On Tuesday Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos nullified a criminal charge preferred against a former Chief of Air Staff, Adesola Amosu, and two others over alleged N21.5 billion money laundering.
It was reported that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had re-arraigned the defendants on an amended 13-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N21.5 billion.
The defendants were serving as military officials at the time, thus Justice Aneke on Tuesday upheld the defense attorney’s preliminary objection contesting the court’s authority to hear the case.
It had contended that as the defendants were still officers at the time, they could only be tried by a court martial.
