The Supreme Court of Nigeria, Friday, December 13, quashed the conviction of former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, Chief Olabode George.Formerly an ex- convict after he was jailed by Justice Olubunmi Oluwole of the Lagos High Court,the highest court in the land has now held that he has no case to answer in the N84 billion fraud the EFCC filed against him and five others.
A panel of Justices of the Supreme Court led by Justice John Afolabi Fabiyi in a landmark judgement, this morning, held that the EFCC had no evidence that he committed fraud at the Nigeria Port Authority where he was Chairman.The judges ,in acquiting Bode George ruled that the allegation of contract spilling that sent the PDP chieftain to two years imprisonment was unknown to the law as at the time of his conviction.
Chief Bode George has been reported ill for some time now.
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