…challenges court’s
jurisdiction, moves to quash
charge
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA – Convicted pension
thief, Mr John Yakubu
Yusufu, Monday, challenged
the powers of the Economic
and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, to
prosecute him over his
alleged complicity in another
N300million fraud.
Yusufu who was earlier
handed a light sentence by
trial Justice Abubakar Thalba
of an Abuja High Court at
Gudu after he confessed that
he conspired with six other
civil servants and stole
N23billion from the Police
Pension Fund, Monday,
insisted that the Abuja
Division of the Federal High
Court has no jurisdiction to
hear the fresh case brought
against him by the anti-graft
agency.
The accused person who
was a former Director of
Pension in the Police Affairs
Ministry, is answering to a 4-
count criminal charge.
In the fresh charge, he was
said to have on or about
February 14, 2012,
knowingly failed to make full
disclosure of his assets and
liability in the Declaration of
Assets Form he filled and
submitted, and equally failed
to declare that he owns a
company known as AY-A
Global Services Limited.
Yusuf after his conviction
recently
Yusufu after his conviction
recently
EFCC told the court that he
used the name of the
company and lodged in a
fixed deposit account with
the Zenith Bank, the sum of
N250million, N10million in a
fixed deposit account with
the First Bank of Nigeria Plc,
and another N29 million
which he was said to have
instructed one Danjuma Mele
to lodge in his company
account in the name of Jidag
Technical Services Ltd with
Diamond Bank.
The offence according to the
prosecuting agency is
punishable under section 27
(3) of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission
(Establishment e.t.c) Act Cap
E1 2004.
However, the accused person
through his lawyer Mr F.C
Ibeh, urged the trial court to
either hands-off his trial of
quash the entire charge for
want of jurisdiction.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/04/n300m-fraud-youve-no-powers-to-try-me-again-pension-thief-yusufu-tells-efcc/

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Amazing how a bushmeat is dictating to the hunter where and when to shoot it. Who doesn't know that the hunter seems to be an daft.