The
Federal Government has applied to the Federal High Court in Abuja for
permission to reopen the case in the trial of four suspected Boko Haram
members being held over alleged involvement in the 2011 bombing of the
United Nations building in Abuja.
The
Prosecution counsel, Barr. O. E. Ohakwe told the court the she had
filed two motions, one to reopen the case, and two for permission to
amend the four-count charge levelled against the accused.
The
trial judge, Justice Gladys Olotu, therefore ordered the defence
counsel to open its case, but the defence filed an application for a
no-case submission.
Justice
Olotu, had on November 22, 2013 closed the prosecution’s case on the
ground that it failed to handle it diligently. In a ruling, the judge
had expressed dismay that the prosecution, who had applied for and got
the court’s permission for accelerated trial, failed to produce its
witnesses months after its first witness testified.
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