Stephen Oronsaye, the former Head of Service of the Federation, on Monday, discharged and acquitted of the N2 billion fraud charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
It was gathered that Oronsaye alongside the Managing Director of Frederick Hamilton Global Services Limited, Osarenkhoe Afe was in 2015 arraigned on allegations of corruption.
The two were accused of using two companies – Frederick Hamilton Global Services Limited, and Xangee Technologies Limited – for dubious biometrics enrolment in the N2 billion fraud.
However, Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, discharged and acquitted Oronsaye of the charges levelled against him by the anti-graft agency.
The judge held that the prosecution failed to provide enough evidence to warrant a conviction, adding that no credible evidence was presented by the 21 witnesses called by the EFCC.