Confirming Kanu Agabi’s absence, a lawyer among his team said he would be unavoidable absent at the day’s hearing, though another senior lawyer, Barrister Mahmood Magaji SAN was present.
Consequently, the Prosecuting counsel sought immediate commencement of substantive trial so as not to foot-drag the matter that had been delayed in the last six months over what he termed frivolous motions and counter motions.
But in his submission, Agabi's representative pleaded that the matter be fixed for hearing at a later date.
Justice Umar had at Chief Agabi’s request fixed 5th and 6th April, 2016 for proper hearing to enable parties prepare adequately.
Meanwhile, the Senate President and few other senators arrived the Court at exactly 9:55 am. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Nigeria do not have a truly functional world class judicial system in place yet,what they have are "Clowns in Wigs" called the Bar and "Clown Masters in Robes",called the Bench, both using the courts as their Circus shamefully entertaining the world and ridiculing the country
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