Alleged $153m Fraud: Witness Reveals How Diezani Removed $70m from NNPC Coffers

A first prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Dauda Lawal,  Executive Director, First Bank Plc,  has told Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how he delivered 12 padlocked bags containing $70m to an Abuja-based banker on the instruction of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke.

The witness, a former Group General Manager, GGM, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, gave the testimony before Justice Hassan on Wednesday, July 8, 2020.

Lawal is facing trial for allegedly handling the sum of $25m, out of a total of $153m doled out by Diezani in the build-up to the 2015 general elections.

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I See Why This Country Is Not Going Forward, Its Not A Coursed Country, But One Filled With Political Thieves. Alleged $153m Fraud: Witness Reveals How Diezani Removed $70m from NNPC Coffers . . A first prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Dauda Lawal,  Executive Director, First Bank Plc,  has told Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how he delivered 12 padlocked bags containing $70m to an Abuja-based banker on the instruction of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke. . . The witness, a former Group General Manager, GGM, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, gave the testimony before Justice Hassan on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. . . Lawal is facing trial for allegedly handling the sum of $25m, out of a total of $153m doled out by Diezani in the build-up to the 2015 general elections. . . #Fraud #Crime #Corruption #EFCC #TheFightAgainstCorruption #FightingForYou

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