The High Court of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Gwagwalada, Abuja, ordered the arrest of a former Minister of Petroleum, Dauzia Loyal Etete, better known as Dan Etete,
in connection with the Malabu Oil scam.
Justice Abubakar Kutigi ordered the arrest of Etete along with Munamuna Seidougha, and Jospeph Amaran, Daybreak reports.
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Oil and Gas Limited to which Etete, as the then Minister of Petroleum under the regime of the Gen. Sani Abacha, facilitated the fraudulent allocation of the oil block.
EFCC had named Etete, Seidougha, and Amaran as being on the run in the 42 counts of the alleged fraudulent Malabu Oil transactions recently filed against the immediate-past Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Mohammed Adoke (SAN) and six others.
Adoke and others have since pleaded not guilty to the charges and were granted bail by the judge earlier on Thursday.
