The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) lawsuit against Rochas Okorocha, the former governor of Imo State, was dismissed by the Federal Capital Territory’s High Court.
On the grounds that the anti-graft organisation had brought a comparable case against the defendant before the Federal high court, Justice Yusuf Halilu, who delivered the judgement, referred to the EFCC’s accusations of fraud and abuse of authority against Okorocha as an abuse of the legal process.
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