Proceedings at the Lagos Federal High Court was disrupted yesterday when men of the Environmental Monitoring Task Force of the Lagos State Government stormed the court to tow vehicles belonging to lawyers and litigants parked outside the court premises.

Some lawyers were making submissions and arguments before various judges of the court when the news filtered in that their cars were being towed away.

Most judges had to stop proceedings to allow the lawyers and litigants go out to assess the situation.

Not less than 20 cars were towed away in the exercise while many onlookers who tried to film the operation also had their phones seized by the men of the Task Force.

They therefore want the Lagos State Government to look into the matter since the car park of the court is not spacious enough to accommodate all the vehicles.

A Lagos Federal High Court has adjourned until February 11, continuation of trial of President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Paul Usoro, charged with alleged N1.4billion fraud.

Usoro is being prosecuted by the EFCC before Justice Rilwan Aikawa on 10 counts bordering on the offence.

He was first arraigned before Justice Muslim Hassan in December 2018, but the case was re-assigned to Justice Rilwan Aikawa.

Paul Usoro had pleaded not guilty to the charges before Justice Hasssan also maintained his not guilty plea before Aikawa, and was granted bail.

Governor Bala Mohammed, has been hospitalised in a London hospital ahead of the Supreme Court judgment on some governorship election petitions, including Bauchi State.

This was contained in a statement made available to journalists Sunday night by his Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Governor, Mukhtar Gidado.