November 11, 2019, has applied to the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja to have his name removed from the charges instituted against him and others in respect of Malabu Oil scam.on Friday. He argued that the Federal High Court in Abuja, having exonerated him in the Malabu Oil scam, his inclusion as a defendant in the criminal case was erroneous.
Although it was filed on November 5, 2019, almost one week before his arrest in Dubai on November 11, the application is believed to be part of the moves by Adoke to avert his extradition to Nigeria. The EFCC had, in 2017, charged him alongside others, with fraudulent allocation of the Oil Prospecting Licence 245 and other forms of offences involving the sum of about $1.2bn, forgery of bank documents, bribery and corruption.
But Adoke’s lawyer, Ozekhome, has filed a motion before the court praying for an order “striking out the name of Bello Mohammed Adoke , as a defendant in charge number FCT/HC/CR/124/17, between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Co Ltd & 10 others, pending before this honourable court.”
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