Court adjourns Melaye’s arms dealing case till Aug. 9 (Nation)

A Senior Magistrate’s Court in Kogi State has adjourned the trial of Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) and two others in the case of illegal possession of firearms and arms dealing till August 9.

Senior Magistrate Sulyman Abdullah adjourned the case yesterday’s sitting for beginning of trial as the prosecution could not open its case due to absence of its lead counsel, Dr. Alex Izinyon.

Mr. Theophilus Oteme, the Officer in Charge of Legal Department of Kogi State Police Command, told the court that the lead prosecuting counsel, Izinyon had an emergency call on Wednesday that made it impossible for him to appear in court yesterday. Read more