Appeal Court Voids Conviction of Ex-NIMASA DG's Aide

The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal, has voided the conviction of Mr. Alu Dismas, an aide to former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NMASA, Dr. Patrick Akpobolokemi, in an alleged N136 million fraud case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Delivering its judgment, the justices of the court agreed with the appellant that the conviction was a nullity.
In the lead judgment delivered by Justice T. Awotoye, the court greed that the prosecution failed to prove the ingredients of money laundering against Dismas.
The EFCC had on April 12, 2016 arraigned Alu and Callistus Obi (a former Executive Director of NIMASA) on an eight-count charge before Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos.

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