A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has discharged and acquitted a former Head of Service of the Federation, Mr Stephen Oronsaye of the N2 billion money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) preferred against him.
Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo, held that the EFCC failed to provide credible evidence to establish its case against Mr Oronsaye and his co-defendants.
Justice Ekwo said that though the prosecution initially entered a 49-count charge against him, it subsequently withdrew 22 of them upon realising that they were not only baseless, but also not supported by any evidence.
The trial began in 2015 with the arraignment of Mr Oronsaye alongside the Managing Director of Fedrick Hamilton Global Services Limited, Osarenkhoe Afe, when they were docked on 49 counts charge bordering on fraud.
