A Federal High Court successful Lagos Thursday adjourned the transgression lawsuit instituted against net socialite Okechukwu Pascal, A.K.A Cubana Chief Priest, owed to the supplication for a plea bargain helium initiated with the EFCC.
At the resumption of proceedings connected Thursday, Cubana Chief Priest’s counsel, Chikaosolu Ojukwu, informed Justice Kehinde Ogundare of the defendant’s volition to toed the way of plea bargain taxable to Section 14 of the EFCC Establishment Act.
“We person looked astatine the complaint nether Section 14 of the EFCC Act, which encourages plea bargain agreements.
EFCC counsel Bilkisu Buhari confirmed the position.
Mr Ojukwu past prayed for the tribunal to springiness the parties a abbreviated day for them to instrumentality and update the tribunal connected the deal.
He besides withdrew the earlier preliminary objection helium filed, challenging the court’s jurisdiction to entertain the charge.
“In the involvement of justice, we’re urging the tribunal to onslaught retired the question since the prosecution has not responded to it,” helium added.
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Granting his prayer, Justice Ogundare struck retired the preliminary objection.
The justice besides adjourned the lawsuit till 5 June for a study of the plea bargain agreement.
The EFCC had, connected 17 April, arraigned the embattled socialite connected a three-count complaint bordering connected maltreatment of the Naira.
One of the counts reads: That you, Okechukwu Pascal, connected 13th February 2024, astatine Eko Hotel Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, wrong the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, portion dancing during a societal event, tampered with funds successful the denomination of N500(Five Hundred Naira) issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying, thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable nether Section 21(1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007.”
Unlike his colleague, Bobrisky, who admitted to abusing the Naira successful court, Cubana pleaded not guilty to the three-count complaint filed by the EFCC connected 4 April.
He pleaded not blameworthy to the three-count complaint filed against him by the EFCC portion the court granted him a N10 cardinal bail.
The EFCC accused the personage barman of abusing the Naira doubly successful 2024 and erstwhile successful 2020.
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