Court dismisses EFCC’s case against Rochas Okorocha

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja has dismissed the case against the former governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

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Delivering judgment, Justice Yusuf Halilu, described the EFCC’s charges of fraud and abuse of office against Okorocha as an abuse of judicial process on the grounds that the anti-graft agency had filed a similar charge against the defendant at the Federal high court.

According to the court, it was wrong for EFCC to continue to file similar charges against a defendant in different courts, particularly when a court of competent jurisdiction had already decided on the matter.

“Once a case of abuse of court processes is established, the best thing to do is to dismiss the charge; the first defendant is hereby discharged,” the court held.