Nigeria, April 9 -- KThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked the Court of Appeal in Lagos to overturn a Federal High Court judgement that cleared a former Executive Director of Projects at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Tuoyo Omatsuli, and others of alleged N3.6 billion money laundering.

On Thursday, PREMIUM TIMES obtained a notice of appeal dated 8 April, where the anti-graft agency urged the appellate court to set aside the lower court's judgement, which discharged and acquitted Mr Omatsuli, Francis Momoh, Don Parker Properties Limited, and Building Associates Limited.

The trial judge, Daniel Osiagor, had ruled that the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt against the ...