Justice Abubakar Kutigi of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory , yesterday, discharged former Attorney-General of the Federation , Mohammed Bello Adoke and six others.
Adoke, who served as AGF and Minister of Justice under the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, was prosecuted by the anti-graft agency in the suit, marked FCT /HC/CR/151/2020. According to him, though the defendants were constitutionally presumed to be innocent, establishing prima facie case against them by the prosecution had to produce sufficient evidence to warrant the court to call on them to enter their defence.
He commended the prosecution counsel for accepting in his final written address that no case had been made against the defendants.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities. Your username will be shown to the moderator, so you should only flag this comment for one of the reasons listed above.
Probably for her optimism about eradicating Tuberculosis in Nigeria in 2030, for which she donated N1 billion as support, the Global Stop TB Partnership, Geneva, has inaugurated the wife of President Bola Tinubu, Oluremi, as the Global and National TB Champion.
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