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The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan today discharged former Governor of Oyo state Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala of charges leveled against him by the Economic and Financial crimes commission.
The upper court said the trial court was wrong to have asked the defendant/ appellant to enter appeal regarding the N11.5 billion naira fraud.
In a unanimous judgement by the three judges of the appeal court, they contended that the trial court erred to have ordered the Appellant enter defend on an offence not known to law as prosecution/defence failed to establish a prima facie case against the defendant/Appellant.
The former Governor has been facing 11 count charges on an alleged 11.5bn fraud allegation since 2011.
Justice Muniru Owolabi of the Oyo state high court at the trial court had ordered the defendant to enter defence on counts 1, 2 and 5 of the charges after striking out the 8 out of the 11 count charge.
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