Oil firm asks judge to recuse self from case
AN oil firm, Nadabo Energy Limited, has prayed a judge of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, to recuse himself from further sitting over a suit marked number ID/ 118C/ 2012, over allegedly meeting with the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC), Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa.
The firm, defendant in the suit adjudicating over by Justice Christopher Balogun, alleged bias were made in an affidavit in support of a Motion on Notice sworn by Abubakar Peters, the Managing Director, Nadabo Energy Limited and also a defendant.
The defendants alleged that EFCC boss, Bawa on March 31, minutes after giving evidence before the court, had allegedly held a meeting with the trial Justice Balogun, in the office of the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba.
Peters in the affidavit noted that several online publications including in one of the national dailies ( Not Guardian) reported the meeting and the EFCC, through their official Facebook page and did not deny the meeting but rather described it as a “routine and courtesy visit”.