Court Grants Lawyer’s Request To Quit Maina’s Trial

A Federal High Court in Abuja has approved the request by Adeola Adedipe, a defence lawyer in the trial of former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abudlrasheed Maina, to be allowed to withdraw from the case.

Adedipe had, until recently, represented Maina’s company -Common Input Limited – charged as the second defendant in the money laundering trial of the PRTT Chairman.

Eko Hot Blog recalls that Adedipe had applied to withdraw from representing Maina in a case of money laundering brought against him.

The lawyer moved the application for leave to withdraw, which he filed on November 25, 2020

Following the development, he was granted leave by the federal high court on Thursday in a brief ruling.

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Although Adedipe’s application was devoid of any reason for his action, it was learnt the the lawyer elected to withdraw because the defendant did not perfect his brief.

Meanwhile the trial continued on Thursday in the absence of the defendants and their lawyers, with the court entertaining evidence from a witness of the prosecution.

The decision by the court to allow the continuation of the trial was in line with its earlier ruling, allowing the trial to be conducted in the absence of Maina, who the court found to have jumped bail.

Eko Hot Blog repoeted that Operatives of the Nigerian Intelligence Service and anti-corruption agents, on Monday evening, rearrested Abdulrasheed Maina in Niger Republic.