Shagari is facing trial alongside four other chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party over alleged N500m illegal dealings with a former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Others on trial are a former Information Commissioner, Ibrahim Gidado; Sokoto State Chairman and Treasurer of PDP, Ibrahim Milgoma; and Nasiru Dhalhatu, as well as the PDP state governorship candidate in 2015, Abdallah Wali. ustice Saleh Idrissa-Kogo fixed the date after Shagari’s counsel, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, objected to the admissibility of a statement tendered by the lead prosecution, on the ground that it contravened stipulated laws. Being led in evidence by the EFCC counsel, Mr. Taufiq Lasisi, an Investigation Officer, Nasiru Abubakar, told the court that he led five other officials to obtain defendants’ statements. He said the EFCC obtained Fidelity Bank documents, which showed that the N500m was transferred from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on the instructions of then minister, Alison-Madueke. NAN reports that all the accused persons had pleaded not guilty to the five counts in the case instituted by the EFCC. According to the prosecution, the offence committed in March 2015 contravenes the Money Laundering Prohibition Act 2011, and is punishable under Section 16 (2) (b) of the same Act. (NAN)]]>
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