Two days after former President Olusegun
Obasanjo accused President Goodluck Jonathan of condoning corruption, a
panel of judges at the Supreme Court of Nigeria today quashed the
conviction handed Bode George a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain
earlier jailed for corruption by a Lagos High Court.
The court discharged and acquitted Mr. Georger claiming that the
prosecutors at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had
no evidence of Mr. George's intention to commit fraud at the Nigeria
Port Authority where he was caught presiding over a contract bazaar the
bled the nation of Nigeria.
A panel of judges headed by a controversial judge, John Afolabi
Fabiyi JSC, ruled that the charges of "contract splitting" upon which
Mr. George was convicted is unknown to law.
The pattern of quashing the conviction was similar to the Court of
Appeal quashing of murder
charges levied against former Chief Security
Officer of late maximum dictator, Sanni Abacha with the same lawyer,
former Nigeria Bar Association, J B Daudu playing a lead role in
securing Mr. George's freedom today.
Since leaving prison a few years ago, Mr. George had been closely
linked to President Jonathan, even openly bragging that his conviction
will be upturned.
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