Nigeria: Daniel Wants Charges of Corruption Quashed

16 October 2012

Abeokuta — Former Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel yesterday requested that 13 out of the 38 charges levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before the Ogun State High Court in Abeokuta be quashed.

At the resumed hearing after a long adjournment to enable him travel abroad for medical attention, the ex-governor through his counsel, asked that charges 1-13, which bother on allegation of fraud and illegal allocation of government lands be removed.

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