Abdullahi Alao

By ABDULWAHAB ABDULAH with agency report

IKEJA — Two oil marketers, Mahmud Tukur and Abdullahi Alao yesterday informed an Ikeja High Court that they were in discussion with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, regarding the charges preferred against them. Tukur and Alao were charged to court for an alleged N1.8 billion fuel subsidy fraud.

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SOME oil marketers and companies facing trial in the fraud suit instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have opted for an out of court settlement. The marketers -  Mahmud Tukur, Abdullahi Alao, Ochonogor Alex and Eterna Oil and Gas Plc are into negotiations with the EFCC over the matter before a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja.

SOME oil marketers and companies facing trial in the fraud suit instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have opted for an out of court settlement. The marketers -  Mahmud Tukur, Abdullahi Alao, Ochonogor Alex and Eterna Oil and Gas Plc are into negotiations with the EFCC over the matter before a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja.

Lagos (WorldStage Newsonline)-- A Lagos High Court in Ikeja on Friday rejected the requests of Mahmud Tukur, son of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur and Abdullahi Alao, son of Ibadan based businessman, Alhaji Abdulazeez Arisekola-Alao, for a leave to travel abroad while their trial over alleged fraud in fuel subsidy collection is ongoing. Justice Lateefat Folami, a vacation judge, told the accused persons including Felix Ochonogor, who are directors of one of the oil companies indicated for oil subsidy scam, Oil Marketing and Trading Companies (OM&Ts) to wait until their trial judge, Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo resume from his annual vacation to hear the application.

Mahmud Tukur, son Alhaji Bamangar Tukur; Abdullahi Alao and Felix Ochonogor had applied for release of their international passports to enable them to travel abroad in order to attend pressing business matters, their respective counsels said yesterday. Tukur, Alao and Ochonogor are among some of the directors of Oil Marketing and Trading Companies (O...

[Daily Trust]Lagos -Mahmud Tukur, son Alhaji Bamangar Tukur; Abdullahi Alao and Felix Ochonogor had applied for release of their international passports to enable them to travel abroad in order to attend pressing business matters, their respective counsels said yesterday.

[Daily Trust]Lagos -Mahmud Tukur, son Alhaji Bamangar Tukur; Abdullahi Alao and Felix Ochonogor had applied for release of their international passports to enable them to travel abroad in order to attend pressing business matters, their respective counsels said yesterday.