$1.1bn Malabu scam: Court fixes Adoke, Etete’s arraignment for April 3

A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed April 3 for the arraignment of some of the defendants named in the $1.1bn Malabu oil scam.

Two of the three cases filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in relation to the scam have been assigned to Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The third case was filed before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja.

But our correspondent learnt on Sunday that the April 3 arraignment of the defendants before the Federal High Court would not go on as scheduled because of the unavailability of many of the defendants.

“With what is on the ground today, the cases may only be mentioned that day. There can’t be an arraignment of the defendants,” an EFCC source told our correspondent on Sunday.

Another source at the EFCC had confided in our correspondent on Saturday that the prosecution might apply for arrest warrants against some of the defendants who were suspected to be in Nigeria.

It was also learnt that after mentioning the case for the first time in court, the anti-graft agency would commence the process of extraditing other suspects, who are abroad, by liaising with the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.

Punch, March 27, 2017

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