N300m Money Laundering Charge: Court Frees Adoke
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Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has upheld the "no case" submission by a former attorney-general of the federation and minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, on charges of money laundering. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had charged Adoke and a property developer, Abubakar Aliyu, in 2017 alleging money laundering to the tune of N300 million. On March 28, 2024, Justice Kutigi pointed out the contradiction, while dismissing the charges against Adoke and other defendants, chiding the EFCC for wasting the court’s time for four years. In his own ruling on Friday morning, Ekwo said the EFCC did not provide any evidence to prove the essential elements of the offence against Adoke, who was listed as first defendant. He upheld the no case submission, discharging and acquitting Adoke. However, Ekwo ruled that Aliyu, the second defendant, has to open his defence because he has a case to answer on some of the charges against him.

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