Nigeria: FCT Probe - Witness Escapes Abduction

25 April 2008

Lagos — A WITNESS in the on-going Senate probe of the Ministry of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Jimi Lawal, was yesterday saved from an attempt to abduct him moments after testifying before the panel.

Mr. Lawal, Chief Executive of the liquidated Alpha Merchant Bank and former aide to the immediate past FCT Minister, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, was saved from a man described as an aggrieved business associate.

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