A Federal High Court in Kano has discharged and acquitted a former Minister of foreign affairs, Amb. Aminu Wali, and a former commissioner of works in Kano, Mansur Ahmad, in a case of alleged laundering of 950m campaign funds.
The Economic
and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) had dragged the duo before the court for
receiving such monies without passing through a financial institution which is
contrary to money laundering act of 2011.
Delivering
his judgement, Justice Lewis Allagoa said the prosecuting counsels could not
prove their case beyond reasonable doubts, as such, the accused were discharged
and acquitted.
Speaking on
the judgement, counsel to Wali, Sam Olagunorisa, said they were happy and
vindicated, noting that; “we are able to prove that indeed the said money
passed through a registered financial institution in the country.”
On his part,
EFCC counsel, Cosmos Ogwu, said; “we have come to the end of the road at this
level, adding that “in a litigation you can’t say until judgement day, we shall
study the judgement and see what we can do after.”
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