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Justice Ibrahim Auta, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, assigned the case to Justice Quadri when Justice Ademola went on suspension following corruption charge against him and his wife.
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Speaking to Reuters just ahead of his release Saturday, Alwaleed said that there were no charges against him following his arrest as part of a nationwide crackdown on corruption last November.
The remarks followed claims by former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's lawyers that he had made «improper statements» that will bias the public against Mr. Silver in his fight against corruption charges, and a Slate piece by Pace University Professor Bennett Gershman that Mr. Bharara's critiques of New York's state government are inappropriate for his role.
«It will be recalled that following relentless media attack on my person by the EFCC acting in concert with some powerful families with known ties to the government which culminated in the filing of phantom money laundering and corruption charges against me, I made spirited efforts to engage with relevant officials of government including the EFCC, the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and the Presidency to furnish them with all the information in respect of the OPL 245 Settlement Agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Malabu Oil & Gas Limited which was brokered by the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR.
This follows corruption charges brought by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office in September against two former top aides to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Only days after Chartock's predications hit the papers, now - former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver was indicted on corruption charges, That was swiftly followed by similar accusations against now - former Senate majority leader Dean Skelos.
The reform proposals follow a drumbeat of recent corruption charges against New York officials.
A week earlier, Bharara had accused two Cor executives of bribery and bid - rigging following a statewide corruption probe that led to charges against nine individuals.
In 2014, she ran as a Republican against former Assemblyman Sheldon Silver, who was convicted on federal corruption charges the following year.
A federal judge today rejected former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's request that she throw out the corruption charges against him — but chastised U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara for the «media blitz» he conducted in the days and weeks following Mr. Silver's arrest in January.