Abacha loot: TI reacts to withdrawal of case

Sani Abacha

An anti-corruption group, Transparency International, has faulted the decision of the Federal Government to drop corruption charges against Mohammed Abacha, son of the late military Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha.

TI expressed this dissatisfaction in a statement by its Regional Director for sub-Saharan Africa, Chantal Uwimana, on Thursday.

The Federal Government had charged Mohammed Abacha for helping his father to steal and launder about N446.3bn allegedly stolen from the government’s coffers between 1995 and 1998.

But Adoke, acting on behalf of the Federal Government last Wednesday, asked Justice Mamman Kolo of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, to strike out the charges on the grounds of “fresh facts” that just emerged concerning the case.

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Court refuses to stop Reps from impeaching Jonathan

An Abuja Federal High Court on Friday refused to order the House of Representatives to refrain from its threat to commence impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan over the implementation of the 2012 budget.

The National Chairman of the African Liberation Party, Dr. Emmanuel Okereke, had in an ex-parte application, asked the court to restrain the lawmakers from going ahead with their threat to impeach the President over what they described as poor implementation of the budget.

The plaintiffs listed the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal; the House of Representatives; the National Assembly; the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke; and President Goodluck Jonathan as the defendants in the suit.