N2.7BN FRAUD: EX-AVIATION MINISTER, SIRIKA, DAUGHTER PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO CHARGE
Presently, Hadi Abubakar Sirika, the former Minister of Aviation and Aerospace, is being arraigned before Justice Sylvanus Orji of Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja.
After the allegations against them were read to Sirika, who was docked with his daughter Fatima and his in-law, they entered a not guilty plea to all of them.
AIRTEL SUFFERS $549M FX LOSS OVER CURRENCY DEVALUATIONS IN NIGERIA, MALAWI
The defendants were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission after they were alleged to have committed fraud in the handling of N2.7bn contract.
The defendant’s counsel is currently moving a bail application.
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