A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday adjourned
indefinitely the arraignment of Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu and
her son, Samson, for alleged complicity in a N130m fraud.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Ojikutu, a former
deputy governor of the state, and her son, were to be
arraigned on three counts of conspiracy, fraud and
stealing.
Justice Mohammed Yunusa adjourned the arraignment
since die, after the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission’s counsel, Mr. Bukola Durojaiye, informed the
court that the suspects were absent in court, due to the
inability of the police to secure their arrest.
Durojaiye then prayed the court to adjourn the
arraignment indefinitely.
Yunusa consequently adjourned the case indefinitely.
“The application of prosecution is hereby granted, and the case is hereby adjourned sine die, to enable the
prosecution make necessary arrangement for the
arraignment of the suspects,” Yunusa ruled.
Earlier, Durojaiye told the court that the Special Fraud Unit was making frantic efforts to ensure that the suspects were produced for trial.
Durojaiye, therefore, prayed the court to adjourn the case
sine die, to enable the prosecution put its house in order
and produce the accused for arraignment.
In the charge sheet, the suspects were alleged to have
committed the offense in September, 2011.
They were alleged to have fraudulently obtained the sum
of N130m from one Cajetan Okekearu, under the pretext
that they possessed a plot of land to sell at Lekki phase 1, Victoria Island, Lagos.
It was further alleged that the suspects obtained the said
sum of money from the complainant, who later discovered
that their claim of ownership of the land was false, as there
was an already existing title to the land.

I know where she is ...but, *cough* this kind of info is very expensive.