A Federal High Court, Abuja,on Thursday dismissed a 50-count charge bordering on alleged corruption against former Bayelsa governor, Timipre Sylva and six others.
Justice Adeniyi Ademola, in a ruling, held that the charges as filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission constituted an abuse of court process and the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case.
He further held that the charges were “frivolous and lacking in merit’’.
Specifically, Justice Ademola held that the same charges had been determined by two other justices of the federal high court, Justices Evoh Chukwu and Ahmed Mohammed.
He said Justices Chukwu and Mohammed had struck out the charges on June 1 and June 10 respectively.
“It is the view of the court that the case constitutes an abuse of court process.
“The charges and witnesses in this case are all the same with the cases earlier struck out by the two courts.
“The court has inherent power to prevent the abuse of its process,’’ he said.
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