N446bn theft case :Protest as FG drops charges against Mohammed Abacha

protests on wednesday greeted the federal government's withdrawal of the N446.3bn theft

 charge it instituted against Mohammed Abacha,son of a former Head of State, the late Gen. facebook.com/Gideon AmatthewSani Abacha.

Those who flayed the action which took place at the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, were prominent Lagos lawyers-Femi Falana,Jiti Ogunye,Fred Agbaje and Femi Aborisade- as well as as the chairman of the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders,Mr Debo Adenian;an c his e lcivil Socity Network Against Corruption counterpart, mr Lanre Suraj
while some of the lawyer  arg that the government action had serious negative implication on the country's ant-graft campaign, Adeniran and Suraj said it had a political undertone.
The government had preferred nine counts of stealing against Mohammed in february 2014 .
It had accused him of unlawfully receiving about N446.3bn allegedly stolen from its coffers between 1995 and 1998.
But on wednesday ,the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mamman ued

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