The
former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,
NNPC, Andrew Yakubu has filed an appeal at the Federal High Court, Kano
demanding the refund of the $9.7m and £74,000 seized from him by the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and which the court that sat in
Kano had ruled that it be forfeited to the Federal Government.
In the appeal filed by his counsel, Mr. Ahmed Raji (SAN),
Yakubu challenged the ruling of the Federal High Court presided over by Justice
Zainab B. Abubakar, saying the court lacked the
territorial jurisdiction to try
the case since the crime was allegedly committed in Abuja, which is outside the
territorial jurisdiction of the Kano court.
It would also be recalled that, on the 3rd day of February,
2017, operatives of the Commission had stormed a building belonging to the
former NNPC boss and recovered the staggering sum of $9,772,000 (Nine Million,
Seven Hundred and Seventy Two Thousand United States Dollars) and £74,000
(Seventy Four Thousand Pound Sterling) stashed in a huge fire proof safe.
However, Mr. Yakubu has long said the money seized from him were gifts from persons he did not mention.
Recall also that on February 8, 2017, Andrew Yakubu had reported to the Commission’s Zonal office in Kano and made statement wherein he admitted ownership of the recovered money, claiming it was gift from unnamed persons.
Yakubu was GMD of the NNPC between 2012 and 2014.
- Vanguard
However, Mr. Yakubu has long said the money seized from him were gifts from persons he did not mention.
Recall also that on February 8, 2017, Andrew Yakubu had reported to the Commission’s Zonal office in Kano and made statement wherein he admitted ownership of the recovered money, claiming it was gift from unnamed persons.
Yakubu was GMD of the NNPC between 2012 and 2014.
- Vanguard
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