in Jabi has discharged a former Attorney General of the Federation , Mohammed Adoke, and six others over alleged fraudulent conduct in the handling of the controversial Oil Prospecting License 245 .
The judge held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission failed to establish a prima facie case against the defendants to warrant calling them to enter their defence. The judge averred that allowing the case to remain in court would do untold injustice to the defendants, who should not have been charged in the first place.Adoke, Malabu Oil, Nigeria Agip, Shell Nigeria and Shell Exploration were charged with conspiring to commit an offence to wit: public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to cause injury contrary to the provision of Section 97 of the Penal Code, Cap 532 LFN 1990 and punishable under Section 123 of the same Act, among others.
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