The trial of suspects, including the immediate-past Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, in connection with the $1.1bn Malabu oil scam, has been put on hold to await a directive by the incumbent AGF, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), The PUNCH learnt on Thursday.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had since December 20, 2016, filed the money laundering charges with suit number FHC/ABJ/CR/268/2016, before the Federal High Court in Abuja against Adoke and eight other suspects, including a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dan Etete, and Malabu Oil & Gas Limited.
Our correspondent confirmed on Thursday that the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, assigned the case to Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, shortly after the court resumed from its Christmas and New Year holidays this January.
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