Alleged $1. 2bn Malabu Oil Scam: Court Grants EFCC 14 Days Detention Order On Adoke - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 20, 2019
An Abuja High Court has granted the application of theEconomic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to detain formerAttorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke for fourteen days.
Adoke was picked up by the INTERPOL on his arrival fromDubai at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, and handed over tothe EFCC.
Justice Othman Musa granted the order after EFCC brought amotion ex-parte,  through its counsel  Fatima Mustapha, seeking tohold the former minister in its custody for 14 days to enable the agencyconclude its investigation over corruption allegations.
EFCC had in 2017 filed charges against Shell NigeriaExploration Production Company Limited and 10 others, including Adoke andNigeria Agip Exploration Limited.
The anti-graft agency, in the suit, accused the defendantsof fraudulently allocating the Oil Prospecting Licence 245, otherwise known asMalabu Oil. It also accused of other forms of offences to the tune of about one-point-twobillion dollars, forgery of bank documents, bribery and corruption.