The ongoing court vacation has stalled the arraignment of a Lagos businessman, Kenneth Ndubuisi Amadi, alleged to have obtained the sum of N2.9billion by false pretences from an oil and gas company, Eunisell Limited.
Consequently, the case has been adjourned till January 29 when the accused businessman will be arraigned.
Ndubuisi Amadi and his company, Idid Nigeria Limited, were alleged to have obtained the sum of N2.9 billion by false pretence from Eunisell while working as the Chief Executive Officer of the company.
The offences alleged to have been committed by the accused businessman and his company Idid Nigeria limited are contrary to section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other fraud related offences Act,CapA6, laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and punishable under section 1(3) of the same Act.
Though the defendants were not in court his counsel, Barrister Emeka Etiaba, SAN and the prosecuting State Counsel from Directorate of Public Prosecution, Federal Ministry of Justice, Abuja, Mr. A K. Alilu were in court.
When the matter was first mentioned in court last year December, the defendants were not in court hence the matter was adjourned till January 9, for arraignment but the court was on vacation.
When the matter was called for the defendants to be arraigned then, they were not present in court, the Chief State Counsel from the Department of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, Alilu told the court that it has been very difficult to serve the defendants a copy of the charge.
However the Counsel to the defendants, Etiaba told the court that they are not opposing arraignment and trial and he has spoken to the prosecutor to receive a copy of the charge on behalf of the defendants, thereafter the prosecutor served the defence counsel a copy of the charge.
Thereafter, the presiding Judge Mohammed Liman adjourned till January 9 for arraignment, but the court was on vacation.