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    Graft: Judge lambastes EFCC over shoddy handling, acquits Ladoja of N4.7 billion

    February 8, 2019 Crime and Security
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    …. EFCC shielded the main culprits from prosecution-Judge

    Former Oyo State Governor, Alhaji Rasheed Ladoja charged with N4.7 billion fraud has been discharged and acquitted of the alleged act by Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday.

    Idris also discharged and acquitted Commissioner for Finance during Ladoja’s tenure, Mr Waheed Akanbi who was charged alongside Ladoja.

    According to Idris who has been promoted to the Court of Appeal, the prosecution failed to establish ingredients of the charge against Ladoja and Akanbi.

    The duo was re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on an 11-count charge of money laundering and conversion of N4.7 billion from Oyo State treasury to his personal use.

    “EFCC shielded the main culprits from prosecution and meted “absolute injustice” to the defendants.

    “I must state that this country cannot sustain the fight against corruption in the manner in which this case has been prosecuted, where those that should be proper defendants to the case are shielded away from prosecution and kept away from facing the law.

    “This is unacceptable; this is injustice and this court will not partake in injustice.

    “There is no doubt that corruption affects us all; it threatens sustainable economic development, ethical values and justice. Corruption distabilises society and endangers the rule of law,” the judge said in a 250-page judgment.

    Idris stressed that there was the need for a fair and just prosecution of criminal cases in the fight against corruption.

    “Prosecutors in this fight must be committed to promoting a justice system founded on fairness, equity, compassion and responsibility.

    “In the light of all I have said, I find that the prosecution has not established counts one to 11 against the defendants beyond reasonable doubts.

    “I am unable, in the circumstances, to find any of the defendants guilty on any or all of the counts as charged.

    “The first and second defendants are, therefore, hereby discharged and acquitted on all counts,” he held.

    Idris added that the case of the prosecution lacked credible evidence and was full of contradictions, adding that same was poorly prosecuted.

    “I have examined 914 tendered documents forensically; if I have to read the entire judgment, we will leave here by 6p.m; so I will skip some.”

    The judge added that the prosecution’s evidence was full of inconsistencies.

    “The prosecution was not consistent in the amount of money allegedly missing in the sale of Oyo State’s shares; these contradictions were not explained during the trial.”

    According to him, EFCC’s witnesses failed to provide credible evidence in the course of trial.

    “The highest burden of proof before getting to, ‘beyond reasonable doubt,’ is, of course, clear and convincing evidence; the case of the prosecution is too low on credible evidence.

    “The failure on the part of the prosecution to prove even one count of several ingredients of an offence means it has failed to prove the guilt of the offence beyond all reasonable doubts,” Idris said.

    In the charge, Ladoja and Akanbi allegedly conspired to siphon and launder N4.7 billion from the coffers of Oyo State Government.

    The anti-graft agency had accused them of converting N1.9 billion belonging to the state for their personal use through the account of a company known as Heritage Apartments Ltd.

    It claimed that they retained the money sometime in 2007 in spite of their knowledge that it was proceed from a criminal activity.

    Ladoja was accused of removing 600,000 pounds from the state coffers in 2007 and sent to his daughter, Bimpe, in London.

    In addition, the ex-governor was accused of converting N42 million belonging to the state for his personal use and subsequently using same to purchase an armoured Land Cruiser.

    The EFCC also added that Ladoja converted N728 million and N77 million at different times in 2007 for his personal use and transferred same to Bistrum Investments for the purchase of a property in Ibadan.

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