Nigeria’s former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has been discharged and acquitted of corruption charges by a federal high court sitting in Lagos. In the judgment delivered by Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, the judge said the prosecutor’s case was “feeble” and failed to provide “copious evidence” linking the former minister to money laundering.
However, the sum was reduced to N2.1million on November 17, 2014 after the court dismissed 38 of the 40-count charge for lack of proof. The EFCC prosecutor, Festus Keyamo, while urging the court to uphold the remaining two counts and to accordingly convict Mr. Fani-Kayode, said the former minister failed to exonerate himself of the allegations.
Popular lawyer, Festus Keyamo, who is the EFCC’s lawyer, while urging the court to prosecute Fani-Kayode for the remaining two counts, claimed the former minister transacted in cash sums above N500,000, whle serving in government.
Fani-Kayode’s lawyer, Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN), in his summary argument, said his client made no confession to the EFCC, adding that the anti-graft agency failed to show that the former minister actually accepted a cash sum of N1million as alleged.
The trial was earlier stalled because of the absence of the prosecution counsel, Keyamo the last time the court sat to deliver judgement on the case.
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