A former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Domestic Affairs, Waripamo-Owei Dudafa has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to discharge and acquit him.
His Co-defendant, Iwejuo Joseph Nna also made a similar request.
In June 2013, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Dudafa and Iwejuo Joseph Nna before Justice Mohammed Idris on 23-counts of conspiracy to conceal proceeds of crime amounting to over N1.6billion.
The EFCC said Dudafa allegedly used his position as the SSA to the former president to confer unfair advantage on himself “by enriching himself with huge sums of money which are warehoused and fraudulently concealed in the various accounts managed by the second defendant on behalf of the applicant.”
But in a ‘no case submission’ application moved by Dudafa‘s lawyer Gboyega Oyewole (SAN), the defendant contended that the EFCC’s case against him was watery.
“We urge your lordship to hold that no case…
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