Mohammed Abacha
Acting on the orders of President Goodluck Jonathan, the Nigerian
attorney general ‘s office this morning withdrew charges of corruption
filed against Mohammed Abacha, the son of late former head of state,
General Sani Abacha, over allegation of corruptly receiving N100.38bn
worth of stolen property.
On February 18 2014, the Attorney General of the Federation had filed
a 121-count charge (and subsequently an amended nine-count charge)
against Abacha, on behalf of the federal government of Nigeria.
MORE AFTER THE CUT..................................
However, counsel to the federal government, Mr. Daniel Enwelum — who
had been employed to pursue the case to its conclusion—made a U-turn, he
orally applied on Wednesday requesting the withdrawal of the criminal
charges against the accused person.
Justice Mamman Kolo of the FCT High Court had no option but to
discharge Mr. Abacha, after granting the application for discontinuation
of trial. Abdullahi Haruna, the defence counsel to Mr. Abacha, gladly
supported the application.
Hearing on the matter resumed on Wednesday in the hope the court
would take further steps towards establishing the culpability of the Mr.
Abacha, but the Federal Government counsel told the court that the
Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke had mandated
him to withdraw the charges due to “emerging facts and circumstances of
the case”.
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