ia, a dismissed judge of the Federal High Court, and Mr Godwin Obla, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN,.
“As at Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, the EFCC was aware of the decision reached by the Court of Appeal in Nganjiwa vs FRN. As at that date, the amended information was yet to be filed and the 12th prosecution witness was still giving evidence. “In conclusion, the court has no jurisdiction to hear the first amended charge of Feb. 21, 2018 of 31 counts. This suit is hereby struck out.”
The Court of Appeal judge had further stated that serving judicial officers can only be prosecuted for offence like murder, stealing etc done outside the discharge of their duties. Mr Robert Clarke, SAN, the defence counsel to Ofili-Ajumogobia in an application dated Nov. 27, 2018, had said the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case, and had urged the court to discharge and acquit his client.
“The order of discharge for the first defendant cannot hold. The court cannot also serve a charge as proposed by the counsel to the second defendant.Previously, on Sep. 14, 2018, the EFCC had closed its case against the embattled former judge.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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