Court Discharges Alao-Akala, Fayose Re-Arraigned
The Court of Appeal in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, yesterday discharged and acquitted a former governor of the state, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, over the N11.5 billion corruption charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). NIGERIAN TRIBUNE reports.
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The trial, headed over by a three-man panel led by Justice Jimi Olukayode Bada and comprising of Justices Abba Muhammed and Abdulazeez Waziri, lasted 11 years. Information Guide Nigeria
In a related development, a former Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, was on Thursday re-arraigned by the EFCC before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State.
Fayose was re-arraigned alongside his company, Spotless Limited, before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, on 11 counts bordering on fraud and money laundering offences. jamb results
In the amended charge, Fayose and one of his associates, Abiodun Agbele, were alleged to have on June 17, 2014, taken possession of N1.219 billion to fund Fayose’s 2014 gubernatorial campaign in Ekiti State.
Meanwhile, Agbele is standing trial on alleged money laundering offences before another division of the court.
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