This Press Release pertains to the long-running efforts of His Excellency, Dr Ikedi Ohakim to defend himself against an epic blackmail and character assassination that were levied against him since late 2019.
The matter has lingered and crisscrossed from one court to the other and from the police to the office of Attorney-General of the Federation.
Today, the matter ended. The nightmare has ended. And it ended in Court when Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court Abuja dismissed all the spurious charges against Dr Ohakim.
It will be recalled that these charges bordering on some indecent nude video and unproven allegations of a land transaction emanated from a well-coordinated attempt to blackmail Dr Ohakim.
At some point, his political opponents jumped into the fray, as they saw a cheap opportunity to settle political scores with Dr Ohakim, using a willing surrogate.
In the interim, the matter was escalated to the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation which, upon a due consideration, made an Application to the Court, withdrawing all the charges against Dr Ohakim.
It comports with the ends of justice that the Court today proceeded to dismiss the charges and thereupon discharged and acquitted Dr Ohakim.
His Excellency Dr Ohakim wishes to seize this opportunity to thank the Nigeria police for its thorough and professional work in carrying out extensive investigations in this matter.
His Excellency equally thanks the office of the AGF for its determination that the charges lack merit. It couldn’t have been the opposite.
Thank you all.
Signed:
Chidi Emenike
Media Assistant to Dr Ikedi Ohakim
