Offa robbery trial: Court rejects bid to reassign case

By Purity Francis
The   Kwara State High Court, Ilorin has dismissed an application seeking the withdrawal of Justice Olalekan   Ajayi from the trial of former Senate President Bukola Saraki, former Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed and two others over the 2018 Offa bank robbery.
The court, presided over by Justice Ajayi, ruled on Tuesday that the application had not established sufficient grounds to warrant his recusal and the reassignment of the case to another judge.
The application was filed by counsel to the second defendant, who argued that the judge’s previous involvement in a civil suit arising from the same incident could raise concerns about the impartiality of the ongoing cri...