The Supreme Court of Nigeria today quashed all
charges of corruption earlier leveled against PDP
Chieftain and close pal of former president
Olusegun Obasanjo, Chief Bode George. The
Supreme Court Judges headed by Justice Afolabi
Fabiyi while passing their verdict said the charges
of contract splitting brought against Mr Bode
George by the EFCC was unknown to the law at
the time he was convicted of the crime.
A Lagos high court judge, Justice Joseph
Olubunmi Oyewole on Oct 2009 convicted Chief
Bode George and 5 others for corruption and
diversion of funds totalling N84billion when they
served on the board of the Nigerian Ports
Authority, NPA. He was sentenced to 2 years
imprisonment and was released Feb 26 2011. So
now, he's no longer an ex-convict.
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