Just in: Justice Ademola reportedly set to get Appeal Court job

Sahara Reporters is reporting that Justice Adeniyi Ademola, who has just been discharged and acquitted of corruption charges, has been reportedly penned down for a bigger job.

According to the online news platform in a tweet on Wednesday, April 5, Justice Ademola has bagged a bigger job at the Appeal Court of Nigeria.

Ademola was a federal high court judge before he was directed to step down by the National Judicial Council during his trial.

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In a related vein, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has set the records straight about whether it played any role in the trial of Justice Ademola.

It tweeted:

Earlier today, a High Court in Maitama, the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja dismissed all the 18 corruption charges filed against Justice Adeniyi Ademola, his wife Olubowale, and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Joe Agi.

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Legit.ng learnt that the judgement was delivered by Justice Jude Okeke in a ruling to uphold the respective no-case submissions filed by the defendants.

The charges against the trio were filed by the office of the Attorney-General Federation after some judges including Adeniyi were raided by operatives of the Department of State Service.

Legit.ng recalls that Justice Ademola was one of the judges arrested by the Department of State Services in a raid in October 2016.

Source: Legit.ng