The Nigeria Court of Appeal in Sokoto state has convicted two Chinese citizens Mr. Meng Wei Kun and Mr. Xu Kuai to three years imprisonment for corruption charges.
Daily Trust learned that the convicts were earlier arraigned before the Federal High Court sitting in Sokoto, on a 3- Count charge bordering on Conspiracy, Money Laundering, and attempted bribery.
The convicts were said to have offered an N50 million bribe to officials of the Sokoto Zonal Command of the EFCC.
The lower court, however, discharged and pardoned them of the said charges which necessitated an appeal by the anti-graft agency.
Offering the judgment on Friday, Justice Abubakar Mahmud Talba, maintained that the respondents tried to frustrate the Appeal through maneuverings, stating that “Gone are the days of technicalities in Law”.
He emphasized that “Courts must allow cases to be heard on merits”.
According to him, the EFCC had proven Counts 1 and 2 of the 3 Count charge before the Federal High Court beyond reasonable doubt but agreed with the lower Court on count 3 and accordingly struck it out because a similar Charge was pending before the High Court of Justice Sokoto State.