Six years after Justice Marcel
Awokulehin struck out all one hundred and seventy-count charge of money
laundering preferred against former governor of Delta State, James Ibori by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, a three-man panel of justices at the
Benin Division of the Court of Appeal has ruled that the ex- governor who is
currently serving a thirteen-year jail term in a London prison, has a case to
answer.
The unanimous decision of
the court setting aside the infamous ruling of Justice Awokulehin was delivered
by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa.
Displeased with the
controversial ruling by JUSTice Awokulehin, then of the Federal High Court,
Asaba, the EFCC, had approached the appellate court to set aside the judgment
on the grounds that the court erred in law.
With this judgment, the
coast is clear for James Ibori to face trial in Nigeria upon the completion of
his jail term in London.
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