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Justice Oguntoyinbo declared that 39 of the 40 counts crumbled because of the lack of witnesses to substantiate their claims.
The judge said, “Having considered the entirety of the circumstances and taken judicial notice of the allocutus, I hereby sentence the first defendant to imprisonment for a term of seven years with hard labour only in respect of count 19 of the amended charge. “Most importantly, the prosecution witnesses’ contradictory testimonies have failed to satisfy the exact various sums of money contained in the majority of the unviable and unsupported counts of charges filed against the first defendant. I so hold.
“The Nigeria Police Force, Lagos State, State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Panti, Yaba, and the entire Lagos Police Command and sadly its legal department have failed in the discharge of these solemn responsibilities to present the actual exhibits before this honourable court. I so hold.
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