The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) of the Supreme Court of Nigeria has summoned the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Citadel Oracle Concept Limited, Benjamin Joseph, for hearing of a petition he filed against a police prosecutor at the Force Headquarters Abuja, Simon Lough, for alleged malicious prosecution and denial of justice.
The trial judge Justice, Tijani Garba Ringim dismissed an application by the Managing Director of Technology Distributions Ltd., Mrs. Chioma Ekeh, Mr. Chris Eze Ozims, Mrs. Folashade Oyebode and Mr. Charles Adigwe to stop the police from executing the directive on the Police Investigation Report dated October 19, 2020, by Commissioner of Police, Amechi Elumelu, X-Squad Section, FCID, Force Headquarters, Abuja which recommended that the suspects should be charged to court as advised by the Director of Public Prosecutions given the overwhelming evidence of culpability on the part of the suspects.
Court acquits defendants of N170million FIRS contract fraud
The judge identified many gaps left in the case by the prosecution leading to the failure of the charges. 5 min read
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Jabi, Abuja, on Wednesday, discharged and acquitted two defendants charged with forgery and document falsification in respect of a N170million contract fraud.
The defendants, Princess Kama, and Onny Igbokwe, were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Danlami Senchi, the trial judge, on October 24, 2018.
The charges followed the petition by an Ibadan, Oyo State-based, Information Technology retail firm, Citadel Oracle Concept Limited, and its Managing Director, Benjamin Joseph, accusing the defendants and their allies of hijacking the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) contract from him in 2012.