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Alleged N100m bribe: Trial of Chinese nationals Begins June 29

The trial of two Chinese nationals Meng Wei Kun and Xui Kuoi of China Zhongao Nigeria Ltd., slated to begin, Monday, June 15, 2020 before Justice Muhammad Sa’idu Sifawa of the Sokoto State High Court, could not go on as planned.

This followed the withdrawal of defence counsel, Ahmed Raji & Co from representing the defendants. Based on this, commencement of their trial is now slated for June 29, 2020.

The defendants are facing prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC, for allegedly offering to bribe the Sokoto Zonal Head of the Commission, Mr. Abdullahi Lawal to the tune of N100m out of which a part payment of N50m in cash was offered on May 12, 2020.

The suspects were arrested by officers of the Commission.

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