Thursday, 16 February 2012

Daniel’s trial: EFCC officials escape punishment over telecast


Daniel
An Ogun State High Court, Abeokuta has discharged two officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over a television programme the commission aired in connection with the ongoing trial of the state’s former Governor Gbenga Daniel.
Kabiru Gebi and Seyi Folarin were summoned last week to appear before Justice Olanrewaju Mabekoje for anchoring a television programme which was alleged to have misrepresented the proceedings of the trial.
During the trial on Wednesday, the EFCC counsel, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs, pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy, saying the actions of the anti-graft agency officials were not deliberate.
Jacobs, while addressing the court, stated that he had studied and watched a copy of the programme he admitted was sent to him on Wednesday by the defence counsel for Daniel.
Although he tried to exonerate the officials of deliberately twisting court proceedings, Jacobs admitted that the broadcast was “a grievous mistake” and there would be no repeat of the programme.
While attributing the mistake to “technological error,” he submitted that neither him nor the anti-graft agency prosecuting Daniel had any hand in the programme.

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