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Fraud Allegation: EFCC launch fresh suit against Babachir Lawal, others

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed fraud charges against the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal; a former Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ayodele Oke, and his wife, Folashade Oke.

The anti-graft agency on Wednesday filed 10 counts against Lawal and five others before an FCT High Court , Abuja.

four counts charge was filed against Oke and his wife, Folashade, before the Federal High Court, in Lagos.
President Muhammadu Buhari had, in October 2017, sacked Lawal and Oke following a report of investigations by a panel headed by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, into allegations of fraud leveled against them.

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