The criminal case brought against the former governor of Ogun state, Gbenga Daniel has been adjourned till February 6, 2014 for continuation by a High Court sitting in Abeokuta.
The former governor was arraigned before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged fraudulent conversion of land and diversion of public funds.
The trial judge, Justice Olarenwaju Mabekoje, said that the adjournment was to enable the Court of Appeal to deliver judgment in an appeal on its ruling delivered on January 8.
Daniel had filed the appeal at the Court of Appeal, Ibadan, challenging the dismissal of his plea to quash counts 1-13 of the 38 charges leveled against him by the EFCC in the subsisting suit.
At the resumed hearing, counsel to Daniel, Mrs Titilola Akinlawon, informed the court that her client’s appeal had been argued at the Appeal Court and that judgment had been reserved.
She pleaded for an adjournment to a date exceeding January 28, 2014, “when the judgment would have been given in respect of the appeal.’’
The case was consequently adjourned till Feb. 6, 2014 for continuation of trial.
