Barring any unforeseen hitches, Minister of State for Finance during President Goodluck Jonathan’s era, Bashir Yuguda, will be arraigned with eight others on Monday before Justice Justice Baba Yusuf of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
The Nation learnt yesterday that Yuguda and others, whose names are listed in two separate charges pending before the court,could not be arraigned this week because judges of the court were away on conferences, including the Law Week of the Abuja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
Others likely to be arraigned with Yuguga include ex-National Security Adviser (NSA), Mohammed Sambo Dasuki, Shuaibu Salisu, his company- Dahaltu Investment Limited- Sagir Attahiru and Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa.
Others are Aminu Baba-Kusa and his companies, Acacia Holding Limited and Reliance Referal Hospital Limited.
They are charged under the Penal Code for allegedly supervising the unlawful disbursement and acceptance of funds from the ex-NSA.