The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it will appeal the Monday judgment of the Federal High Court Abuja, which acquitted a former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mr Stephen Oronsaye, of the N2billion money laundering charge brought against him and others.
The PUNCH reports that Oronsaye’s corruption trial commenced in 2015 when he was docked alongside the Managing Director of Fredrick Hamilton Global Services Limited, Mr Osarenkhoe Afe, and three companies – Cluster Logistic Limited; Kangolo Dynamic Cleaning Limited, and Drew Investment & Construction Company Limited.
The development was made known on Monday night by the spokesperson for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement obtained by our correspondent. “However, the commission believes the trial judge erred by overlooking the evidence of the 21 witnesses called by the prosecution in the course of the trial as well as the confessional statement of one of the defendants, Osarenkhoe Afe. It has therefore decided to challenge the judgment at the Court of Appeal.
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