Kabiru Turaki, former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, was dismissed and acquitted of money laundering charges by a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday.
News Agency of Nigeria
In a judgement on the defence’s no-case motion, Justice Inyang Ekwo stated that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had failed to link Turaki and his co-defendants to the crimes charged in the 16-count charge.
He stated that the prosecution’s case against them could not be proven prima facie.
During cross examination, the defendants removed all of the evidence of the prosecution witnesses called in the case, according to Justice Ekwo, who described the EFCC’s 12 witnesses as “tainted witnesses.”
According to the court, it was shown during cross examination that Turaki was not a signatory to the ministry’s account and did not authorize any payment or transfer of monies.
He agreed with the reasoning that the former minister was not a member of the Ministerial Tender Board and that no monies were transferred from the ministry’s account to Turaki’s company.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the EFCC accused the ex-minister and others of unauthorized and criminal theft of N715 million in a 16-count complaint.
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