The directive was sequel to the objections raised on Wednesday by the defendants’ lawyers to the admissiblity of a document sought to be tendered by the EFCC’s lawyer, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN) as exhibit. Jacobs had in the course of examining the third prosecution witness, Tunde Adeniyi David, tendered the statements of account of Abia State Government House and urged the court to admit same as exhibits. This move was, however, objected to by the defence lawyers on the ground that the document was different from what was front-loaded by the prosecution in the proof of evidence. In his submissions, Kalu’s lawyer, Goddy Uche (SAN) said it is wrong for the prosecution to seek to tender a document that was never made available to the defence. “The documents being shown to us were not front-loaded. They are totally different from what was front-loaded in the proof of evidence. We are totally taken by surprise this morning. The document were only made yesterday,” he said. The silk urged the court to adjourn the matter to allow the defence study the documents after they might have been properly served on it by the prosecution.]]>
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