N5.78bn UBEC funds: Court fixes July 27 for further cross-examination of key witness in Ex-Kwara gov’s trial

Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, yesterday, adjourned proceedings in the ongoing trial of former Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his former Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu, until July 27 for the continuation of the cross-examination of the sixth prosecution witness, Stanley Ujilibo.
The adjournment followed an oral application by counsel to the second defendant, Ibn Mahmud, who informed the court that the lead defence counsel, Gboyega Oyewole was indisposed.
Ahmed and Banu are being prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the alleged diversion of N5.78 billion belonging to...