Judge Acquits and Discharge Ikuforiji Of N600m Money Laundering Charges

Adeyemi Ikuforiji, The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has discharged and acquitted, from money laundering charges against him by Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, Lagos.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC accused Mr. Ikuforiji and Oyebode Atoyebi, his aide, of laundering estimatedly N600 million and were charged to court.

The judge described the trial as "anachronistic" and should not have been allowed to continue. "This proceeding should have been treated as an aborted trial and the charges should have been withdrawn," he added.