A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday acquitted former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN) of the money laundering charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The presiding judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo, while giving a ruling on a no-case submission filed by the former AGF, stated that the EFCC did not provide enough evidence to make a case against him.
“I find that there is no evidence to prove the alleged offences against the first defendant (Adoke),” the judge stated.
However, Justice Ekwo ruled that Aliyu Abubakar, the second defendant, has to present his defense because he has a case to answer.
EFCC had filed 14 counts charge against Adoke and an oil mogul, Aliyu Abubakar.
The anti-graft agency alleged that in August 2013 in Abuja, Adoke accepted a cash payment of the dollar equivalent of N300 million from Abubakar, thereby committing an offence punishable under section 16(2)(b) of the money laundering Prohibition Act 2011 as amended.
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