A Federal High Court in Kano has dismissed the application filed by a
former Managing Director of the state oil firm, NNPC, Andrew Yakubu, seeking to
quash an interim order of forfeiture secured by the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission. Ruling on the application filed by the counsel to Mr.
Yakubu, Ahmad Raji, Justice Zainab Abubakar said the court has jurisdiction to
hear the case, contrary to the argument of Mr. Raji.
The judge also ruled that the application
seeking to set aside the case lacks basic legal framework and that the EFCC is
competent according to Section 29 of its Act to seek for the order of interim forfeiture.
The EFCC had on February 13, 2017 secured the Federal High Court order on the
forfeiture of the over $9.8 million retrieved from Mr. Yakubu’s house in Kaduna. Mr. Yakubu is
already being prosecuted by the EFCC for the money found in his house on
February 2. On Tuesday, a witness told a Federal High Court in Abuja, where the ex-oil chief is being
prosecuted, how the money was found.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/05/ex-nnpc-boss-andrew-yakubu-loses-bid-retrieve-forfeited-9-8m/
The judge also ruled
that the application seeking to set aside the case lacks basic legal
framework and that the EFCC is competent according to Section 29 of its
Act to seek for the order of interim forfeiture.
The EFCC had on February 13, 2017 secured the Federal High Court order
on the forfeiture of the over $9.8 million retrieved from Mr. Yakubu’s
house in Kaduna.
Mr. Yakubu is already being prosecuted by the EFCC for the money found
in his house on February 2.
On Tuesday, a witness told a Federal High Court in Abuja, where the
ex-oil chief is being prosecuted, how the money was found.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/05/ex-nnpc-boss-andrew-yakubu-loses-bid-retrieve-forfeited-9-8m/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/05/ex-nnpc-boss-andrew-yakubu-loses-bid-retrieve-forfeited-9-8m/
The judge also ruled
that the application seeking to set aside the case lacks basic legal
framework and that the EFCC is competent according to Section 29 of its
Act to seek for the order of interim forfeiture.
The EFCC had on February 13, 2017 secured the Federal High Court order
on the forfeiture of the over $9.8 million retrieved from Mr. Yakubu’s
house in Kaduna.
Mr. Yakubu is already being prosecuted by the EFCC for the money found
in his house on February 2.
On Tuesday, a witness told a Federal High Court in Abuja, where the
ex-oil chief is being prosecuted, how the money was found.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/05/ex-nnpc-boss-andrew-yakubu-loses-bid-retrieve-forfeited-9-8m/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/05/ex-nnpc-boss-andrew-yakubu-loses-bid-retrieve-forfeited-9-8m/
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