Court acquits ex-Lagos Speaker Ikuforiji, aide of money laundering charge

A Federal High Court in Lagos has discharged and acquitted ex-Lagos speaker, Adeyemi Ikuforiji of a 54-count money laundering charge.

Ikuforiji was discharged alongside his former personal assistant, Oyebode Atoyebi.

The defendants were first arraigned on March 1, 2012, before Justice Okechukwu Okeke on a 20-count charge bordering on misappropriation and money laundering of an alleged N338.8 million money laundering.