N130m fraud: Accused ex-Lagos deputy gov still at large

A Federal High Court, Lagos, has
adjourned indefinitely the arraignment of
former Lagos State Deputy Governor,
Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, and her son,
Sampson, for alleged N130m fraud.
Justice Mohammed Yunusa on Friday
adjourned the matter indefinitely after the
police told the court that they had not
been able to arrest the accused persons.
The accused were charged with three
counts of conspiracy, fraud and stealing.
On Friday, the prosecutor, Mr Bukola
Durojaiye, informed the court that the
accused were absent due to the inability
of the police to arrest them.
Durojaiye, however, assured the court
that the Special Fraud Unit of the police in
Lagos was not relenting in its efforts to
produce them before the court.
He urged the court to adjourn the case
sine die (indefinitely) for the police to
have time to arrest the accused.
Yinusa said, “The application of
prosecution is hereby granted, and the
case is hereby adjourned sine die, to
enable the prosecution to make necessary
arrangement for the arraignment of the
accused.”
The accused were alleged to have
committed the offence in September
2011.