conviction handed Bode George a Peoples Democratic Party
chieftain earlier jailed for corruption by a Lagos High Court.
The court discharged and acquited Mr. George claiming that
prosecutors at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had no evidence of Mr. George's
intention to commit fraud at the Nigeria Port Authority (NPA)
where as chairman of the NPA board he was caught presiding
over a contract bazaar the bled the nation of Nigeria.
A panel of judges headed by a controversial judge, John
Afolabi Fabiyi JSC, ruled that the charges of "contract
splitting" upon which Mr. George was convicted is unknown
to law.
The pattern of today's quashing of George's conviction was
similar to that of a Lagos Court of Appeal ruling which
similarly quashed a death sentence conviction of Major
Hamza Al Mustapha's for the murder of Alhaja Kudirat
Abiola in 1996.
Via: Vanguard
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