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$9.8bn is gift from friends, says Yakubu

Ihesiulo Grace 9 July 2020 0

Embattled former Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu, told the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday that 98 per cent of $9.8billion found in his house in Kaduna by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were gifts from

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Ex-NNPC boss, Yakubu seeks to quash money laundering charges

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2018 0

Embattled former Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Andrew Yakubu, on Wednesday asked the court for a date to present his ‘no case submission’ argument and address. The application the defendant filed challenging the charges against him could not be heard yesterday because prosecution counsel was absent in court. In

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Appeal Court okays forfeiture of Andrew Yakubu’s $9.7m, £74,000 to FG

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2018 0

The Court of Appeal in Kaduna has affirmed the decision of the Federal High Court Kano that forfeited $9.7million and £74,000 cash found in a house in Kaduna belonging to former Group Managing Director of NNPC, Engineer Andrew Yakubu, to the Federal Government. The Daily Times recalls that on February 3, 2017, operatives of the […]

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Ex-NNPC GMD appeals against seizure of $9.8m, £74,000

Ihesiulo Grace 20 February 2017 0

The embattled former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu, from who the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seized $9.7m and £74,000 which sum a Federal High Court in Kano had ruled should be forfeited to the federal government, has filed an appeal at the Federal High Court, Kano, […]