The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has charged Andrew Yakubu, a former group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, with money laundering and asset concealment.
The charges, six in all, were filed on Thursday at the Federal High Court Abuja.
Recall that the EFCC had in February found about $9.8m and 74,000 pounds hidden in a bungalow in Tabon Tasha in Kaduna. The anti-graft agency alleges that the money belongs to Yakubu.
An undaunted Yakubu however filed a case in court against the EFCC, claiming return “of his money”, saying it was a gift. Notwithstanding the fact that as a public officer, he is barred from receiving such gifts, EFCC countered.
Read the charge sheet below:
cpcnews.org 