The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned the trial of Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare until April 1 and 2 in a ruling on Wednesday.
Falana had challenged the testimony of the first witness presented by the prosecution, for giving evidence outside his written statement. But the prosecutor, Kayode Halilu, insisted that he served a summary of the statement on the defendants counsel and the witness.
The witness, identified as Rasheed Olawale is a Principal Staff Officer of the Department of State Services (DSS) in charge of Surveillance and Communication Intelligence at the Lagos State Command.
After listening to both counsels, the trial judge ruled that the witness cannot be allowed to depose a four-paragraph statement and give a 10-page of evidence.
She subsequently adjourned the trial to enable the prosecutor to reproduce the statement of the witness.
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Sowore and Bakare are facing trial over treason and money laundering charges filed against them by the Federal Government. They have, however, pleaded not guilty and have since been granted bail by the court.
According to Channels TV, shortly before Sowore and Bakare’s trial began on Wednesday, Justice Ojukwu adjourned ruling on an application by the prosecution seeking to have witnesses shielded in the trial of the defendants.
This followed the request of Halilu who informed the court that the defense team served him a counter-affidavit and he needed time to reply to it.