$9.77m: Court refuses to stop ex–NNPC boss Yakubu’s trial

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday rejected a request to suspend the trial of a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr Andrew Yakubu, in respect of

the charges of money laundering and non-declaration of assets instituted against him.

Justice Ahmed Mohammed ruled on Wednesday that although both the prosecution and the defence had appealed to the Supreme Court to challenge various parts of the April 24, 2020 judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja on the defendant’s no-case submission, he lacked the power to stay proceedings in the case by virtue of Section 306 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act.

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