Ige: Court adjourns Omisore’s N20bn suit

The Federal High Court in  Ibadan  on Monday adjourned to February 17th hearing  on the  N20 billion suit  instituted by Sen. Iyiola  Omisore against the Inspector-General of Police  and the Oyo State Government for alleged malicious prosecution.
Omisore had through his counsel, Mr  Herbert Adeogun, prayed the court to declare that his detention and prosecution in respect of  the late Bola Ige’s murder  was malicious.
Ige, a former Attorney-General and Minister of  Justice, was assassinated on Dec. 23, 2001, in his Ibadan residence.
Omisore, a governorship aspirant in Osun,  had challenged his prosecution, saying ``the trial was not based on the proof of evidence, but on extra judicial statements  made by the prosecution witnesses.”
But at the resumed hearing on Monday,  the counsel to the police, DSP Funke Fawole, and that of the Oyo State Government, Mr I.O. Tijani, pleaded  for an  adjournment.
Tijani told the court that he would  file additional grounds to his earlier application while  Fawole said  she had filed her motion on notice to amend her application.
Justice Abimbola Obaseki-Adejumo,however, advised the two parties to exchange telephone numbers in order to avoid undue delay.
“You know, I don’t entertain any wastage  of time and I don’t want any communication gap,” Obaseki-Adejumo said.
She fixed February 17th for the adoption of addresses  and other processes.