Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the federal High Court, Abuja, has asked for an accelerated hearing into his ongoing corruption trial which had earlier been adjourned to January 18.

Ademola and his wife, Olubowale, the current Head of the Lagos State civil service, were arraigned by the federal government on an 11-count charge on of corruption December 13, 2016, before Justice Jude Okeke of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court.

He was said to have received gratifications running into millions of Naira in order to deliver favourable judgements to his clients, thereby contravening sections of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act.

But Ademola filed a fresh application at the court on Monday asking for an accelerated hearing into the matter.

Counsel the federal government, Segun Jegede, however informed the court of his client’s resolve to amend the charge to include Joe Agi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, who was said to be one of the many clients of the Ademola.

Agi, through his company, Joe Agi and associates, was said to have paid Ademola the sum of N30 million in March 2015, among many other payments as contained in the charges brought against the federal high court judge, who pleaded not guilty to all the 11 counts.

Jegede, while asking the court for time to allow his client amend the charge, promised that the amended charge should be ready by Tuesday at the latest.

Consequently, Justice Okeke adjourned the matter till January 11 for presentation of the amended charge.

He also added that the case would be slated for daily hearing from January 16 to 18, after the latest defendant, Agi has been arraigned.

Justice Ademola was one of the judges whose residences were raided in October 2016 by operatives of the Department of State Security, DSS.