Mohammed Adoke: Ex-AGF arrives court for arraignment
- The Gwagwalada division of the high court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja is set to hear the case of the former AGF Mohammed Adoke
- Adoke is to be arraigned by the EFCC in the court on Wednesday, January 22
- The former AGF has been accused of money laundering in a 42 count charge filed by the commission
Mohammed Adoke, the former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), appeared in the Gwagwalada division of the high court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Wednesday, January 22, for his trial.
Adoke will be facing a 42 count charge on money laundering filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The former AGF will be tried alongside six other accused persons in relation to the $1.09b settlement agreement on Malabu Oil Block, The Nation reports.
Among respondents in the application filed by the commission are Nigeria Agip Exploration Limited (ENI), Shell Nigeria Ultra Deep Limited, Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company Limited, Malabu Oil and Gas Limited, Aliyu Abubakar and Rasky Gbinigie.
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Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Adoke would be arraigned before a Federal Capital Territory High Court on Tuesday, January 21.
Adoke will be arraigned on a 12-count charge alongside one Aliyu Abubakar, Rasky Gbinigie, as well as Malabu Oil and Gas Limited by the EFCC.
The commission has concluded all its plans to arraign the former AGF after it filed the charge sheet which also listed Nigeria Agip Exploration Limited, Shell Nigeria Ultra Deep Limited, and Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company Limited as defendants.
Also filed before a Federal High Court in Abuja is, a seven-count against Adoke and Abubakar over the role the minister played in the controversial Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 245, popularly referred to as Malabu oil scam.
In another report, Legit.ng had it that Adoke had returned to the country on the instance of the EFCC.
Adoke’s aircraft touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at about 3:40pm on Thursday, December 19.
Legit.ng gathered that he was, thereafter, whisked away from the foot of the aircraft by security operatives and taken to the office of Interpol in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Adoke is facing charges bordering on alleged abuse of office and money laundering with respect to the granting of the Oil Prospecting License (OPL) 245 to Shell and ENI.
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The EFCC filed the charges against the former minister and four others on behalf of the Nigerian government. The EFCC arrested former attorney general of the federation on arrival from Dubai.
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