The huge sum is being allegedly withheld by the anti- graft agency in violation of a subsisting order of court.
At the final hearing of his legal battle against EFCC, Justice Inyang Ekwo, fixed November 1 to deliver judgment in the suit on the money seizure.
The EFCC had asked Justice Ahmed Mohammed to convict Yakubu for an offence of money laundering and also order forfeiture of the money to the Federal Government. Justice Mohammed had agreed with the defendant’s submissions, acquitted him and ordered the release of his money to him which EFCC refused to comply with.But Yakubu’s lawyer returned to court claiming that the monies had not been released as directed by the court.
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