Indications have emerged that the former chairman of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Chief Olabode George, may have been tried in error by the Lagos State High Court, which sentenced him to two years imprisonment for contracts splitting and inflation in 2009.

Revelation by the Acting Director of Public Prosecution of the Federal Government, Mr. O.T Olatigbe, according to documents made available to National Mirror shows that there was no fiat from his office ordering the trial of George, a former National Vice Chairman (South- West) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Olatigbe, in a response to a memo by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Adoke, which requested for the fiat upon which the trial was based, said there was no record of any such fiat with his office.

It will be recalled that a Lagos State High Court, Ikeja division, presided by Justice Joseph Oyewole, had convicted George and five others over alleged contracts splitting and inflation and slammed them with a two-year jail term without option of fine.

They include the former Managing Director of the NPA, Arc. Aminu Dabo; Captain O. Abidoye; Alhaji Abdulahi Aminu Tafida; Alhaji Zanna Maidaribe and Engr. Sule Aliyu who was joined as 6th defendant after the charge was amended.

The DPP in the memo dated February 25, 2010, stated: “I contacted the legal adviser of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Chile on phone and he told me that the Lagos State Attorney-General, gave EFCC the fiat to prosecute Chief Bode George at the Lagos State High Court, since the offence is a state offence and that no fiat was issued Mr. Festus Keyamo, and that it was the commission that engaged him for the matter, based on the fiat issued to it.

“Based on the above premise, it is my humble submission that EFCC failed to secure a fiat for Festus Keyamo to represent a Federal Government agency in court, and that action alone is fatal to the trial of Chief Bode George, for it is only a legal officer in the employment of the Federal Ministry of Justice or under the employment of EFCC that can prosecute any matter for EFCC without a fiat,” he said.

He also stressed the fact that the Federal Ministry of Justice always deploy competent legal officers to EFCC to prosecute its cases.

The AGF had in a memo dated April 16 with reference no: HAGF/ EFCC/2010/1/47 and addressed to the chairman of the EFCC, requested to be furnished with “details of any fiat issued to Mr. Festus Keyamo to prosecute the case against George in the High Court of Lagos State and also defend the appeal arising therefrom to this office immediately.”

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Source: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/bode-george-tried-in-error-says-dpp/

Come 2015 he will be properly tried and sentenced to death along with he fellow pdp theives

Adoke is‎​ nothing but a F00L!!!

Maybe they meant “he stole in error“ just maybe.

na today. Where is BANK-OLE?

I c

They want to start another magic again

hen hen WTF

The disease that afflicts this country is a terminal one. The nation is on deathrow.

bode ewon george .... bloody convict

mbhs139: They want to start another magic again

gbam

Hmmm.... I unpledge to Nigeria my country

Even Nigeria was also created and amalgamated in error. Oshisco..

SincereNigerian Group

am getting confused

inside dis hot sun,somepeople wan start season3 of bode thief,ok now i dey watch ooo God help dis country

Cmoyor: Hmmm.... I unpledge to Nigeria my country

lol

Wonders shall never cease

what the hell is this country turning into..................

Isn't it our courts here that Ibori was acquitted over a 100 charges but pleaded guilty to just 8 charges in a British court?
Legal fiat none existent ,yet he did 2 years in gaol
Nigeria never ceases to amaze you
By Nigeria I mean civil servants and government officials even religious clerics
When you read things like this, Nigeria seems supremely irredeemable

E be like say, dem want to tell mi, anoda story again Ooº°˚..
PDP i haill thee, dem just dey use us do rubbish for this country...
Shows we the citizens na just toy Ooº°˚

Mohammed Adoke is today's Aondoakaa. A shameless, mindlessly corrupt lawyer in the employ of the Federal govt as attorney General. Again like in Aondoakaa's case, the NBA has been cowed into silence. What a shame.

Jonathan's govt cannot pretend to be fighting corruption when the likes of Adoke remains in its cabinet. I genuinely feel ashamed being Nigerian.

O God of creation

Direct our noble cause

Guide our leaders right

Help our youth the truth to know

In love and honesty to grow

And living just and true

Great lofty heights attain

To build a nation where peace

And justice reign.

PDP wants to clean the image of one of its criminals.
I laugh in PDP...

Trying to spray perfume on a filty pig.

abeg oo wetin be fiat ? am not a learner

lekanolas: Indications have emerged that the former chairman of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Chief Olabode George, may have been tried in error by the Lagos State High Court, which sentenced him to two years imprisonment for contracts splitting and inflation in 2009.

Revelation by the Acting Director of Public Prosecution of the Federal Government, Mr. O.T Olatigbe, according to documents made available to National Mirror shows that there was no fiat from his office ordering the trial of George, a former National Vice Chairman (South- West) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Olatigbe, in a response to a memo by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Adoke, which requested for the fiat upon which the trial was based, said there was no record of any such fiat with his office.

It will be recalled that a Lagos State High Court, Ikeja division, presided by Justice Joseph Oyewole, had convicted George and five others over alleged contracts splitting and inflation and slammed them with a two-year jail term without option of fine.

They include the former Managing Director of the NPA, Arc. Aminu Dabo; Captain O. Abidoye; Alhaji Abdulahi Aminu Tafida; Alhaji Zanna Maidaribe and Engr. Sule Aliyu who was joined as 6th defendant after the charge was amended.

The DPP in the memo dated February 25, 2010, stated: “I contacted the legal adviser of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Chile on phone and he told me that the Lagos State Attorney-General, gave EFCC the fiat [/b]to prosecute Chief Bode George at the Lagos State High Court, since the offence is a state offence and that[b] no fiat was issued Mr. Festus Keyamo, and that it was the commission that engaged him [/b]for the matter, [b]based on the fiat issued to it.

“Based on the above premise, it is my humble submission that[b] EFCC failed to secure a fiat for Festus Keyamo[/b] to represent a Federal Government agency in court, and that action alone is fatal [/b]to the trial of Chief Bode George, for [b]it is only a legal officer in the employment of the Federal Ministry of Justice or under the employment of EFCC that can prosecute any matter for EFCC without a fiat,” he said.

He also stressed the fact that the Federal Ministry of Justice always deploy competent legal officers to EFCC to prosecute its cases.

The AGF had in a memo dated April 16 with reference no: HAGF/ EFCC/2010/1/47 and addressed to the chairman of the EFCC, requested to be furnished with “details of any fiat issued to Mr. Festus Keyamo to prosecute the case against George in the High Court of Lagos State and also defend the appeal arising therefrom to this office immediately.”

Read more on:
Source: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/bode-george-tried-in-error-says-dpp/

I am still scratching my head. If EFFC was given a fiat and they passed it on to Festus Keyamo,what then is the Problem?

It doesn't change anything, he remains "tewonde" George.