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MOVES by the Managing Director of Folio Communications Ltd, Fidelis Anosike and his brother, Noel, their company (Folio) and\u00a0two others facing\u00a0a 21-count charge of stealing over N3 billion worth of property belonging to the Daily Times of\u00a0Nigeria (DTN) to have the charge dropped have suffered a hitch.<\/p>\n

This is because a Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday ordered them to appear before it on April 11, 2011, to answer the criminal conspiracy charge preferred against them by the Federal Government.<\/p>\n

Justice Patricia Ajoku gave the order following the absence of the accused in court yesterday after several adjournments.<\/p>\n

The judge, who was angered by the absence of the accused and the application by their counsel, Norris Quakers, for the court to uphold an order quashing the charges allegedly secured by the accused from\u00a0another judge, Justice Charles\u00a0Archibong, while the matter was still pending, directed the prosecution to ensure the presence of the accused for arraignment\u00a0at the next adjourned date.<\/p>\n

According to the judge, the order was not before her and the court would continue with the arraignment of the accused persons.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Quakers had informed the court of the order arising from an application of\u00a0fundamental rights, as well as\u00a0the presence of a sworn affidavit deposing to the facts of what happened in court when the order was secured.<\/p>\n

He had urged the court to uphold the order quashing the charge as there was no more charge before the court having been quashed by Justice Archibong and that the only option left for the prosecution was to proceed to the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n

But the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN), represented by Mr. Akin Akintinwe, objected to the application on the grounds that the order was not binding on the court since no Federal High Court has appellate powers over another.<\/p>\n

According to him, the prosecution has taken steps to set aside the said order because it was unconstitutional and strange to law.<\/p>\n

He also told the court that since the\u00a0accused persons had been evading service, the prosecution has filed an application for\u00a0substituted\u00a0service.<\/p>\n

But Justice Ajoku in her ruling, declined to make\u00a0an order of arrest for the accused on the grounds that they were not yet before the court.<\/p>\n

He advised the prosecution to utilise the\u00a0retinue of security agents within its control to compel the accused to attend to the court and subsequently adjourned till April 11 for their arraignment.<\/p>\n

Justice Ajoku had previously refused to grant Adoke\u2019s request to withdraw the charges against the accused persons slammed with a 21-count charge of stealing over N3 billion worth of property belonging to the foremost newspaper under controversial circumstances.<\/p>\n

The refusal\u00a0led to\u00a0the\u00a0AGF\u2019s resumption of the trial of the accused persons, which the prosecution said, was necessitated by the conclusion of investigations by the Police and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).<\/p>\n

The accused had also through their counsel denied being served with the charge,\u00a0a situation that had stalled their arraignment since last year when they were charged to court.<\/p>\n

But\u00a0three weeks ago, the accused secured\u00a0an order from\u00a0Justice Archibong quashing the criminal charges filed against them.<\/p>\n

The judge in\u00a0the order ruled that the AGF could, if he decides, arraign the applicants expeditiously without the unreasonable and unconscionable delay related to the quashed charge.<\/p>\n

According to the charge sheet signed by E.K. Ugwu, an Assistant Chief State Counsel on behalf of the AGF, the Anosikes and their Folio Communications, were said to have sometime in June 2004 conspired among themselves to obtain about 140,252,900 shares units, which comprised about 56 per cent out of the total of 233,754,840 shares of Daily Times of Nigeria Plc valued at the sum of N750 million acquired from the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) by false pretence and with representation of possessing the means to pay for the acquisition of same with fresh funds, which they did not possess but with intent to defraud the Federal Government.<\/p>\n

They were alleged to have acquired the said shares from BPE by mortgaging the assets and selling off property of Daily Times of Nigeria Plc to realise the acquisition of the said shares.<\/p>\n

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