{"id":40099,"date":"2015-07-01T13:07:29","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T12:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=40099"},"modified":"2015-07-01T13:07:29","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T12:07:29","slug":"court-clears-fani-kayode-of-money-laundering-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/court-clears-fani-kayode-of-money-laundering-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Court clears Fani-Kayode of money laundering charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1435743148866_28562\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has discharged and acquitted former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, of any corruption charges.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1435743148866_28505\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Delivering her judgment, Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, said the Economic Financial Crimes Commission\u2019s case was \u201cfeeble\u201d and failed to provide \u201ccopious evidence\u201d linking Fani-Kayode to money laundering.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1435743148866_28566\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fani-Kayode, whose trial began in 2008 was arraigned by the EFCC for allegedly laundering about N100 million while he was minister of Culture and Tourism and subsequently, aviation minister.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1435743148866_28568\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fani-Kayode, in a statement shortly after the verdict thanked God, and all those who made the victory possible.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1435743148866_28570\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Statement<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span id=\"yiv9185219892yui_3_16_0_1_1435750165344_6514\" class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted, humbled and relieved by this verdict. In the last seven years, I have been subjected to the most malicious, vicious, sinister, well-orchestrated, insidious and devastating form of political persecution and wickedness.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">The whole process almost destroyed my life, my family, my reputation, my health and my career. I thank God for his goodness, his mercy and for the fact that today, the whole nightmare has finally come to an end.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">Initially, I was accused of stealing N19.5bn of public funds when I was Minister of Aviation. It was thrown out by the courts. Then I was accused of stealing N6.5bn. It was thrown out by the courts. Then I was accused of laundering N200m. It was thrown out by the courts.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">Then I was accused of laundering N99m. It was thrown out by the courts. Finally, I was accused of laundering N1m and N1.1m respectively, and today, both of these charges have also been thrown out by the courts.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">I give thanks to God for today\u2019s verdict. It is the doing of the lord and it is marvelous in our sight. Once again, he has proved that he is faithful and true and that he always honors his word.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">I wish to thank my family members, leaders of the Body of Christ, intercessors, pastors, political associates and friends who never doubted my innocence and who stood by me through thick and thin. I wish to thank my lawyers who worked so hard and so diligently over the last seven years throughout this case.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">I wish to thank the Nigerian judiciary for dispensing justice in an honest and God-fearing way and for refusing to be intimidated by anyone or guided by anything other than the evidence presented before them in this case.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">They dispensed justice with candor and fairness, and throughout the proceedings, they were fair to all, honest, courageous, professional and true.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">I thank them for refusing to send an innocent man to jail and for refusing to allow themselves to be used as tools for personal and vindictive vendettas or political persecution.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">This gruesome ordeal started seven years ago and throughout that period, it was grueling and difficult. They took seven years from me<span class=\"yiv9185219892\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>but they couldn&#8217;t break me or end my life.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">It was a very difficult period for both me and my family which came with enormous and unimaginable challenges, yet from day one I never doubted that I would be vindicated because God had assured me of it and I know the God that I serve. He never lies and He never fails.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">He said, through his Holy Spirit, that my innocence would speak for me and that he would fight this battle for me and he did. He said that he is the author and the finisher of my faith, my shield, my glory and the lifter of my head and he was.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">He has proved all that throughout my life and he has proved it once again with the verdict in this case. To him alone be all the glory.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">When the ordeal began seven years ago the Lord ministered that it would last for seven years but that in the end, I would be declared innocent, I would be vindicated and I would be delivered.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">Again he honored his word because the whole nightmare started on 1st of July 2008 when I was arrested in the premises of the Nigerian Senate after the public hearing on the N19.5 billion Naira Aviation Intervention Fund.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">I was cleared of any wrong doing in the administration of that fund by the Senate Commitee on Aviation yet despite that, immediately after the sitting before the Comimitee, I was abducted and arrested in an unceremonious and shameul fashion and locked up by the Farida Waziri-led EFCC for 10 days and charged to a magistrate court in Abuja.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">Today, the 1st of July 2015, seven years to the day from that day when I was first arrested and first put into detention, I have been discharged and acquitted of all remaining charges by the courts.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">The Lord has, once again, honored his word, to him alone be the glory.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">As a mark of honor and respect for the Lord and as an everlasting testimony of my love for and dedication to him, I wish to make it known to the Nigerian public that as from today my name will be changed.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">It will no longer be David Oluwafemi Fani-Kayode but instead, it shall be David Oluwafemi Olukayode. Olukayode means &#8220;the Lord has brought me joy&#8221; and today he has done precisely that.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">As from this day, in honor of him and as a small tribute to my love for and total dependance on Him, that shall remain my family name. Once again, I give thanks to God for all that has happened to me and for this great deliverance. To him be all the glory.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">I swore that I would not leave the shores of Nigeria until this matter was finally brought to an end and the courts had pronounced my innocence. That was seven years ago.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">I kept faith with that oath and it gives me pleasure to tell you that now that the whole ordeal is over I shall be leaving the shores of my beloved country for the first time in seven years for a short holiday and a long overdue medical examination.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">They not only threw the whole book at me but also the entire kitchen sink but the Lord was with me. I stood on His words in Isaiah 50 v.7-9 and I never faltered or doubted Him even in the most difficult times.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">Now they know that I serve a mighty God who never forsakes His own. I thank the media for their constant support and attention and I thank the millions of Nigerian people that chose to believe in me and to keep faith with me throughout this ordeal. Once again, I give thanks to the Lord. God bless you all.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1435743148866_28584\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1435743148866_28583\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1435743148866_28582\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1435743148866_28581\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1435743148866_28580\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1435743148866_28579\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">Signed:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1435743148866_28578\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1435743148866_28577\" class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1435743148866_28576\" class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">Chief Femi Fani-Kayode (Chief Oluwafemi Olukayode)<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1435743148866_28575\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span class=\"yiv9185219892\" lang=\"EN-US\">1st July, 2015<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1435743148866_28573\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"yiv9185219892\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has discharged and acquitted former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, of any corruption charges. 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