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N544m grass cutting contract scandal: Court discharges, acquits Babachir Lawal

Ayo Ayedun
Last updated: 2022/11/18 at 11:31 AM
Ayo Ayedun Published November 18, 2022
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A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has discharged and aqcuitted a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, from the 544 million naira contract fraud offences brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The Court on Friday held that the anti-graft agency failed woefully to establish prima facie case against the Ex-SGF.

In a ruling on no case submission made by Lawal, Justice Charles Agbaza held that no ingredients of any offence was made out by the 11 witnesses that testified for the EFCC.

The Judge held that the EFCC did not establish that Lawal was either a member of the Presidential Initiative for North East that awarded the contract or a member of the Ministerial Tenders Board that vetted and gave approval to the disputed contract.

Besides, Justice Agbaza held that EFCC also failed to link Lawal with Bureau of Public Procurement that issued a certificate of no objection to the contract before it was awarded.

Thereafter, the Judge discharged and acquitted all the defendants in the 10-count criminal charges against them for want of evidence to link them with the purported offences.

Lawal alongside his younger brother, Hamidu Lawal; Suleiman Abubakar; Apeh Monday and two companies, Rholavision Engineering Limited and Josmon Technologies Limited were prosecuted by the EFCC before Justice Charles Agbaza.

They faced a 10-count charge bordering on fraud relating to the removal of evasive plant species to the tune of N544 million for which they pleaded not guilty.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC had on Monday, November 30, 2020 re-arraigned the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal before Justice Agbaza.

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