SUPREME COURT QUASHES CONVICTION OF CHIEF BODE GEORGE

Supreme court quashes the conviction of Chief Bode George Two days after former President Olusegun Obasanjo accused President Goodluck Jonathan of condoning corruption, a panel of judges at the Supreme Court of Nigeria today quashed the conviction handed Bode George a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain earlier jailed for corruption by a Lagos High Court. The court discharged and acquitted Mr. Georger claiming that the prosecutors at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had no evidence of Mr. George’s intention to commit fraud at the Nigeria Port Authority where he was caught presiding over a contract bazaar the bled the nation of Nigeria.A panel of judges headed by a controversial judge, John Afolabi Fabiyi JSC, ruled that the charges of “contract splitting” upon which Mr. George was convicted is unknown to law.The pattern of quashing the conviction was similar to the Court of Appeal quashing of murder charges levied against former Chief Security Officer of late maximum dictator, Sanni Abacha with the same lawyer, former Nigeria Bar Association, J B Daudu playing a lead role in securing Mr. George’s freedom today.Since leaving prison a few years ago, Mr. George had been closely linked to President Jonathan, even openly bragging that his conviction will be upturned.