The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday fixed July 14 to give its ruling on the application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the case against a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Andrew Yakubu. Consequently, Yakubu’s lawyer argued that the EFCC was only trying to reopen its case in order to fortify it. He also informed the court that the defense had filed a no-case submission before the Federal High Court in the matter, which showed they had relied on the prosecution case. According to him, the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal ruled on the no-case submission while the defendant and the defence were asked to enter their defence on counts 3 and 4. EFCC’s lawyer asked the court to determine in the affirmative whether the said documents were tendered and marked as exhibits before the court.

Source: Punch June 30, 2021 23:26 UTC