Prof. Sunday  Etukudoh Court  Case Stalls Following Bukuru Law Week , Adjourned To 16th October

The hearing in a suit challenging  Prof. Sunday  Etukudoh for money laundering has been adjourned to the 16th Day of October,2025, for arraignment.

The State High Court, Jos  Division, couldn’t continue with the hearing due to the Bukuru Branch of the Nigeria Barr Association law week held on Monday.

Irregular service of originating processes on the Nigeria Police Council (NPC).EFCC vs Etukudoh: Again, the matter is to commence de novo, as observers decry the delay in prosecution, as Disqus seems to be taking longer than usual.

The case between the Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN), which is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), and Dr. Sunday O. Etukuduh,  Provost of Federal College of Medical Laboratory Science Technology (FSMLST) Jos, and 5 others has suffered yet another adjournment.

The case, which is for arraignment, has taken almost 20 years and suffered over a series of adjournments as a result of non-compliance with the court order by the prosecution counsel for the EFCC to serve the defendants with all the processes, including the amended charge.

“You would recall that, during the last adjourned date, Barr. Uche Mgbemena told the court that the case which first came up on the 5th of July 2022 for arraignment, could not hold, over non-service of the processes by the prosecution counsel and the matter was adjourned until 14th February, 2025, for lack of adequate service.

The Prosecutor according to Counsel, also failed to serve the processes on the defendants and the matter again, till to the adjourned date.

Counsel said that on the adjourned date, the Prosecution Counsel still failed to file the amended charge in addition to failing to serve the additional proof of evidence on the defendants.

Counsel further said, “the court should  take judicial notice of the subsequent adjournment by the Prosecution despite the ruling of my Lord on three occasions that the prosecution serve the amended charge and proof of evidence on the defendants before the adjourned date”

He further lamented that the case, which is for arraignment has taken that long and suffered series of adjournment simply because the prosecution counsel did not comply with court order.

“This case started in 2015, eight years now, and all that has happened is delay. “