Nigeria, April 10 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted Isabella Oshodin and her company, Bob Oshodin Organisation Ltd, in a $12 million money laundering case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The judge, James Omotosho, held that the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt or establish the existence of any predicate offence.

PREMIUM TIMES understands that the judgement was delivered on 10 March but could only confirm it on Friday after obtaining a certified true copy of the verdict.

The judge ruled that although conspiracy is often difficult to prove through direct evidence, the prosecution did not present any direct or circumstantial evidence showing that th...