Nigeria: Court Orders Ex-Customs Boss, Dikko to Face Trial

22 October 2019

A Federal High Court in Abuja has insisted that a former Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Abdullahi Dikko, must be arraigned on a criminal charge pending against him.

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu ordered yesterday that Dikko must attend court on November 10, 2010 for the purpose of his being arraigned on the 10-count charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/21/2018 in which Dikko and two others are accused of defrauding the Managing Director of Cambial Limited, Yemi Obadeyi of N1.1bilion.

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