₦airaland Forum

Welcome, Guest: RegisterLoginWith GoogleTrendingRecentNew

Stats: 3,331,010 members, 8,448,222 topics. Date: Monday, 20 July 2026 at 01:38 AM

Toggle theme

Court Discharges, Acquits Justice Ademola, Wife And Lawyer - Crime - Nairaland

Nairaland ForumNairaland GeneralCrimeCourt Discharges, Acquits Justice Ademola, Wife And Lawyer (459 Views)

1 Reply (Go Down)

Court Discharges, Acquits Justice Ademola, Wife And Lawyer by ekene247(op): 3:41pm On Apr 05, 2017
Reports say a High Court in Maitama, the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja has dismissed all the 18 corruption charges filed against Justice Adeniyi Ademola, his wife Olubowale, and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Joe Agi.

The judge and the others were also acquitted of all the charges.
The judgement was delivered by Justice Jude Okeke in a ruling to uphold the respective no-case submissions filed by the defendants.
The charges against the trio were filed by the office of the Attorney-General Federation after some judges including Adeniyi were raided by operatives of the Department of State Service. According to Justice Okeke, the prosecution was not able to make out a
prima facie case with respect to any of the 18 counts even with 19 witnesses and exhibits A to ZZZ to warrant calling on the defendants to enter their
defence.

He said the charges were only filed by the prosecution based on suspicion and speculation fueled by the feeling of fight against corruption which no reasonable court could base any conviction on.
"The matter is therefore resolved in favour of the defendants and all the defendants are hereby discharged," Daily Trust quoted Justice Okeke as saying in his ruling.

https://www.naij.com/1097824-breaking-court-discharges-acquits-justice-ademola-wife-lawyer.html

Cc
OAM4J , Mynd44
Re: Court Discharges, Acquits Justice Ademola, Wife And Lawyer by OfficialAwol(m): 3:43pm On Apr 05, 2017
What do I say as not to be misquoted
Re: Court Discharges, Acquits Justice Ademola, Wife And Lawyer by Mynd44(mod): 3:47pm On Apr 05, 2017
Re: Court Discharges, Acquits Justice Ademola, Wife And Lawyer by ekene247(op): 3:54pm On Apr 05, 2017
1 Reply

Court Discharges, Acquits Rasheed Ladoja Of N4.7bn Fraud ChargeAdemola Emmanuel Adeoti Arrested For Wired Fraud In The U.SFG To Appeal Justice Ademola's Acquittal234

Badoo Cult Group Strikes Again, Kills Three In IkoroduBadoo: Lagos Police Arrests 87 Suspects, 20 Others Declared WantedNigerian National, One Other Arrested With 12gm Of Cocaine In India