Court Dismisses Money Laundering Case Against Atiku’s Lawyer

A federal high court in Lagos has thrown out a suit seeking conviction of Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, a lawyer to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, over money money laundering.

Osagie was arraigned alongside Erhunse Giwa-Osagie before the trial court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)

The brothers were arrested on August 8, 2019, and arraigned on three counts of money laundering before Nicholas Oweibo, a judge of the federal high court in Lagos.

Following the transfer of the case file from Oweibo, the suspects were re-arraigned before Chuka Obiozor in October 2019.

On Friday, March 6, 2019, the defendants were brought before Chukwujekwu Aneke, a judge of the same court.

The EFCC accused the two brothers of making a cash payment of $2 million without going through a financial institution in the buildup to the 2019 general election.

The EFCC said the amount which exceeded what is authorised by law was meant for the 2019 elections.

The EFCC had closed its case on January 14, 2021, after calling witnesses and tendering documents in evidence.

The defendants through their counsel, Uduak Kufre filed a no-case-submission.

Ruling on the application on Monday, the judge ruled that the case lacked merit and that the anti-graft commission failed to establish evidence that the defendants committed the alleged offence.

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