BY Ishola Balogun
Former chairman of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Amb. Sam Edem, who last June won a long-drawn legal battle against a Warri-based herbalist, may be considered for the vacant portfolio of defence minister, according to reliable sources.
A group known as Friends of Sam Edem had gathered in Lagos recently to celebrate the landmark judgment that upheld Edem's claims that he loaned Sonoma, the said sum to execute a business not as payment for services rendered to the diplomat as claimed by the accused.
The herbalist was convicted by Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the federal High Court, Abuja division on June 26, 2012 for contravening section 7 (2) (b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other related offences Act 2006, thus ending the traumatic experience of the former NDDC boss who had been in limbo since he left his post over the controversy.
Amb. Edem's friends are relieved that his victory at the court has vindicated their friend who is now free to aspire to any political office of his choice.
Vanguard Nigeria