Money Laundering: Court Fixes May 16 To Rule On No Case Submission Of Ex-NNPC GMD - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 27, 2019
TheFederal High Court, Abuja, has fixed May 16, for ruling on the no casesubmission entered by  Andrew Yakubu,former  Group Managing Director of theNigerian National Petroleum Corporation in relation to his trial.
Thetrial judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed fixed the date on Wednesday after counselto Yakubu, Ahmed Raji, SAN, and the prosecutor, Ben Ikani adopted their writtenaddresses on the no case submission.
Yakubuwas arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, on asix-count charge bordering on failure to declare assets and money laundering.
TheEFCC had on Feb. 3, 2017, raided Yakubu’s house, located on Chikun Road, SabonTasha area of Kaduna South Local Government Area of Kaduna State, where itclaimed to have recovered 9,772, 800 dollars and 74,000.00 pounds.
WhenEFCC closed its case after calling seven witnesses, Yakubu, rather than openhis defence, elected to file a no-case submission claiming he had no case toanswer.