EFCC re-arrests Kaduna ex-governor, Mukhtar Yero

Mukhtar Yero, a former governor of Kaduna State, was re-arrested on Monday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on eight revised money laundering allegations before Justice R.M. Aikawa of the Federal High Court in Kaduna.

The re-arrest follows the state's transfer of Justice M.G. Umar, the former trial judge.

Yero is being prosecuted by the EFCC along with Nuhu Wya (former minister), Ishaq Hamsa (former secretary to the Kaduna State Government), and Abubakar Haruna (former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state), for their alleged roles in the receipt and distribution of the sum of N700 million paid to them by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, in order to influence the

The prosecution's attorney, Nasiru Salele, informed the court that the case was for the defendants to be re-arrested and begged the court to ask them to enter pleas, according to a statement from the EFCC that was received by our reporter.

The charges were read to the defendants, who all entered not guilty pleas, he continued.

Uwujaren claims that when the defendants entered their pleas, the defence attorney, Yunus Usman, pleaded with the court to continue the terms of the bail that the prior judge had previously granted to them.

“Justice Umar granted bail to the defendants on the same terms earlier offered them by the court. The case was adjourned till January 16, 17, and 18, 2023, for trial.”

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