Delivering his judgement, Justice Lewis Allagoa said the prosecuting counsels could not prove their case beyond reasonable doubts, as such, the accused were discharged and acquitted.
Speaking on the judgement, counsel to Wali, Sam Olagunorisa, said they were happy and vindicated, noting that they were able to prove that the said money passed through a registered financial institution in the country.
On his part, the EFCC counsel, Cosmos Ogwu, said they had come to the end of the road at this level.
The defendants were alleged to have collected the sum of N950,000,000, part of the $115,000,000 allegedly distributed by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Deizani Allison Madueke for the purpose of influencing the outcome of the 2015 general elections.
Delivering his judgement, Justice Lewis Allagoa said the prosecuting counsels could not prove their case beyond reasonable doubts, as such, the accused were discharged and acquitted.
Speaking on the judgement, counsel to Wali, Sam Olagunorisa, said they were happy and vindicated, noting that; “we are able to prove that indeed the said money passed through a registered financial institution in the country.”
On his part, EFCC counsel, Cosmos Ogwu, said; “we have come to the end of the road at this level, adding that “in a litigation you can’t say until judgement day, we shall study the judgement and see what we can do after.”