The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission announced on Friday that it had started looking into the events surrounding the Malabu OPL 245 fraud case.
These events included the dismissal of charges against Bello Adoke, a former minister of justice and attorney general of the Federation, by the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, as well as the actions of the prosecuting attorney, Offem Uket.
The Spokesman for the antigraft agency, Dele Oyewale, said the review entails exploration of the option of appeal and possible change of counsel in view of the commission’s dissatisfaction with the handling of the case by Uket.
“Nevertheless, this intention has no nexus whatsoever to the spew of speculations imputing compromise by parties to the charge, currently making the rounds in some sections of the media .
“EFCC is not obliged to embrace such narratives as it neither accused any of the parties of any unsavoury conduct nor made any conclusive statements about any investigation on the matter.
“The public is enjoined to ignore effusions of mischief makers on the matter and await the next course of actions,” Oyewale said.