Trouble began when another question on whether the NSA office was responsible for payment of the contract and whether the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) which effected payment ever declared the water contract illegal or fraudulent and which he answered in the negative.
Nwoye then asked the EFCC witness to tell the court why the name of Asinze was put in the charge sheet.
Counsel to EFCC, Mr. Ofem Uket, became uncomfortable with the cross examination and began interjecting into the proceedings persistently.
Counsel to EFCC, Mr. Ofem Uket, became uncomfortable with the cross examination and began interjecting into the proceedings persistently.
Efforts by the judge and other lawyers that the cross examination be allowed unhindered were rebuffed as the counsel objected to virtually all the questions put to his witness.
In the face off that ensued, Justice Kolawole attempted to call EFCC to order but the effort yielded no result while other lawyers expressed bitterness on the issue.
The interjection got to the climax when the counsel openly challenged the court records which were severally read out to him by judge to assuage his feelings.
However, when all effort to call the counsel to order to stop the interjection were rebuffed, Justice Kolawole, informed the counsel to conduct himself in manners expected of a legal practitioner which still yet yielded no fruitful result. Sky More…
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