The Federal High Court in Nigeria has struck out the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) N6 billion money‑laundering charge against the Mompha defendants, ruling that the prosecution was an abuse of court process.
The court found that the EFCC had decided to prosecute the defendants while a related case was already pending before the same court, a move that the judge said constituted an abuse of the judicial process.
The charge, which alleged that the defendants had laundered N6 billion, was brought by the EFCC, Nigeria’s anti‑corruption agency, but was dismissed by the court.
As a result, the EFCC will not pursue the money‑laundering case against the Mompha defendants at this time, and the case will be dismissed.
The decision underscores the importance of procedural propriety in Nigerian courts and may influence how the EFCC handles future prosecutions.
<small>Source: Premium Times Nigeria — read the original story there.</small>
