Nigeria, July 8 -- The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, has okayed the charges filed by the police against former senator Andy Uba and Benjamin Etu over their alleged involvement in a N400 million fraud.

The case, originally before Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja, was reassigned to the new trial judge Mohammed Umar. The reassignment of the case to Mr Umar in the same Abuja division of the court followed Mr Ekwo's one-year suspension in April by the National Judicial Council.

At the resumed hearing on Monday, prosecution lawyer, A.M. Abdullahi, informed Mr Umar that the AGF had reviewed the case and directed the police to proceed with the prosecution of the defendants. He also said the matter was s...