A Federal Hight Court sitting in Abuja has discharged the money laundering accusations against former Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Mohammed Bello Adoke.
The judge presiding over the matter, Justice Inyang Ekwo upheld Adoke’s “no case” submission against the money laundering charges against him.
In 2017, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had dragged Adoke and Abubakar Aliyu, a property developer, to court for allegedly laundering about N300 million.
While the EFCC admitted before Ekwo that it was a mortgage that Adoke took 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 pointed out the contradiction while dismissing the charges against Adoke and other defendants, chiding the EFCC for wasting the court’s time for four years.
After reviewing the no-case submission filed by the former AGF, Justice Inyang Ekwo on Friday, April 19, concluded that the EFCC did not succeed in presenting convincing evidence against Adoke.
