Browsing: Colonel Nicholas Ashinze

The Judge, who accused the EFCC of frustrating proceedings in the trial and attempting to take over control of the court, withdrew from the case and returned its file to the Chief Judge of the Court, Justice Abdul Adamu Kafarati, for re-assignment to another court

The judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, held that the e-payment schedule of N3.12 billion issued from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and N2.5 billion from office of the National Security Adviser did not meet the provision of the Evidence Act

The judge had on March 21 ordered the EFCC to retract an offensive press statement issued by EFCC, which was published in Vanguard Newspaper

The judge dismissed the oral claim by the counsel to the EFCC, Ofem Uket, that the anti-graft agency had retracted the offending publication because the lawyer failed to produce any document or evidence before the court to ascertain its claim

Ashinze was an aide to former National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki

The Federal High Court judge in Abuja, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, rejected the major bank documents sought to be tendered by the government to establish its case against the five defendants

A statement by EFCC’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said the accused were arraigned on a 13-count charge of corruption and money laundering to the tune of N36.8 billion