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This came about a week after the Court of Appeal, in Abuja, ordered the former governor, Murtala Nyako, and other defendants.....

The Court of Appeal held that the trial court was right to order the former governor to enter his defence to answer to the charges of money laundering preferred against him and his co-defendants.

Daily Post Nigeria Published The trial of the former Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, has been stalled for the third time in eight months by the Federal High Court, Abuja, over the inability of the judge, Okon Abang, to hear the case. Justice Okon Abang had adjourned the matter on the last adjourned date at the instance of the court for two months. The defence and the prosecution counsel were ready to entertain the matter for the continuation of trial but Justice Abang had held that it was not convenient for the court to hear the matter. “Incidentally, it is not convenient for the ...

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it hopes to overturn the rulings that freed Orji Kalu, current Senate chief whip and Olisa Metuh, former national publicity secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from prison this year. The commission, through its monthly publication entitled ‘EFCC Alert’ listed Babachir Lawal, former secretary to the government of the federation; Adesola Amosu, former chief of air staff; Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team; Andrew Yakubu, former group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum C...

  The trial of a former Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako has been stalled following the adjournment of the case at the instance of the Federal High Court. At the resumed trial on Monday in Abuja, Justice Okon Abang informed the parties that the court is adjourning the trial to February 26 to enable the defendants to reply on point of law on their no-case submission. Nyako had urged the court to strike out the alleged ₦29 billion money laundering charges filed against him and others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The anti-graft agency is prosecuting the form...