A file photo of the former NBA President, Mr Paul Usoro, addressing a press conference in Abuja.A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has reserved its ruling in the ‘no-case submission’ filed by a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association , Mr Paul Usoro SAN.
Arguing the no-case submission filed on February 25, Effiong submitted that the prosecution – the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission only called two witnesses and closed its case because they knew they didn’t have any case against the defendants. Uduak urged the court to dismiss the no-case submission in view of the overwhelming evidence adduced by the prosecution and the exhibits admitted in evidence.
In his testimony before the court, an investigating officer with the EFCC, Abdulrahman Arabo, said that the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, hired Usoro who, in turn, invited other SANs to join him at the Election Tribunal where his victory was being challenged in 2015.