Nigeria: N1.8 Billion Subsidy - Marketers Urge Court to Quash Charges

Lagos — Two oil marketers, Mahmud Tukur and Alex Ochonogor, on Monday prayed a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja to quash the N1.8 billion fuel subsidy fraud charge preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

They made the request in a preliminary notice of objection filed before Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo.

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