The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has approved of the trial of a former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, a Chinese construction giant, CCECC, and others.
Mr Malami’s legal advice to the EFCC for the defendants’ prosecution was presented to the judge, Inyang Ekwo, of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday.
At Wednesday’s proceedings, the prosecuting lawyer, Hassan Liman, told the judge that the AGF had in a letter dated 11 October, 2022, authorised the EFCC to “prosecute the defendants.”
The case had been adjourned seven consecutive times to await Mr Malami’s legal advice, stalling the arraignment of Ms Oduah, now a senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District.
She is charged alongside others with 25 counts of money laundering.
Her absence from court had also contributed to the stalling of proceedings in the case.
The judge, also in July 2021, threatened to issue a warrant for the arrest of Ms…
