Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Alleged N1.4bn Fraud: Court Dismisses Ex-Gov’s Application As Witness Reveals How Usoro Was Paid N300m

Justice Rilwanu Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, June 3, 2019, struck out an application filed by Udom Emmanuel, Governor of Akwa Ibom State for “Stay of Proceedings” in an alleged N1.48bn fraud case involving the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Paul Usoro, SAN. Justice Aikawa dismissed the application, following an objection raised by the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, that the “court lacks power to stay proceedings upon an application filed and served by an appellant applicant, who is not a defendant in the suit.” Emmanuel had file…