Kindly Share This Story: Shamsudeen Bala Mohammed, son of a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Thursday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that he has no case to answer in the 15-count money laundering charge. Shamsudeen, through his lawyer, Chris Uche, SAN, told Justice Nnamdi Dimgba that the evidence of the prosecution against him was insufficient to prove the case. READ ALSO: Abia Assembly begs FG to take over Abia Poly, College of Education "My lord, this matter was adjourned for defence, the prosecution having closed his case in the last adjournment. "Having comprehensively review the totality of all the evidence of witnesses called by the prosecution, we have decided to make a no-case submission. "We seek the leave of the court to file a no-case submission and serve same on the prosecution and for us to, if possible, adopt same on the adjourned date," he said. Justice Dimgba adjourned the matter until April 26 for the hearing of the no-case submission. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Shamsudeen was, on May 30, 2017, rearraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on 15-count money laundering charge. The defendant, who was initially docked before… Read full this story
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