Tag: Andrew Yakubu
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Court orders EFCC, CBN to transfer Andrew Yakubu’s confiscated funds to registrar’s account
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to immediately transfer the sums of $9.8 million and £74,000 recovered from Mr Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to an account under the control…
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Court acquits former GMD of NNPC from $9.8m corruption charges
The judge ordered the huge foreign exchange seized from him in 2017 to be returned to him
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Supreme Court dismisses ex-NNPC GMD’s appeal on seizure of $9.7m, £74,000
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by a former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu, against the order of a Federal High Court in Kano that he would forfeit the $9.7 million and £74,000 allegedly found in his Kaduna house to the Federal Government. The Economic…
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Alleged $9.8m fraud: Court rejects EFCC’s plea to play video against ex-NNPC GMD
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, rejected the request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to play a video evidence in the ongoing trial of Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a ruling, dismissed the application on the grounds that Yakubu was…
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EFCC begs court to inspect money seized from ex-NNPC GMD in Kano
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, urged the Federal High Court, Abuja, to visit the Kano branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to inspect the money seized from the former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu. Counsel to the EFCC, Mohammed Abubakar, while…
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Alleged $9.8m fraud: Court dismisses EFCC’s application to cross-examine ex-NNPC GMD
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to cross-examine former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu. Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a ruling, sustained the objection raised by Ahmed Raji (SAN), counsel to Yakubu. The News Agency…
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EFCC tells court how ex-NNPC GMD, Yakubu concealed $9.7m, £74,000
A Prosecution witness. Sambo Maina on Thursday, told a Federal High Court in Abuja how a former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu, concealed the sum of $9,772,800 found in his apartment The former NNPC boss is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for…
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JUST IN: Court rejects Andrew Yakubu’s application to recover forfeited $9m
A former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Engr. Andrew Yakubu, on Wednesday failed to recover the $9.8m seized from him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. TheNewsGuru.com reports Yakubu had filed an application before a Federal High Court in Kano asking the court to overturn an interim order…