Foreign accounts: Tribunal dismisses case against Tinubu

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on Wednesday freed former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, of the one count charge slammed against him by the Code of Conduct Bureau. The CCT Chairman, Justice Danladi Umar said the charge constituted an abuse of court process judging by the manner the prosecution withdrew it and filed an amended charge. The three-man panel also quashed the amended charge for not disclosing any prima facie case against the former governor. Justice Umar said the CCB failed to meet the condition precedent laid down in the Act establishing the CCT. Besides, he pointed out that there was no accompanying affidavit or exhibit attached to the charge to establish prima facie.