The trial judge then went ahead to convict the firms.
Delivering judgment on the appeals on Friday, the Court of Appeal agreed with the appellants and set aside the conviction of the four companies especially in view of the fact that the validity of the plea of guilt which was challenged by the appellants had yet to be determined before the trial court pronounced them guilty.
He also sought an order of the court nullifying the previous proceedings because those who represented the company were not authorised to do so. Moving his motion seeking to set aside the companies’ conviction, Mr Ozekhome said they were convicted “in gross violation” of the 1999 Constitution, which he said occasioned a miscarriage of justice.The application, he said, was on the ground that the court failed to pass a sentence on the convicted companies, as the judge reserved sentence until the end of the other defendants’ trial.
But Rotimi Oyedepo, the counsel for the EFCC, urged the court to dismiss the application, describing it as an abuse of court process.
Another upturns after Olisa Metuh ect? does this really confirming the allegations people gets convicted on orders from above?
So, what happened to the money involved?
Abacha!!!