Nigeria, April 1 -- The scheduled re-arraignment of former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, and others on N1.35 billion money laundering charges stalled on Wednesday.

Judge Peter Lifu adjourned the case until 30 April after the prosecution lawyer, Chile Okoroma, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), requested more time to await the response to a letter written to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, John Tsoho, for the reassignment of the case.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been prosecuting the defendants since 2015 on money laundering charges involving receiving kickbacks linked to Jigawa State contracts while he was governor from 2007 to 2015.

The Supreme Court had ordered the retrial of the defendant...