The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has withdrawn an application seeking to stop Patience Jonathan, former first lady, from having access to her bank account containing $5.9 million.
Justice Ngwuta was among the senior judges whose residences were raided by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, in October 2016 on suspicion of corruption.
Trial Judge, Jude Okeke, in his ruling on Wednesday, held that the prosecution could not provide enough evidence to prove that the accused person actually committed the crimes he was accused of.
The trial of Justice Adeniyi Ademola took a little twist on Tuesday when a prosecution witness told the court that President Muhammadu Buhari had given a gift of N500,000 to the accused person while he was still in charge of the alleged certificate forgery case brought against Buhari by Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe.
The Federal Government has filed fresh charges against Justices Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court and Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on allegations of false assets declaration.
