First Bank Robbery: Judge Absent At Trial Of Staff
March 13, 2020
10:53 am
Ajoke Adepoju, the judge of the FCT High Court, Wuse, presiding over the trial of suspects charged with the First Bank Mpape branch failed robbery, was on Friday absent.
Police had announced that theΒ mastermind of the robberyΒ was Larry Ehizo, 30, a staff of First Bank.
Court Registrar told counsel to parties that Justice Adepoju traveled and will be available on March 20.
Ehizo, Princewill Obinna, Elijah David, Timothy Joe and Ernest Ewin, are facing five counts bordering on armed robbery and possession of locally made pistols.
The defendants all pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The court at
