A former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, has lauded the court judgment that upheld his no-case submission against the charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
This was contained in a statement titled ‘I have been vindicated”, and made available to newsmen shortly after the court ruling.
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, discharged and acquitted the senior advocate of money laundering charges brought against him by the EFCC.
According to the charge, the anti-graft agency alleged that Adoke accepted a cash payment of the dollar equivalent of N300 million from Aliyu Abubakar in August 2013 in Abuja.
This action is said to be an offence punishable under Section 16(2)(b) of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act 2011 as amended.
He added that the case has deprived him of his livelihood as a lawyer and arbitrator since 2016, and affected his personal life and reputation.
Adoke said he could consider legal action over his ordeal.
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