Justice Olasumbo Goodluck of FCT High Court, Maitama, on Thursday adjourned indefinitely the trial of Senator Dino Melaye, being tried for allegedly giving false information. Melaye, representing Kogi West, was dragged to court on two counts bordering on giving false information, offences he denied committing. Earlier, Tarfa, in an application to justify the senator’s absence, informed the court that his client was still lying critically ill at the National Hospital. Tarfa urged the judge to consider the ill health of the lawmaker as a special circumstance that warranted his absence from trial. He added that the elements in the medical reports did not indicate that the defendant cannot come to court to stand trial.

Source: Punch May 17, 2018 15:33 UTC