Nigeria: Alleged $9.8m Fraud - Court Dismisses Ex-NNPC GMD's No-Case Submission

A Federal High Court, in Abuja has instructed a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu, to open his defence in the $9.8 million fraud charge leveled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The accused had earlier filed a no-case submission to halt the case.

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