Akin Kuponiyi
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on the today Monday, adjourned till June 11, 2025, for continuation of settlement talks, in a suit filed against the Chairman of the Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko and others.
The presiding Judge, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, adjourned the case for report of settlement, following an information by first defence counsel, Mr Bode Olanipekun (SAN), that the parties were still in the process of settlement.
He further told the court that the settlement had not broken down but was still ongoing.
During the last adjourned date, March 17, 2025, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, had informed the court that a meeting involving all counsels had been convened at the instance of the Attorney General of the Federation, aimed at reaching a peaceful settlement of the case.
However, the prosecutor, Mrs Bilikisu Buhari, confirmed the position to the court but added that the case be adjourned for report of settlement or arraignment.
Consequently, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke adjourned the case till June 11, 2025, for report of settlement or arraignment.
EFCC had filed a 13-count charge against Otudeko and a former Managing Director of First Bank Plc, Olabisi Onasanya.
Also charged is a former board member of Honeywell, Soji Akintayo and a firm, Anchorage Leisure Ltd.
The case was earlier scheduled for arraignment on Jan. 20, but the defendants were absent because the EFCC had not served them with any charge.