Justice Candid Johnson of the Lagos State High
Court sitting in Igbosere today, June 21, struck out
a motion filed against the EFCC by Azibola Robert,
a cousin of the former President Goodluck
Jonathan, asking the court to restrain the
Commission from arresting, detaining or
investigating him. The motion was struck out on
grounds of lacking diligent prosecution.
Court sitting in Igbosere today, June 21, struck out
a motion filed against the EFCC by Azibola Robert,
a cousin of the former President Goodluck
Jonathan, asking the court to restrain the
Commission from arresting, detaining or
investigating him. The motion was struck out on
grounds of lacking diligent prosecution.
In the motion, Azibola requested for an order
nullifying and setting aside the remand order
obtained by the EFCC to remand him, an order
directing the Commission to release him from
custody, an order of perpetual injunction restraining
the EFCC or any person whatsoever acting for/on
behalf of the Commission from arresting or
detaining him and demand of special damages in
the sum of N200, 000,000 (Two Hundred Million
Naira Only). Azibola is being investigated by the
EFCC for suspicious contracts awarded to him by
the former National Security Adviser to former
President, Goodluck Jonathan.
The investigation revealed that between 2012 and
2015, Colonel Sambo Dasuki allegedly awarded
fictitious contracts to the tunes of
N2,219,188,609.50 ( Two Billion, Two Hundred and
Nineteen Million, One Hundred and Eighty Eight
Thousand, Six Hundred and Nine Naira, Fifty Kobo),
$1,671,742,613.58 (One Billion, Six Hundred
Seventy One Million, Seven Hundred and Forty Two
Thousand, Six Hundred and Thirteen Dollars Fifty
Eight Cents) and €9,905,477.00 (Nine Million, Nine
Hundred and Five Thousand, Four Hundred and
Seventy Seven Euros) respectively to Azibola and
his companies and proxies. Also the sums of $40
million and N650 million was said to have been
traced in the bank account of Azibola as moneies
paid by the former NSA.
It would be recalled that Azibola made similar
motion before Abuja High Court and same was
dismissed by Honourable Justice O.O Goodluck of
Abuja High Court. He later filed two separate
motions before Honourable Justice C.M.A
Olatoregun of the Federal High Court Lagos and
Justice Candid Johnson of the Lagos High Court.
