Justice Yetunde Adesanya of the Lagos Order Top Court docket sitting on the Tafawa Balewa Sq., on Thursday, ordered Chidimma Ojukwu’s co-defendants to unhidden their defence.
Ojukwu, charged with the homicide of the Tremendous TV Eminent Government Officer, Michael Usifo Ataga, along Adedapo Quadri and Chioma Egbuchu, are status trial for Ataga’s homicide.
She and Quadri are dealing with the primary to 8 counts bordering on conspiracy, homicide, and stabbing occasion her sister, Egbuchu, is dealing with the 9th rely of stealing an iPhone 7 belonging to the past due Ataga.
The 2 have been imagined to have conspired and murdered Ataga on June 15, 2021, by means of stabbing him a number of instances with a knife within the neck and chest.
The incident came about at Deny. 19 Adewale Oshin Side road, Lekki Section 1, Lagos.
On the resumed listening to of the trial on Thursday, the second one and 3rd defendants who had previous filed a no-case submission, difficult the trial, requested the court docket to push aside all fees in opposition to them.
The second one defendant’s suggest, Babatunde Busari, and the 3rd defendant’s suggest, M.I Otuaka, argued that the prosecution had failed to determine any subject matter proof for his or her shoppers to go into defence within the case.
In his reaction to the appliance, the order’s prosecution, Yusuf Sule, objected to the submission and instructed the court docket to push aside the second one defendant’s no-case submission software.
He stated, “The prosecution has put forward material evidence linking the second defendant to the charges against him. We call upon him to enter his defense.”
“In keeping with the 3rd defendant’s software, the prosecution filed a reaction on November 27, 2024, as in step with argument in line with this example. We urge the court docket to push aside the appliance for a no-case submission because the prosecution has established subject matter proof of a stolen telephone within the case.
“We, however, call upon the third defendant to enter her defence.”
Upon paying attention to the arguments of the suggest, Justice Yetunde Adesanya pushed aside the no-case submission of the second one and 3rd defendants.
She ordered them to unhidden their defence.
Because of this, the pass judgement on adjourned the case until February 20, 2025, for continuation of trial.