JUST IN: Court discharges, acquits ex-NBA President Usoro of N4.2bn fraud charges

A Lagos Division of the Federal High Court has discharged and acquitted the immediate past President of the Nigerian Bar Association , Paul Usoro, of the N4.2billion fraud charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission .

Judge, Rilwan Aikawa, held that the anti graft agency failed to establish any prima facie case against Mr Usoro that would warrant him to enter a defence.He noted that the penal code, under which the NBA chieftain was charged, is not applicable to southern states, that is, Lagos and Akwa-Ibom, which were said to be the locations of the alleged offences.“Accordingly, the defendant is hereby discharged and acquitted,” Mr Aikawa held.

The defendant had on February 25, filed a no-case submission where his counsel Effiong O. Effiong argued that the EFCC called only two witnesses and closed its case. The lawyer said the reason for the handful of witness was because the commission didn’t have any case against the defendants.But the prosecution opposed his prayer and prayed the court to dismiss the no-case submission, citing the “overwhelming evidence” it said it had adduced and exhibits admitted in evidence.

He will now join APC

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