The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has withdrawn fraud charges filed against Abdullahi Inde Dikko, a former Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service.
ICPC lawyer, Ebenezer Shogunle, on Wednesday, informed the court that they had been unable to apprehend Dikko despite a warrant issued against him.
Shogunle therefore made an oral application withdrawing the charges.
The trial Judge, Ijeoma Ojukwu, therefore, dismissed the charges following the withdrawal.
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The ICPC had in February 2019 filed charges bordering on fraud to the tune of N1.1bn against Dikko and two others.
Also on February 17, 2020, Justice Ojukwu issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the former NCS boss over his continued failure to appear in court in respect of the case.
Dikko alongside Garba Makarfi, a former NCS Assistant Comptroller-General in charge of Finance, Administration and Technical Services, and Umar Hussaini, a lawyer and owner of Capital Law firm, were defendants in the case.
