Akingbola heads to Supreme Court to upturn N5bn corruption charges

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Erastus Akingbola

Akin Kuponiyi

Erastus Akingbola

Barely two weeks after the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division ordered his retrial over alleged N5 billion corruption charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Dr Erastus Akingbola has approached the Supreme Court to upturn the judgement.

The appellate court in a unanimous decision delivered on February 20, 2015 upturned the judgment of a Federal High Court, Lagos delivered by Justice Charles Archibong (now retired) which dismissed the 26 count charges against Akingbola.

Justice Amina Augie in her lead judgement declared the judgement of the lower court a …Read More

Source:: PM Newspaper