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Court Discharges PDP Senator Of Alleged Certificate Forgery

The Senator representing Bayelsa Central Senatorial District, Benson Konbowei, was on Monday discharged of certificate forgery levelled against him.

Konbowei, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was arraigned before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on March 26, 2024, on three counts, in which he was among others, accused of forging an exemption certificate of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

Konbowei was discharged by Justice Christopher Oba after the prosecuting lawyer, Reuben Egwuaba, applied to discontinue the prosecution and the case struck out.

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Egwuaba told the court that the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, who earlier issued him a fiat to prosecute the case, has withdrawn the fiat and directed him to withdraw the charge.

Egwuaba consequently applied to withdraw the charge, and the defence lawyer, Chris Uche, did not oppose.

Justice Oba, who elected to strike out the charge, however, rejected Uche’s application that the charge be dismissed.

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