After 14 years of trial, all the six suspects in the attempted murder of the late former Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Professor Dora Akuniyi, were, on Tuesday, discharged and acquitted by an Abuja High Court.

In his judgment, the judge, Justice Ishaq Bello, who is also the Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), held that the prosecution failed in providing substantial evidence linking the accused persons to the alleged crime.

The judge held further that the entire charge was woven around the suspicious movement of the accused persons and nothing more.

Besides, the judge said the prosecution failed to pin the accused persons to the scene of the crime and the commission of the crime, adding that the failure of the prosecution to investigate the alibi of the accused persons was fatal to his case.

Accordingly, the judge held that Francis Okoye (a.k.a Ebubedike), Emmanuel Nnakwe (a.k.a. Aboy), Marcel Nnakwe, Emeka Orjiafor, Christopher Mbah (a.k.a Persus) and Olisaemeka Igbokwe (a.k.a Holy War) are discharged and acquitted.

Justice Bello agreed with the defence counsel, Clement Onwuenwunor, that the charge of attempted murder and conspiracy could not stand against the suspects as suspicion alone could not be the basis for criminal responsibility.

“There is nothing before this court showing that it is the accused persons that caused the death of the bus driver, Emeka Onuekutu, who lost his life during the said attack on the late Akunyili. He was shot with an AK-47 rifle which Sergeant Haruna Adamu, one of the prosecution witnesses, said was taken for ballistic examination whose report was exhibited in court.

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So it took the judge 14 years to figure out that the prosecutor doesn't have a case

A very useless justice system we have...
14 years just to come up with this line of sentence..

RIP Dora...
you re a blessing to a country which does not value Genius..
Sure ur spirit will fight on...

The case came to an of because of Dora's demise and change of Government, had it been that the woman is still alive and pdp still in power, those guys will die there.

Badgers14:
So it took the judge 14 years to figure out that the prosecutor doesn't have a case

I hoped the accused weren't locked up for that long while the case was still in court.

So, this simple case of suspicion took 14 years?....After 14 frigging years of trial! Smh

Nigeria Lega system is sham. 14years no be joke oooo.

Lies and well laid tales people tell to keep relevance!
Am so sure the prosecutor made up the tales and a commissioner took the promotion off it

After she die finish