MOHAMMED LAWAL GARBA, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment): On the 9th of March, 2017, the Appellant was arraigned by the Respondent on a six (6) counts charge before the Federal High court, sitting at Abuja, (trial court) for offences contrary to Section 27(3)(a) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Act, 2004 (EFCC Act), Section 1 of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (MLPA) and Section 7(4)(b)(ii) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Act, 2006 (AFFORO). The counts are as follows:-
"That you Andrew Yakubu (former Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation-NNPC) on or before the 18th day of August, 2015 at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) office at No. 5 Fomella Street, Wuse II, Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court knowingly failed to make full disclosure of your Assets, to wit: the sum of $9,772,800 (Nine Million, Seven Hundred and Seventy Two Thousand, Eight Hundred United State Dollars) only in the Declara…