Justice Raphael Chikwe Agbo, a ranking justice of Nigeria\u2019s Court of Appeal, is dead.<\/p>\n
According to City Lawyer, Justice Agbo died last Monday in Calabar. Admitted to the Bar in 1978, he was the second ranking justice of the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n
Appointed a justice of the Court of Appeal in 2005, Justice Agbo was due to retire from the Bench on October 21, 2023 after a chequered career as a judicial officer.<\/p>\n
Recall\u00a0that former Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi had recently named the Enugu State Multi-Door Courthouse after the jurist who hails from the state, saying it is \u201chonour well-deserved.\u201d<\/p>\n
In perhaps his last major judgment, Agbo had led a Court of Appeal panel which upheld the conviction of Senator Bassey Akpan, the governorship candidate of Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Akwa Ibom State, over money laundering charges. The court also ordered Akpan\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n
The panel, sitting in Calabar, however varied the sentence by granting the appellant an option of fine.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe court also affirmed that the appellant should restitute the sum of N240 million to the federal government through the EFCC and that the said restitution shall not be a prerequisite for his release from the correctional facility,\u201d an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) statement noted. \u201cThe court finally revoked the bail and ordered the arrest of Senator Akpan.\u201d<\/p>\n
City Lawyer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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