A Federal High Court in Kano has dismissed the application
filed by a former Managing Director of NNPC, Andrew Yakubu seeking to quash an
interim order of forfeiture secured by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission on his $9.8m cash found in a house.
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.
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The guy still have the effontery to even try to claim the money. He should be hanged, or take to a firing squad...useless country.
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