Code Of Conduct Tribunal Dismisses Charges Against Former Lagos Governor, Bola Tinubu

The corruption trial based on illegal operation of foreign accounts brought against the former Governor of Lagos State,   Bola Ahmed Tinubu, collapsed today  before the Code of Conduct Tribunal sitting Abuja.The former governor was arraigned last September at the tribunal  over allegations  that he operated 10 foreign accounts during his term in office as Lagos state governor between 1999 and 2007.Before dismissing the charges the tribunal firmly dismissed Tinubu's lawyers challenge of its jurisdiction. However, the three man tribunal dismissed the charges because it claimed the charges presented by the prosecution was defective and shoddy.