An Ikeja Special Offences Court has adjourned the bail application of businessman Joseph Ufoma, facing charges by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over a $1.5 million oil fraud, to today, March 31, following his absence in court. Ufoma, who is being tried alongside Intermediate Investment Holdings Limited, faces a two-count charge of obtaining by false pretence and forgery, the alleged offences said to contravene Section 1(1)(a) and 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Offences Act 2006 and Section 363 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. Justice Mojisola Dada adjourned the matter when lead defence Counsel, Olawale Akoni, SAN, sought to move the bail application in absentia. Mr Akoni told the court that two applications had been filed, but the first, which