Am not suprised!
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday,
partly upheld a no-case submission by former
Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, and
acquitted him of 38 out of 40 counts of money
laundering charges.
Fani-Kayode was charged on an amended 40
count-charge, bordering on the alleged offence by
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC.
Trial judge, Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia,
discharged and acquitted the accused of the 38
counts, while ruling on a no-case submission filed
by the defence on behalf of the accused.
The court partly upheld the no-case submission of
the defence, noting that it succeeds in part. The
court ordered that the accused enters a defence
in respect of counts 25 and 26.
The court held that from the wordings of the
charge, it was clear that they were basically set
out in two formats, with counts one to 33 of the
same format, while other counts of different
formats.
The judge held: “For ease of reference, I shall set
out counts one and 33 only, being prototype of
the two species of the counts; the distinction is
for the basis of convenience.
“In one format, the accused was alleged to have
paid the amount into his account, while in the
other, he was alleged to have paid it into the
account of a third party.”
Vanguard.
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