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CCT Denies Withdrawal Of Charges Against Orubebe

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The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, has denied the withdrawal of the charges against former of Niger Delta, Elder Godsday Orubebe.

 

There were media reports , yesterday claiming that the federal government has withdrawn its charges against the accused. However, the CCT, in a statement in Abuja, said that there was nothing of such and that the reports were misleading.

 

A statement issued by the Head, Press & Public Relations, Mr. Ibraheem Al-hassan, said in part, “Our attention at the Code of Conduct Tribunal has been drawn to recent publications from some section of mass media, indicating that the Federal Government has withdrawn charges against former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Godsday Peter Orubebe.

 

“The Tribunal is compelled to refute the said publications. The purported withdrawal of the case was quoted to be based on the case being fundamentally defective. “Pursuant to the above, CCT advices that, to the best of our knowledge based on available records, as at the time of this report, the information is misleading, distortive and as such it should be ignored. “The case of Mr Godsday Peter Orubebe before CCT in Charge NO: CCT/ABJ/02/15 is on-going. What transpired in court in the last session held on 8th March, 2016 was a substitution of the initial charge with a newly filed charge by the prosecution, of which leave was sought from, and granted by the Tribunal. The case had been adjourned to 7th April, 2016. Thus; there is no withdrawal of the case by the prosecution”.

 

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CCT Adjourns Orubebe’s Case Till January 27

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Hearing in the criminal charge against a former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe has been adjourned till 27 January 2016.

 

The trial judge at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar gave the new date after listening to the oral application of government lawyer, Peter Danladi to amend the charge.

 

Orubebe is standing trial before the tribunal on charges of false declaration of assets and collection of bribe on awarded contract.

 

At the resumed hearing of the trial, prosecution counsel, Mr Peter Danladi, orally applied for the amendment of the earlier charges against the defendant.
He relied on section 216 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 to back his request for amendment of the charges.

 

“The section states that a court may permit an alteration or amendment to a charge or framing of a new charge at a time before judgment is pronounced’’, he said.

 

The defense counsel, Mr Selekeowei Larry (SAN), however, objected to the prayer of the prosecution.

 

Larry argued that a request for amendment of charges has to come by way of written motion and not oral application as made by the prosecution.

 

Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Danladi Umar, ruled that the request must be made formally to enable the Defense the opportunity to respond to the application.

 

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