Former
Group Managing Director of the National Nigerian Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC), Mr. Andrew Yakubu has dragged the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) over forfeiture order.
It would be recalled that earlier
last week, Justice Zainab Bage Abubakar of the federal high court Kano,
while ruling on an ex pate application filed before it by the EFCC’s
counsel, ordered that the $9.8 million and 74,000 pounds recovered from
Mr. Yakubu be forfeited to the federal government.
Mr. Yakubu was dragged before
Justice Zainab by the commission after it recovered $9.8 million and
74,000 pounds from his residence in Kaduna state.
However, Mr. Yakubu has also
dragged the commission to another federal high court sitting at Court
road, Kano seeking redress on the forfeiture order.
Counsel to the former NNPC boss,
Mr. Ahmed Raji, who spoke through Barrister Abdulkarim Kabiru Maude said
his client had applied for motion on notice seeking the court to vacate
the forfeiture order earlier granted by Justice Zainab.
The EFCC’s spokesperson at the
Kano Zonal office, Idris Nadabo, while confirming the development, said
the case is coming up on the 7th March, 2017 at the Federal High court
sitting at Court road, Kano.
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