The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has discharged a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, of alleged fraudulent transaction in the controversial Oil Prospecting License 245, widely known as Malabu Oil deal.
The judge further noted that the government failed to lead credible evidence linking Mr Adoke and his co-defendants to the alleged crime. The commission's admission that it had no evidence to convict Mr Adoke and other defendants only corroborated the former minister's argument that he was being persecuted by the former President Muhammadu Buhari-led government.
The defendants, with the no-case submission filing, requested the court to terminate the trial midway due to the insufficient evidence they claimed the prosecution adduced to prove its case. The EFCC had alleged that Nigeria was shortchanged in the agreement, leading to the transfer of the asset to Shell and Eni despite the vast revenue potential of the block.
Among the principal defendants charged in the case was Mr Adoke, who was accused of receiving a dollar equivalent of N300 million as gratification to facilitate and negotiate the resolution leading to the 2011 settlement agreement against Nigeria's interests.
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