Oladimeji RamonThe Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has discharged and acquitted a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Patrick Akpobolokemi, who was charged with an alleged fraud of N2.6bn. The Appeal Court overruled the decision of Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court in Lagos, who, on October 16, 2017, dismissed Akpobolokemi’s no-case submission. But Justice Buba, in an October 16, 2017 ruling, dismissed their no-case submissions, holding that they had a case to answer. However, the five other defendants were not discharged as the appellate court upheld Justice Buba’s verdict that they had a case to answer. He still has two pending charges before Justice Buba, one before Justice Ayokunle Faji also of the Federal High Court and one before Justice Raliat Adebiyi of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja.

Source: Punch June 02, 2018 00:45 UTC