Former Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Mohammed Bello Adoke, has been cleared of money laundering charges by an Abuja Federal High Court.
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, upheld Adoke’s “no case” submission against the money laundering charges against him.
In 2017, Adoke and Abubakar Aliyu, a property developer, were dragged to court by EFCC for allegedly laundering about N300 million.
While the EFCC admitted before Justice Ekwo that Adoke took a mortgage from Unity Bank, it alleged before Justice Kutigi that the money was a bribe from the sale of the oil block by Malabu Oil & Gas Ltd in 2011.
On March 28, 2024, Kutigi highlighted the contradiction while dismissing the charges against Adoke and other defendants, berating the EFCC for wasting the court’s time for four years.
On Friday, Justice Ekwo said the EFCC did not provide any evidence to prove the essential elements of the offence against Adoke, who was listed as the first defendant.
Ekwo upheld the no-case submission while discharging and acquitting the former AGF of the charges.
However, the Judge ruled that Aliyu, the second defendant, has to open his defence because he has a case to answer.
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