Nigeria, April 1 -- The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has discharged a former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, of alleged fraudulent transaction in the controversial Oil Prospecting License (OPL) 245, widely known as Malabu Oil deal.

Mr Adoke, who was justice minister under former President Goodluck Jonathan's administration, was charged alongside a businessman, Aliyu Abubakar; Rasky Gbinigie; Malabu Oil and Gas Limited; Nigeria Agip Exploration Limited; Shell Nigeria Extra Deep Limited and Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company Limited over the Malabu oil scam.

They were arraigned in 2020 on a 40-count amended charge.

But, the judge, Abubakar Kutigi, in a ruling last...