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N1.162bn fraud: Court adjourns Dariye’s suit till March 2

Justice Adebukola Banjoko of FCT High Court, Gudu, on Wednesday adjourned till March 2, the N1.162bn fraud suit filed against former Plateau governor, Chief Joshua Dariye, by the EFCC.

Dariye is facing a 21-count bordering on breach of trust and diversion of N1.162bn Plateau’s ecological fund.

The adjournment would provide the defendant time to enable him study a response to two motions he earlier filed.

The motion by the EFCC was served on him February 13.

The first motion filed by the defendant on December 6, 2016, was for the prosecution to recall two of its witnesses which included PW1 and PW9, for the purpose of re-examination.

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