Further hearing in the corruption charges against the former Oyo State governor, Chief Rashidi Ladoja, at a Federal High Court in Lagos presided over by Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed has been adjourned till March 23 to allow parties in the suit to adopt their written addresses.

The written addresses to be adopted touched on the application by the former governor in which he was urging the court to quash the charges of corruption brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

During Tuesday’s proceedings, an application by the anti-graft agency for an extension of time within which to turn in its written address was granted by the court.

Ladoja, in the application filed on his behalf by his counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun(SAN), contended that the court presided over by Justice Ahmed Mohammed had no jurisdiction to adjudicate on the charges as framed.

The former governor further argued that all the allegations against him were vague and did not link him with the commission of any crime to warrant his arraignment and that the charges as framed had not been brought under any written law.

He also contended that the proof of evidence placed before the court by the prosecution had no nexus with the charge and that it did not disclosed any prima facie case against him.

The accused also maintained that the EFCC had no power, jurisdiction or authority to prefer or prosecute any charge against him and that the charges as framed ultra vires the powers and jurisdiction of the commission under the enabling Act and under the Acts on which the charges were grounded.