BREAKING: Court discharges, acquits ex-NBA President Usoro of N1.4b fraud charge

  A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday discharged and acquitted the immediate past President of the Nigerian Barr Association (NBA) Paul Usoro SAN, of the N1.4billion money laundering charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC). Justice Rilwan Aikawa held the anti-graft agency failed to establish any prima facie case against Usoro that could warrant him to enter a defence. The judge made the decision while ruling on Usoro’s “no case” submission. He noted that the penal code, under which the NBA chieftain was charged, is not applicable to southern states, i.e Lagos and

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