An Osun State High Court in Osogbo has adjourned the murder trial of Timothy Adegoke, murdered postgraduate student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife.
At the resumed hearing on Monday, the presiding Judge and Chief Justice of Osun State High Court, Adepele Ojo, granted the defence counsel’s request to move its no-case submission and adjourned hearing in the matter till Friday, March 25.
Ojo, however, asked the prosecution counsel, M. Amosun, to swiftly respond to all the defence counsel’s written and oral addresses in their no-case submission within four days of receipt of same.
While adjourning the case, the Judge ordered all four defence counsel in the case, to file a separate no-case submission each, within the stipulated time.
The counsels; Kehinde Eleja, Murtala Abdulrasheed, Roland Otaru, and Okoh Itah, have all adopted the no-case submission.
The defence counsel also prayed the court grant each of them 48 hours to respond to the prosecution’s report.
