Case against Ize-Iyamu adjourned to July 14

The alleged N700m fraud case levelled against Osagie Ize-Iyamu has been adjourned to 14th of July, 2020.

The case against the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress was adjourned by the presiding judge of a Federal High Court in Benin City, Edo State, Justice Umar Garba, on Tuesday.

The absence of the APC governorship candidate in the court was due to his ill health. He and four others are standing trial over an alleged N700m fraud case preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

They were supposed to appear before the court on Tuesday. Charles Edosomwan (SAN), the Counsel for the 1st defendant, told the judge that his client, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, could not make it to the court as he was currently indisposed.

He prayed the judge to allow him to present the certificate of his ill health as certified by his medical doctor to the court. Having listened to the counsel for the 1st defendant, the judge adjourned the case to July 14, 2020, for hearing.