A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, discharged and acquitted Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of money laundering charge.Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a judgement, held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.Justice Mohammed said that the EFCC had failed to prove the three ingredients of Section I of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act which it relied upon.According to him, to sustain the conviction of the defendant (Yakubu) in this Act, the burden of proof…
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Court dismisses EFCC’s prayer to recall witnesses in money laundering suit against ex-NNPC GMD
A Federal Hgh Court, Abuja, on Thursday, refused to grant an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to recall two of its witnesses in the trial of Mr Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a ruling, held that though the court had discretionary power to do so, granting the request after the prosecution and the defence had closed their case would inhibit the defendant’s right to fair hearing. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the…
Read MoreEx-NNPC GMD denies recovered money in his Kaduna residence was received from Bola Shagaya, Omokore, other
Ever since the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) raided the residence of Mr Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC after a whistle-blow in 2017, the centre has never hold for Yakubu as he been embroiled in series of court cases afterwards.Recently, a fresh allegation emerged that sought to identify the source of the huge amount of cash found in his residence by pinning it on some names but contrarily, Mr Yakubu has denied that part of the recovered money in his Kaduna residence…
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