An FCT High Court has dismissed the 18-count charge filed by the Department of State Services (DSS), against Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja.



Reading the judgement, Justice Jude Okeke said the defendants have no case to answer on the charges bordering on corruption and possession of firearms.

According to Justice Okeke, some of the charges do not meet constitutional standards and, in his words, no court can base its judgement on speculation.

The court, therefore, discharged Justice Ademola and the other defendants in the case, including his wife, Olabode.

Among other allegations before the Court, the DSS had accused Justice Ademola of receiving 30 million Naira from a senior lawyer, through a Guarantee Trust bank account operated by his wife, who was the former Head of Service in Lagos state.

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday dismissed all the 18 counts, including gratification charges preferred against Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, his wife Olubowale, and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Joe Agi.

Justice Jude Okeke discharged the three defendants in a ruling upholding the respective no-case submissions filed by the defendants.

The charges were filed last year by the Office of the Attorney-General Federation following the raid by Department of State Service’s operatives on the judge’s house on October 7, 2016.

Justice Okeke ruled on Wednesday that the prosecution was unable to make out a prima facie case with respect to any of the 18 counts on concluding its case with 19 witnesses and exhibits A to ZZZ to warrant calling on the defendants to enter their defence.

Justice Okeke in his final comments noted that the case of the prosecution was built on strong suspicion and speculation fueled by the feeling of fight against corruption which not reasonable court could base any conviction on.

greatcrown:
Were they acquitted because of sordid investigation by DSS or they were truly innocent?

freeze001:
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So after all said and done, they couldn't establish even one count! Such a shame! As to those supporting impunity in the name of fighting corruption, u are all officially cuckoo!

The bold summarises the useless dance of shame executed by the shameless Executive.

Tennyrank:
Report reaching us revealed that a High Court of the FCT trying Justice AFA Ademola, his wife, former Lagos State Head of Service and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Joe Ago, for corruption and money laundering allegations has so far dismissed 14 of the charges. Ruling is still in progress. The Ruling is on the no case submission of the counsel of the defendants.
It would be recalled that operatives of the Department of State Services raided the official residence of some justices including two supreme court justice on 8th October, 2016. In the process, millions of naira and foreign currency were recovered. It is pertinent to state that the arrest of the judicial officers generated mixed reaction then. Details to come later

Juciano1:
Prof. Sagay can you be kind enough to explain this show of shame by the FG? Abi corruption is fighting back?#Nonsense