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A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday fixed February 25 to resume the trial of Mr. Malik Wakili, charged with impersonating and defrauding Works and Housing Minister, Babatunde Fashola, SAN.

Proceedings in the matter stalled due to the absence of trial judge, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke.

Justice Aneke did not sit following the demise of his colleague of the court’s Abeokuta division, Justice Ibrahim Watila, who passed away on Monday after a brief illness.
Mr Wakili was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in December 2019 on charges of impersonating and defrauding Fashola of N3,106, 216.
The EFCC alleged that he committed the offence in March 2019.

Prosecution counsel Usman Buhari said Wakili conspired with one Abdullahi Umar, said to be at large, “to fraudulently impersonate Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), with intent to gain monetary advantage for themselves.

The defendant, it was claimed, “converted N3,106,216, being the value of the Air-Miles Skywards Account Number EK248739282 of Mr. Babatunde Fashola with Emirates Airline…”

Wakili pleaded not guilty.