PDP CHAIRMAN'S SON,FORMER PDP CHAIRMAN'S SON AND OTHERS ARRAIGNED FOR SUBSIDY FRAUD

Mahmud Tukur in blue kaftan and cap 

Sons of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur,Ahmadu Ali,Abdulazeez Alao as well as other directors of oil marketing firms and their companies
were formally arraigned Thursday before Justices Habeeb Abiru 
and Adeniyi Onigbanjo of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja for
their alleged complicity in the fuel subsidy scam.Click on read more below to continue...

The accused are being charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for conspiracy,obtaining money under false pretence,forgery and the use of false documents. Mamman 
Ali and Abdullahi Arisekola-Alao were arraigned for the alleged
fraud totalling N5.6bn whileTukur,Alao,Ochonogor Alex and 
Eterna Oil and Gas Plc were jointly arraigned on nine courts
including an alleged fraudulent collection of about N1.899bn
from the Federal Government as payment for subsidy which 
they never supplied.

The accused were granted bail shortly after their arraignment with the exception of Alao whose bail application could not be heard. He will remain in custody until August 1 when his bail application will be heard.