The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday adjourned till October 15 the trial of a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr Andrew Yakubu.
Yakubu is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on charges bordering on the cash sums of $9,772, 800 and £74,000 recovered from him by the operatives of the commission.
The Court of Appeal in Abuja also in an April 24, 2020 judgment, affirmed Justice Mohammed’s ruling and dismissed two additional counts.Both the EFCC and the defendant had appealed to the Supreme Court to contest the various parts of the Court of Appeal’s judgment. Following the Court of Appeal’s judgment, Yakubu opened his defence on July 8 by testifying for himself as the first defence witness.
While the defendant was being cross-examined by the prosecuting counsel, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, his lawyer, Mr Ahmed Raji , objected to the attempt by the prosecutor to make use of a document marked Exhibit J.
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