Court Grants Ex-NNPC Boss Yakubu Medical Leave Abroad

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The money found in Yakubu’s apartment

Justice A. R. Mohammed on Wednesday adjourned to May 10, 2018 for continuation of the corruption trial involving Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director, GMD, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.

The adjournment is to enable the defendant travel for medical treatment.

Yakubu’s counsel, Ahmed Raji, SAN, had through an application dated February 26, 2018 sought leave of the court for the defendant to travel to the United Kingdom for a period of eight weeks for medical treatment and prayed for the release of his international passport.

The judge granted the application as Ben Ikani, representing the prosecution, raised no objection.

Yakubu, is facing trial on a six-count charge, bordering on money laundering and false declaration of assets.

Trouble started on February 3, 2017 when operatives of the EFCC stormed a building belonging to the former NNPC boss and recovered a 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.

Yakubu, while admitting ownership of the monies, claimed it was gifts given to him by friends and well wishers and also savings accumulated over a period of years.

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