The Federal Government has withdrawn the forgery charge brought against a constitutional lawyer, Professor Mike Ozekhome, SAN.
The charge was filed by the Independent Corrupt Practices
and other related offences Commission, ICPC, following a judgement of a London
court in respect of a property belonging to former FCT minister, the late
General Jeremiah Useni.
The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, OAGF,
had last month taken over the case for effective prosecution.
But the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation, Mr
Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, on Tuesday told Justice Peter Kekemeke of the FCT High
Court that he was withdrawing the case file for “further instruction”.
Oyedepo said that the application was brought in line with
Section 108 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act.
Responding, Paul Erokoro, SAN, who led the defense team,
said he was not opposed to the withdrawal.
In a short ruling, Justice Kekemeke held that the
application having not been objected, is granted and the charge thereby
withdrawn and accordingly dismissed.
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