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Ologbo Celebrated Court Case Adjourns to 26^th May, 2021 For Lack of Appearance of First Accused Person

By Leo Ezekiel

Speaking to the audience at the High Court of Justice of Criminal Court four Sapele Road, Benin City, Edo State His lordship Justice Mary Itusell as the presiding Judge stated that the Ologbo celebrated court case has been adjourned to 26^th May, 2021 adding that the case of alleged conspiracy, kidnaping and murder of one Sunny Etchie the Okaighele of Kolokoko Community against one Prince Johnson Ateselege the Iyasere of Warri and eleven others to appear at the court on 26^th May 2021 for further hearing. Speaking to His lordship Justice Itusell, members of the bar, members of the press and the general public the counsel to the first defendant O.T Okeke informed the court that he got a telephone call from the correctional centre that the first accused person is seriously ill and that later he told the court that the first accused person again paged him to complain that the prison staff did leave him behind while bringing the other accused persons to the court.

 

Speaking to all and sundry the presiding judge His lordship Justice Itusell stated that the case has been adjourned to 26^th May, 2021 for further hearing. Speaking with press after the seating counsel to the family of Late Etchie Bar. Matthew Edaghese stated that the case has been slated for further hearing today, but, the correctional centre did not produce one of the defendants and that the trial can’t continue in the absence of one of the defendants that is the provision of the law as they must all be completed in the court, because they are all facing the same trial together.

 

Bar. Edaghese concurs that the interval the learned SAN the Defense counsel made an application before the court that he had a motion to seek the leave of the court to appeal adding that the state counsel rightly asked what are they appealing for because there is no ruling delivered yet in the trial that is still on going.

 

The state counsel insisted that whatever he filed was a motion on notice and that by virtue of the status of that application the state is entitled to the time stated by law within which to react and they which to exercise the right. So in the mean time the court has adjourned till tomorrow 30^th April, 2021 for the state to react to the application file at the defense counsel the learned counsel SAN on behalf of the defendants seeking leave to appeal against what they do not know yet by tomorrow they will know what the motion notice is all about.

 

Reacting to the drama that took place in the court by the defense counsel saying that he got multiples pagings from the first accused person that he was feeling alright and again he was abandoned at the correctional center. Bar. Edaghese stated that administratively that it is very very very worrisome development for the law as the correctional center are very much aware of todays date and it is their duty under the constitution to bring in inmates to and fro to the court for trial on hearing date. Speaking again with journalist Bar. Edaghese stated that if for any reason for their own negligence or inefficiency and they allow the matter to drag on because they woefully failed to do what they ought to have done, it is really really really unfortunate and saddened adding that that would not help the smooth running of justice in the land.