{"id":93354,"date":"2022-03-29T07:31:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T06:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=93354"},"modified":"2022-03-29T07:31:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T06:31:12","slug":"court-clears-ex-minister-kabiru-turaki-of-money-laundering-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/court-clears-ex-minister-kabiru-turaki-of-money-laundering-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Clears Ex Minister, Kabiru Turaki, Of Money Laundering Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1728614226377872459\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has discharged and acquitted former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Kabiru Turaki, of money laundering charge.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling on the no-case submission filed by the defence, said the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had failed to link Turaki and his co-defendants with the offences contained in the 16-count charge.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said that the prosecution could not establish a prima facie case against the defendants.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-5976565767367506726yMail_cursorElementTracker_1648534852617\">Justice Ekwo said that the defendants dislodged all the evidence of the prosecution witnesses called in the matter during cross examination, describing the 12 witnesses relied on by EFCC as \u201ctainted witnesses.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The judge said that it was established during cross examination that Turaki was not a signatory to the account of the ministry and did not authorise any payment or make any transfer of funds.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He accepted the argument that held the former minister was not a member of the Ministerial Tender Board and that there was no inflow of funds from the account of the ministry to Turaki\u2019s company.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-5976565767367506726yMail_cursorElementTracker_1648534804660\">The EFCC had, in the 16-count charge, accused the ex-minister and others of unlawful and criminal misappropriation of N715 million.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-5976565767367506726ymail_android_signature\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/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 Abuja, has discharged and acquitted former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Kabiru Turaki, of money laundering charge. 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