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One of its witnesses, Sanusi Ahmed, who is an operative of the EFCC, told the court that the accused person only registered $10,000 in the Nigerian Customs Declaration Form only for a search to reveal that he had $50,000 on him. He identified the Customs Declaration Form when it was shown to him

Babalakin, in an update on the statement by his media aide, Dipo Kehinde, said that contrary to the position of the EFCC that he was avoiding prosecution, which led to the EFCC declaring him wanted, he was set for his arraignment in connection with a case of criminal conspiracy and money laundering to the tune of N4.7 billion

Anybody still in doubt about the fact that there was a motive to discredit the performing Governor of Jigawa State should go back to the statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and read it one more time. Apart from hinting that the young man was on a money-laundering mission for his father, it gave a further impression that the boy had been doing several trips overseas on money laundering on behalf of the governor

In a statement signed by the group’s General Secretary, Lazarus Okoye, it said that the case against Ubah was a “clear case of intimidation, blackmail and political witch-hunting orchestrated by his competitors in the oil and gas sector who are jealous of his rise to stardom in the business”