Why Legal Fees In opposition to Fidelity Bank CEO Have been Withdrawn — AGF

The Workplace of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has formally withdrawn legal fees in opposition to Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, the Managing Director and Chief Govt Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc, following a authorized evaluate that discovered no direct connection between her and the allegations in query.

In an announcement launched on Monday by Kamarudeen Ogundele, Particular Adviser to the President on Communication and Publicity within the Workplace of the Lawyer-Common of the Federation, the AGF clarified that the choice to discontinue the case was made in accordance with constitutional provisions.

“The Lawyer Common’s resolution to discontinue the legal cost in opposition to Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe is a testomony to the workplace’s dedication to upholding justice and equity,” the assertion learn.

It additional defined that the ability to enter a nolle prosequi, a proper discover of discontinuation is constitutionally granted to the Lawyer Common when such motion is critical to stop a miscarriage of justice.

The costs in query have been linked to a fraudulent scheme involving a {bank account} allegedly opened and used lengthy earlier than Dr. Onyeali-Ikpe assumed management of Fidelity Bank. “She was neither the account officer nor the Managing Director of the {bank} when the account used within the alleged scheme of fraud was opened,” the assertion famous.

Nevertheless, the Workplace of the AGF made it clear that the withdrawal of fees in opposition to Dr. Onyeali-Ikpe doesn’t absolve Fidelity Bank as an establishment from going through the authorized penalties of the allegations.

“This resolution doesn’t exculpate Fidelity Bank from the allegations contained within the cost, which remains to be pending earlier than the court docket,” the assertion clarified, including that the main target stays on guaranteeing justice is served.

The general public has been urged to permit the judicial course of to take its course and to keep away from hypothesis. The AGF reaffirmed its dedication to upholding the rule of legislation, stressing that “all these discovered wanting, at any time, face the total weight of the legislation to function a deterrent to others.”