A Federal High Court in Abuja has freed a cousin of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Robert Azibaola, charged with money laundering to the tune of $40million.
Azibaola and his firm, One Plus Holdings Nigeria Limited were charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with money laundering offences for allegedly receiving the sum of $40m from the Office of the then National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, in September 2014 for the “supply of tactical communication equipment”, a job the prosecution alleged was not done.
In a judgment on Monday, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba discharged and acquitted the defendants on the grounds that the prosecution failed to prove its case against the defendants.
Justice Dimgba was of the view that the prosecution failed to contradict the explanation given by the defendants as to how the funds were expended.
