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Court Clears Ex-Lagos Speaker, Ikuforiji, Aide of Money Laundering Charge
Justice Mohammed Liman of a Federal High Court in Lagos has discharged and acquitted a former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji of an alleged N338.8 million money laundering charge slammed on him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Ikuforiji was cleared of the alleged offence alongside his former Personal Assistant, Oyebode Atoyebi.
Delivering judgement in the matter today, Justice Liman held that the anti-graft agency failed to prove its case against the defendants beyond reasonable doubt.
The defendants were first arraigned on March 1, 2012, before Justice Okechukwu Okeke on a 20-count charge bordering on misappropriation and money laundering
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