Abdullahi Alao, son of an Ibadan-based businessman, Alhaji Abdullazeez Arisekola-Alao, has petitioned the Lagos State Chief Judge, Justice Ayotunde Philips, accusing the judge hearing his N1.1bn subsidy fraud charges of bias.
Alao and others are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before Justice Lateefat Okunnu of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, for alleged fraudulent collection of about N1.1bn from the Federal Government under the subsidy scheme.
Others, who are facing the charges along with Alao, are Olarenwaju Olalusi and Opeyemi Ajuyah, and their companies -Majope Investment Ltd. and Axenergy Ltd.
Alao has through his petition, asked the Chief Judge to withdraw the case from Okunnu and re-assign it to another judge.
His reason for the application was that he had been told that he would not get justice in the case as long as the case was being heard and determined by Okunnu.
This came after Justice Okunnu, in her ruling on October 21, dismissed Alao’s application seeking to quash the charges.
His counsel, Mr. Oluwaseun Awonuga, on Wednesday informed the court of an application he had filed seeking the court to set aside the October 21 ruling.
However, hearing of the application was adjourned till November 26 to enable the EFCC, through its counsel, Mr. Francis Usani, to respond to the application.
Punch
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