Alleged N1.4b Money Laundering: Appeal Court Removes Gov Emmanuel’s Name From Charge
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has struck out Governor Udom Emmanuel’s name from 4 out of the 10 count charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC against the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Paul Usoro.
In the charge, the EFCC claimed that Usoro converted and laundered N1.4bn in connivance with the Governor. One of the counts of the charge reads, “ That you Paul Usoro SAN, Emmanuel Udom , Uwemedimo Thomas Nwoko , Nsikan Linus Nkan , Mfon Jacobson Udomah and Margaret Thompson Ukpe sometime in 2015 in Nigeria, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court conspired amongst yourselves to commit an offence, to wit, conversion of N1.
On the 30th of May, 2019, Justice Aikawa dismissed an application filed by Gov. Udom, seeking to quash the entire charge preferred against Usoro and the others.
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