Justice Jude Okeke upholding the no case submission in the corruption case against Justice Adeniyi Ademola, Olabowale Ademola and Joe Agi.
A source in the Presidency confirmed this development to State House correspondents in Abuja on Thursday.
The source stated that filing the appeal was informed by the need to save the war against corruption.
The source revealed that the government, through the Ministry of Justice, had also filed a fresh case in the Code of Conduct Tribunal against Justice Ademola and wife “for living above their means and failure to declare their assets.’’
Justice Okeke of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, on Wednesday, upheld the no case submission by the defence in the corruption case against the trio.
The judge struck out the 18-count charge preferred against the defendants after holding that the prosecution failed to prove any of the allegations despite the provisions of sections 53 and 60 of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences (ICPC) Act.
