Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday, quashed a criminal charge preferred against a former Chief of Air Staff, Adesola Amosu, and two others over N21.5 billion money laundering.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had re-arraigned the defendants.
They were facing amended 13 counts bordering on money laundering to the tune of N21.5 billion.
Justice Aneke on Tuesday upheld a preliminary objection by defence counsel, challenging the jurisdiction of the court to entertain the case on the grounds that the defendants were serving officers of the military at the time.
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Defence counsel had argued that the defendants were therefore, only subject to trial by a court martial, since they were still officers during the period.
