No respite as court rejects Andrew Yakubu’s application to recover forfeited $9m

Andrew Yakubu, a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Wednesday failed to recover the $9.8m seized from him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Mr. Yakubu had filed an application before a Federal High Court in Kano asking the court to overturn an interim order of forfeiture secured by the EFCC in February for the cash.Punch

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