Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has adjourned the arraignment of Omoyele Sowore and two others on Cybercrime charges to October 27 as today’s arraignment could not proceed due to the inability of the federal government to serve the charge sheet on Sowore.
When the matter was called, Sowore through his lead counsel, Abubakar Marshall, protested that he had not seen a copy of the charge or be served personally as required by law.
Counsel to the federal government, Mohammed Babadoko Abubakar, director of the Public Prosecution of the Federation (DPPF) however debunked the claim of non-service of the charge and insisted that Sowore had been served.
At this point, the trial judge, Justice Umar consulted with the case file and found that Sowore had not been served.
The DPPF subsequently applied for an order to serve him in the open court which was granted.
Trouble, however, arose when Sowore applied for three days as required by law to study the charge and prepare for his defense. Although, the DPPF objected to the request, the request was granted by the Judge
The arraignment was subsequently fixed for October 27.
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