Nigeria, Dec. 24 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Wednesday, December 24, arraign Yakubu Adamu, the Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance, over an alleged N4.6 billion money laundering case.

Adamu will be charged alongside a company, Ayab Agro Products and Freight Company Ltd, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja. The case is contained in a six-count charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/694/2025. The arraignment was earlier scheduled for Tuesday but could not take place due to the absence of both the EFCC's lawyer and the defendants. However, Adamu's legal team, led by Gordy Uche, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), was present in court. Following this, the judge adjourned the case to December 2...