The Federal Government has set up 20 teams of prosecutors, comprising 80 lawyers, who will handle a number of high profile criminal cases investigated by law enforcement agencies, including the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Each of these teams have four lawyers with a senior Advocate of Nigeria as the leader.
However, the identities of the newly trained lawyers for the tasks ahead were hidden. It was gathered through the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja on Thursday that one of the teams of prosecutors had been assigned the forgery case recently instituted against Senate President Bukola Saraki; his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, and two others.
The new prosecuting team will fully take over the forgery case from the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Diri, when the trial resumes on Monday. On Thursday, the AGF and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami deliberately assigned the case to the special prosecution team for "efficient prosecution and management of the case".
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