October 3, 2017

N500m Fraud: Prosecution Kicks Against Belgore’s Bid To Stop Trial

Hamilton Nwosa

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The EFCC today, Tuesday, October 3, 2017 objected to a motion to stall the ongoing trial of Muhammad Belgore, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, before Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.

Belgore, a governorship candidate during the 2011 Kwara State gubernatorial election, is standing trial alongside Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman, a former Minister for National Planning, for allegedly receiving the sum of N450m on March 27, 2015 out of the $115,010,000 paid into Fidelity Bank Plc by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezanni Allison-Madueke. Justice Aikawa adjourned to October 4, 2017 for continuation of hearing

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