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Court Refuses to Terminate Prosecution of Kwara Ex-lawmaker for Land Fraud

A Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 refused an application brought by former member of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Muhammed Adebayo, seeking to terminate a six-count charge, bordering on land fraud and obtaining money under false pretence brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Adebayo was arraigned on August 1, 2019 by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Commission before Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the State High Court. At the resumed hearing on the matter today, defence counsel, I. Abdul-Azeez applied that the mat…

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