Nigeria’s controversial Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke has begun moves to nullify the conviction of former deputy national chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olabode Ibiyinka George.

George was the Chairman of the board of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA where he engaged in multi-billion naira theft and diversion of public funds. He was arrested in 2008 by the Farida Waziri led EFCC and put on trial before Justice Olubunmi Oyewole of the Lagos High Court which convicted and sentenced him in October 2009 to two and a half years in prison along with five other directors of the NPA when George was the chairman.

Others convicted alongside George were NPA’s former managing director, Arc. Aminu Dabo; Captain O. Abidoye; Alhaji Abdulahi Aminu Tafida; Alhaji Zanna Maidaribe and Engr. Sule Aliyu. Though George and the others had finished serving their jail terms after failing to upturn their conviction at the Appeal Court, According to an online news agency iReports-ng.com, Adoke who has done more damage to the nation’s anti-graft war has already prepared the ground to use the Supreme court to quash George’s conviction so that he could be in the best frame of mind to take on President Jonathan’s campaign battles in 2015 in the south west of Nigeria.

To achieve this, Adoke had already directed the acting Director of Public Prosecution in his office, Mr T.O. Olatigbe to write a letter disowning fiery Lagos lawyer, Festus Keyamo who was hired by the EFCC then to prosecute the George’s case. Armed with the lawyer from Adoke, Bode George has therefore approached the apex court to quash his conviction on the ground that the appellate court erred in law when it failed to upturn the jail term passed on him by the trial court while contesting that the prosecution counsel, Keyamo did not get a fiat from the AGF Adoke to prosecute him.

It is worthy to note that in the new and final appeal George has filed at the Supreme court, he is not contesting the facts of the crime for which he was convicted, he is only contesting, based on Adoke’s legal advice the fact that Keyamo did not get a fiat from the AGF’s office to prosecute the case.

Already, the appeal has been slated to be heard at the supreme court tomorrow, Thursday in Abuja. A senior advocate of nigeria, SAN who spoke with iReports-ng.com in Abuja today said ” We know and I am sure by now many Nigerians know that Adoke is the one behind the move to nullify Bode George’s conviction. But on the point of law, their conspiracy will fail except the men and women in the supreme court will lower their integrity to do the bidding of a filthy public official.”

More: http://channelkoos.com/index.php/news/4133-agf-adoke-plots-to-quash-bode-georges-conviction-as-supreme-court-hears-appeal-tomorrow

filthy public official indeed...

See where Boko Haram are needed to eliminate this rogues.

Is this how best GEJ can fight corruption? Posterity will judge them all.

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Its not like everyone doesnt know the judicial system in Nigeria follows a kangaroo type of court judgements. So if they like, they can go and put it on CNN. It is on record that he stole and went to jail. An ex-con is an ex-con. You can never validate Alams or Bode George. People know the truth. A waste of money. . Bode George probably cannot win an election on his street. PDP should really focus more on what they can handle. People will just chop their money in Lagos and vote who they want.