PDP Chairman's Son Re-arraigned in Lagos for N1.8bn Subsidy Fraud

On Monday, Mahmud Tukur

Alex Ochonogor, Eterna Plc; and Abdullahi Alao, son of Ibadan-based businessman, Abdulazeez Arisekola-Alao were also charged alongside Mahmud.

The accused persons were initially arraigned before Justice Onigbanjo on July 26, 2012. The re-arraignment took place before Justice Lawal Lawal-Akapo following the transfer of the former trial judge, Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo, out of the Criminal Division of the Lagos State Judiciary.

All the accused on pleaded not guilty to the nine counts of conspiracy and fraud preferred against them by the EFCC.

Justice Lawal-Akapo ruled that the accused be allowed to continue enjoying the earlier bail granted them by Onigbanjo. The case was adjourned to Febuary 24,2013 for further hearing.

, son of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur and others were rearriagned before a Lagos High Court in Ikeja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged N1.8bn fuel subsidy fraud.