Nigeria: Alleged Fraud - Hassan Lawal, Others to Enter Plea May 21

28 March 2012

An Abuja Federal High Court yesterday slated May 21 for plea to be entered by former Minister of Works, Dr Hassan Lawal and ten others on forty nine amended counts of money laundering filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Lawal faces three counts alone amounting to N134m and eight counts alongside others amounting to N17bn.

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