along with their lawyers.
When the matter was mentioned on Tuesday, counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Cosmos Ugwu told Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo;
“My, Lord, the business of today is ordinarily for arraignment but it’s regrettable that all efforts on our part to serve the first defendant, Rochas Okorocha have proved abortive.
The security around him has not been helpful and I wish to apply for an adjournment to enable us serve him and then, arraign him.”
Other defendants in the charge did not object to the request for adjournment.
The judge subsequently fixed March 28 to enable the EFCC to serve him with the charge and to take his plea.
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