The Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has discharged and acquitted the Chairman of Cleanserve, Azubuike Ishiekwene, and the Managing Director/CEO, Olalekan Abdul, in the case of fraud and forgery instituted against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
EFCC had arraigned them on 26 counts of conspiracy, forgery, using false documents without authority, possessing fraudulent documents, stealing and making documents without authority.
The prosecution was prompted by complaints from Chris Ndulue, who claimed he was a director in the company but was not in the file of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).
Messrs Ishiekwene and Abdul, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges during their arraignment on 30 January 2020.
During the trial with charge number ID/11126C/2019, which started five years ago, the prosecution called nine witnesses, while the defence called four witnesses.
The judge, Mojisola Dada, struck out the charges in her…