The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has dropped its charges of fraud, bribery and conspiracy against a former attorney-general of the federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke.

This is in response to the no-case submission filed by Adoke, who was listed as the first defendant in the charges all related to the OPL 245 transaction of 2011.

The anti-graft agency said it does not have evidence to support its charges of fraud, bribery and conspiracy against Adoke.

The EFCC also informed the FCT high court that it would not oppose Adoke’s application, alongside that of the other defendants in the case which include Aliyu Abubakar, Rasky Gbinigie (Malabu Oil & Gas Ltd company secretary), Malabu Oil & Gas Ltd, Nigeria Agip Exploration Ltd, Shell Ultra Deep Nigeria Ltd, and Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo), over some of the charges.

However, the EFCC said that Gbinigie has a case to answer over the alleged forgery of company documents to remove the name of Mohammed Abacha as a director of Malabu Oil & Gas.

Recall that that the EFCC had charged Adoke before the FCT high court, Abuja, alleging that he received a bribe of N300 million from Abubakar over the OPL 245 resolution.

[ThisNigeria]