FUNSHO WILLIAMS'S MURDER: PANIC AS DEFENDANT SLUMPS IN COURT

There was panic at the Lagos High Court in Igbosere, yesterday, as
one of the defendants in the on-going trial of suspected killers of
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain, Engr. Funsho Williams,
slumped in court.
The presiding judge, Justice Ebenezer Adebajo, immediately stood down
the trial for about 10 minutes to enable the defendant, Musa Maina,
receive medical attention at the court premises.
Vanguard gathered that Maina was asthmatic and was supported into the
court room by two prison warders, but slumped after 45 minutes into
trial. And when Maina was resuscitated, he wept profusely.
Maina, alongside Bulama Kolo, David Cassidy, Tunani Sonani, Mustapha
Kayode and Okponwasa Imariabie, were accused by Lagos State of
conspiring to kill Williams on July 27, 2006, at 34A, Corporation
Drive, Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi.
They were first arraigned on March 1, 2013, on a two count charge of
conspiracy and murder, offences which contravened Sections 316 and 324
of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State, 2003.
At the resumed hearing, the defence counsel, Mr. Okezie Agbara, argued
that the ruling of the magistrate tendered as an exhibit was not
signed by the magistrate, and maintained that the document was not
authentic since it was not signed by the author of the document (the
magistrate).
He urged the court to disregard the authority cited by the
prosecution, arguing that investigation can be carried at any time of
the trial.
At the last adjourned date, a witness, Mr Ovie Oyokomino, told the
court that some exhibits for the trial of the suspected killers of
Williams have been damaged due to epileptic power supply.