WATCH THE VIDEO HERE A Federal High Court in Abuja has discharged the suspended Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Ishaq Modibbo Kawu, from allegations of involvement in the N2.5 billion Digital Switch-Over (DSO) fraud. Justice Ogunbanjo-Giwa delivered the judgment on Thursday, ruling against the suit filed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in 2019. Kawu, the late Chairman of Pinnacle Communications Limited, Lucky Omoluwa, and the Chief Operating Officer of the same company, Dipo Onifade, were jointly charged before the judge. They were accused of misapplying the N2.5 billion seed grant released to NBC by the federal government for the DSO project at the time. During the proceedings, Kawu, through his counsel, A. U. Mustapha (SAN), argued before the court in February 2020 that he had no case to answer in the alleged fraud. What the Court Said “The onus of proving that anyone is guilty of a crime is on the prosecution,” the judge stated. “I, therefore, find the defendants not guilty as charged. The defendants are hereby discharged,” she ruled. “Again, I must stress that no oral evidence is strong enough to discredit documentary evidence,” she stated. The judge concluded that the prosecution failed to prove the charge of money laundering against the defendants.
BREAKING: Court discharges ex-NBC DG, Kawu from ICPC’s N2.5 billion Digital switch-Over fraud case
