OGUNBODEDE
V.
FRN

(2018) JELR 38836 (CA)

Court of Appeal · CA/IB/465C/2017 · 19 Jun 2018 · Nigeria

CORAM

CHINWE EUGENIA IYIZOBA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria HARUNA SIMON TSAMMANI Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria NONYEREM OKORONKWO Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria

Ratio Decidendi

Core Terms ^Beta

appellant

charge

learned trial judge

punishment section

money laundering

access bank

issues

exhibits d13

trial court

2nd accused

3rd accused

3rd accused persons

exhibits p5

points of law

learned counsel

exhibits d19 d21

lower court

sections

3rd day of october

constitution of the federal republic of nigeria

federal government

institute of agricultural research

maker of the document

paragraphs b c

13th accused persons

accused person notice of the offence

admissibility of exhibit p7

charge sheet

circumstances of this case

close of evidence

commission of the offences of conspiracy

confessional statement

counts information

criminal cases

exhibit p1

exhibits d13 d21

exhibits p1 p12

facts of this case

federal ministry of agriculture

issue of jurisdiction

judgment of the federal high court

prosecution of the appellant

respective counsel

retention of various sums of money

said sum of n606,261,869.80

subject matter

such documents

such jurisdiction

team lead

wema bank statements of accounts

HARUNA SIMON TSAMMANI, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the judgment of the Federal High Court, Ibadan Division delivered by N. Ayo-Emmanuel, J., on the 3rd day of October, 2017 in Charge No: FHC/IB/55C/2014.

The Appellant was charged along with 12 others on a 17 Counts Information alleging the commission of the offences of conspiracy, procurement and retention of various sums of money said to be the proceeds of crime. The offences are contrary to Sections 18(a), 18(c) and punishable under Sections 15(a) and 17(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, No.11 of 2011. The Appellant was party to the offences alleged in Counts 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15 and 16. He was convicted on Counts 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15 and 16 but was acquitted on Count 13. On Count 1, it was alleged that the Appellant (1st Accused), 2nd and 3rd Accused conspired to convert the proceeds of theft to their personal use while they procured the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, …

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