The lawyer presenting former pension boss, Abdulrasheed Maina’s company, Common Inputs Ltd. at the Federal High Court in Abuja has withdrawn his representation.
Mr. Adeola Adedipe, was granted leave by Justice Okon Abang to withdraw his services on Thursday.
Adedipe told the court that he had been hired by Maina to represent Common Inputs Ltd., the company that is the second defendant in the alleged N2bn money laundering charge preferred against Maina by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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At the resumed trial in Abuja on Thursday, Justice Abang in a bench ruling granted Adedipe’s application to withdraw from the case on the claim that he has neither been able to locate Maina who hired him nor been paid for the services already rendered.
Maina who fled the country to evade trial was on Monday apprehended in Niger Republic and extradited to Nigeria on Thursday.