“When the illegal refiners are chased out from a particular area, they will relocate to another area.”
Transparency International’s call comes after the release of the Russian Asset Tracker by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.
Mr Minimah and his co-plaintiffs are challenging the validity of a criminal charge instituted against them by the EFCC.
Hearing in the extradition suit filed by the federal government against disgraced DCP Abba Kyari was stalled.
“Both firms evaded the fulfilment of their obligations to the state and have accumulated liabilities to the tune of N360,035,000.00.”
Reacting to Mr Sanga’s allegation of deploying a delay tactic, Mr Erokoro asserted, “My lord, I have one word for this: blackmail.”
“If the prison term is the price of my human right to say things that need to be said … then they can ask for 113 years.”
The Lagos government says it has disciplined six Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) officers for misconduct.
“We must intensify efforts to stem the spate of illicit financial flows within the sub-region, including illicit flows by politically exposed persons.”
The prosecution counsel believes that the defendant is a flight-risk and an ex-convict in the U.S.
