 Meanwhile, the Federal High Court in Lagos has discharged and acquitted Paul Oussaro, the former president of the Niger Bar Association of the Money Laundering Charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the EFCC, ruling on a no-case submission filed by the senior advocate of Nigeria. The presiding judge held that the charges against the defendant were defective as it did not disclose offenses known to both Lagos and Aqours Ibn States. The EFCC had accused Oussaro of laundering 1.4 billion liras belonging to Aqours Ibn, his state of origin.