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ICPC drags Wabara, former minister to S/Court

Started by bamalli, July 06, 2010, 06:18:55 PM

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ICPC drags Wabara, former minister to S/Court

Written by Idowu Samuel Monday, 05 July 2010

THE Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has gone to the Supreme Court, seeking to nullify Appeal Court's judgment in  favour of former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara.

Wabara and the former Minister of Education, Professor Fabian Osuji, had hitherto been engaged in an extended legal battle to prevent a trial court from entertaining a suit filed against them, alleging their involvement in sharing the sum of N55 million bribe reportedly from the Education Ministry between 2004 and 2005, in the past regime of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

On June 1, however, reprieve came their way when the a Court of Appeal dropped the charges against them in a judgment delivered by wife of former governor of River State, Justice Mary Odili.

Justice Odili, while dismissing the nine-count charge against the appellants, said the allegations slammed against them were entirely frivolous, baseless and lacking in merit.

Not satisfied with the judgment, the ICPC, therefore, proceeded to the Supreme Court to file a notice of appeal, raising five grounds to nullify the judgment by the Appeal Court, praying the Supreme Court to uphold the ruling of the trial court which dismissed the preliminary objection filed before it by Wabara and others (defendants).