Olabode George

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Charge:	Corruption (including Public Corruption)
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Years Imprisoned:	1
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Year Convicted:	2009
Year Cleared:	2013
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Nigeria
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Olabode George was wrongly convicted in Nigeria of public corruption for engaging in what prosecutors at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission described as "contract splitting" while he was the chairman of the Nigeria Port Authority in Lagos. George's conviction was affirmed by the Lagos High Court. On December 13, 2013 the the Supreme Court of Nigeria quashed the public corruption conviction of Olabode George and ordered his acquittal on the basis his alleged conduct of "contract splitting" was not a crime."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On December 13, 2013 the the Supreme Court of Nigeria quashed the public corruption conviction of Olabode George and ordered his acquittal on the basis his alleged conduct of "contract splitting" was not a crime."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Bode George’s conviction quashed by Supreme Court, By Ayorinde Oluokun (staff writer), PmNewsNigeria.com, December 13, 2013"
Information Location 1:	http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/12/13/bode-georges-conviction-quashed-by-supreme-court/
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Olabode George

Charge:

Corruption (including Public Corruption)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Nigeria

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On December 13, 2013 the the Supreme Court of Nigeria quashed the public corruption conviction of Olabode George and ordered his acquittal on the basis his alleged conduct of "contract splitting" was not a crime."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Bode George’s conviction quashed by Supreme Court, By Ayorinde Oluokun (staff writer), PmNewsNigeria.com, December 13, 2013"

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http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/12/13/bode-georges-conviction-quashed-by-supreme-court/

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