Nigeria: Corruption Charges - EFCC's Failure to List Witnesses Stalls Adoke's Trial

11 August 2020

The trial of former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Bello Adoke SAN, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, was on Tuesday stalled due to the failure of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to give names and particulars of witnesses in the proof of evidence as required by law.

Adoke alongside an oil magnet, Alhaji Aliyu Abubakar are standing trial on a 14-count amended criminal charge bordering on money laundering.

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