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EFCC to arraign ex-aviation minister, Sirika for alleged N2.7bn fraud Thursday
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) will arraign the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika and three others for alleged N2. 7 billion fraud at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday.
Other defendants are the ex-minister’s daughter, Fatimah, Jalaal Hamma and Al Duraq Investment Limited.
The quartet will be arraigned before Justice Sylvanus Orji on multiple charges of fraud.
READ ALSO: Brother to ex-Minister, Hadi Sirika, arrested in N8bn aviation funds probe
Sirika was arrested by the commission last month over alleged fraudulent award of contracts during his time in office
The ex-minister has come under scrutiny in the last one year over the poor handling of the failed Nigeria Air project.
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