Justice Mojisola Dada, presiding over the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, has scheduled the trial initiation for a couple, Oriyomi Idowu and Ruth Idowu. The couple was charged by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on November 28, 2023, with the trial set to commence on January 10, 2024.
According to a statement on Tuesday from the EFCC’s X handle, the couple, Oriyomi and Ruth Idowu, faced arraignment on 20 counts related to offenses such as obtaining money through false pretense, money laundering, theft, retention of stolen property, and forgery, amounting to N2.7 billion. Additionally, they were jointly arraigned with Food Commodity Processing Enterprise, Bonway Food Processing Company Limited, Samee Idowu Company Limited, and Farmex Integrated Companies Limited, all of which are affiliated with Ruth Idowu.
Deciding on the bail request for the second defendant, Justice Dada approved bail set at N250 million, requiring two sureties to provide a similar sum.
Furthermore, Justice Dada postponed the bail hearing for the first defendant until December 20, 2023, and scheduled the trial to resume on January 10 and February 2, 2024.