The group also asked the Nigeria police to contact JPMC and the SFO of United Kingdom, to seek their verification of the origins of the email through forensic analysis contrary to attempts by Adoke and his lawyers to get the police to harass and intimidate HEDA and its Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju.
But the matter has taken a new dimension following an investigation of documents filed with the Corporate Affairs Commission by a company owned by Aliyu Abubakhar, who was charged alongside Adoke in Nigeria with offences related to the OPL 245 deal.
Ex-AGF, Adoke, recovers from COVID-19 in UAE ― Lawyer
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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja
The immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Adoke, SAN, who is facing money laundering charges, on Monday, failed to appear before the Federal High Court in Abuja for continuation of his trial.
However, his lead counsel, Mr Kanu Agabi, SAN, who is equally a former AGF, told the court that his client is currently stranded at the United Arab Emirate, UAE, where he tested positive for COVID-19.
Agabi told trial Justice Inyang Ekwo who is presiding over two separate charges the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against Adoke, that his client was confirmed positive for the disease, at the point of his return to Nigeria from the UAE where he went for medical examination.