Bolanle OlabimtanThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has re-arraigned Mukhtar Yero, former governor of Kaduna, over allegations of fraud.However, M.G. Umar, the judge who presided over the case, was transferred.
On Monday, Yero was re-arraigned alongside Nuhu Wya, a former minister; Ishaq Hamsa, a former secretary to the Kaduna state government, and Abubakar Haruna, a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state.They were re-arraigned before Rilwanu Aikawa, judge of a federal high court in Kaduna, on an eight-count amended charge bordering on money laundering.
According to the EFCC, the defendants were allegedly involved in the receipt and disbursement of the sum of N700 million paid to them by Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources, to influence the outcome of the 2015 presidential election.Following their pleas, Yunus Usman, the defence counsel, prayed the court to allow the defendants remain on the terms of bail granted to them by the previous judge.
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