Former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, was, Wednesday, discharged and acquitted by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on the two count charge of money laundering preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The court held that the EFCC was unable to prove the charges against Fani-Kayode beyond reasonable doubt and consequently acquitted him.

Speaking with newsmen, shortly after he was acquitted, Fani-Kayode said “I wish to thank the Nigerian judiciary for dispensing justice in an honest and God-fearing way and for refusing to be intimidated by anyone or guided by anything other than the evidence presented before them in this case.

“I thank them for refusing to send an innocent man to jail and for refusing to allow themselves to be used as tools for personal and vindictive vendettas or political persecution,” he added.

Meanwhile, the EFCC in reaction to the judgment, said it would study same before deciding on what next to do.