Court acquits secondary school teacher after 3 years imprisonment

An Asaba high court in Asaba, Delta State, yesterday, discharged and acquitted a secondary school teacher, Ngozi Lawrence, who was jailed over an alleged conspiracy to commit murder. According to the Leadership, the trial judge, who did not want her name in print for security reasons, said that the prosecutor failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the accused committed the alleged offence, The judge lambasted the police over its “shoddy investigation”, ruling that the accused be discharged for lack of proof of evidence. Reacting on the judgment, the defence counsel, Barr. P.I. Izomo, described it as a divine intervention. Izomo said that the judgment would rekindle the hope of the common man in the judiciary, as it has always been said that the judiciary Is the last hope of the common man. He thanked the judge, whom he described as courageous judge, urging Nigerians to continue to have faith in the nation’s judiciary.