A panel of judges at the Supreme Court of Nigeria has
quashed the conviction handed Chief Bode George earlier jailed for corruption
by a Lagos High Court.
The court discharged and acquitted Chief 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 Justice John Afolabi Fabiyi
JSC, ruled that the charges of "contract splitting" upon which Mr.
George was convicted is unknown to law.
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