Court Discharges Lawyer, Council Official Over N167.8m Fraud

A Lagos State High court, sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square has
struck out a N167,886,591,60 theft charge preferred by the police
against an Oyo State local government council official, Badmus
Adesina, and a lawyer, Ibukunoluwa Konu.

Justice E. A. Ashade struck out the charge with No:
LD/11439C/2020 and discharged Adesina and Konu after a Director of
Public Prosecution’s (DPP) report stated they have no case to
answer.

Ruling on the defendants’ application, Justice Ashade held; “The
prosecution has not opposed the application, he equally submitted
that the power of the police to prosecute is subject to the
Attorney-General of Lagos State.

“In view of there being no opposition to the application by the
defendants to be discharged upon striking out of the charge against
them by the prosecution and position of law in the matter, I,
therefore, order that the charge against the defendants is hereby
struck out for non-prosecution and the defendants are hereby
discharged.”

A Lagos State High court, sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square has
struck out a N167,886,591,60 theft charge preferred by the police
against an Oyo State local government council official, Badmus
Adesina, and a lawyer, Ibukunoluwa Konu.

Justice E. A. Ashade struck out the charge with No:
LD/11439C/2020 and discharged Adesina and Konu after a Director of
Public Prosecution’s (DPP) report stated they have no case to
answer.

Ruling on the defendants’ application, Justice Ashade held; “The
prosecution has not opposed the application, he equally submitted
that the power of the police to prosecute is subject to the
Attorney-General of Lagos State.

“In view of there being no opposition to the application by the
defendants to be discharged upon striking out of the charge against
them by the prosecution and position of law in the matter, I,
therefore, order that the charge against the defendants is hereby
struck out for non-prosecution and the defendants are hereby
discharged.”