An Abuja High Court on Friday discharged a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal and five others of N544 million grass- cutting fraud.
The EFCC charged them with 10 counts of fraud relating to contract awarded by the Presidential Initiative for the North-East (PINE) for the removal of evasive plant species to the tune of N544 million.
A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Chidi Eboigbe on Wednesday in Abuja told an FCT high court that former Secretary to