Justice Sherifat Sonaike of the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere has fixed June 1, for the hearing of an application filed by a lawyer Ademola Owolabi, allegedly involved in a forgery case, seeking to compel the prosecution to include key documents in the Proof of Evidence.
Owolabi is arraigned before the court longside Adebayo Akeju and Alex Ochonogor by the Lagos State Government over allegations of forgery of land documents and the demolition of a property in Lekki, Lagos.
They have pleaded not guilty to the charges and were granted bail by the court.
However, in the Motion on Notice, the lawyer seeks orders compelling the prosecution to regularise and expand its proof of evidence.
Owolabi, in an application brought pursuant to Section 251 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law, 2015, is urging the court to deem the Additional Proof of Evidence filed on February 2, 2026, as the Proof of Evidence of the Complainant.
