“Let not the actions and attitude of a few bad eggs among us give us all a bad name.”
The NDDC director, Solomon Okpa Ita, was arraigned for allegedly diverting N45 million.
Mr Rufai is to pay $604,260 as restitution. This is contained in court documents obtained by Peoples Gazette.
Their properties were forfeited to the federal government.
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, described the seven-count criminal charge filed by the EFCC as “an abuse of court process.”
“We do not want to see any representation. We want to take a decision about Nigeria. This is about the revenue of the country.”
The motion on notice filed by an applicant Emmanuel Agonsi was scheduled for a hearing on Monday by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, John Tsoho.
Mr Buhari’s regime has presided over some of the worst corruption scandals that Nigeria has ever known.
Hushpuppi and Imran Juma conned a Qatari businessman into paying $330,000 to fund an “investor’s account” to facilitate a $15 million loan.
The minister was on Friday sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for taking bribes, manipulating the stock market and illegally possessing firearms.
