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Inside Details Why N500m Money Laundering Case Returned To Trouble Ex Speaker, Adeyemi Ikuforiji’s World
…As new gist tone down political persecution
Fresh revelation has revealed why the assumed done with N500m money laundering has made a return to trouble the world of former Lagos speaker, Adeyemi Ikuforiji.
Informants disclosed it all has roots in investigation of former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission chief prosecutor, Godwin Obla.
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria is currently undergoing prosecution for issues that bordered on bribery and corrupt enrichment.
He is directly accused of bribing some judges to throw cases away for defendants.
The N500m money laundering case against former speaker Adeyemi Ikuforiji was one of the high profile cases he handled for the EFCC
while he was the agency’s prosecutor that raised concern on review.
”A review of the case established that Ikuforiji shouldn’t have walked with evidences against..hence the decision for retrial” a source stated.
”So it’s more about looking at the facts and making decisions based on it than political persecution” another source pointed out.
Added revelation has it that, the victim of the decision to retry, Ikuforiji has turned a mess.
He is looking to fight the allegation of major crime without influence of his former office, limited political resources based on alienation from Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s powerful clout and dwindled wealth after expending the vast of his resources on an ill fated gubernatorial ambition.


