Oil
Court acquits Aliyu Abubakar, Malabu Oil in $1bn fraud case
CEII brief
Punch reported on 15 Oct 2026: Court acquits Aliyu Abubakar, Malabu Oil in $1bn fraud case.
Read the full story on PunchA Federal High Court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted businessman Aliyu Abubakar and Malabu Oil in the $1bn money laundering case linked to OPL 245.
Context from CEII
Crude benchmarks move budgets, currencies and inflation in producer and importer countries alike. For economies such as Nigeria, where fuels dominate exports, production and refining decisions move the whole economy.
85.9% of Nigeria’s merchandise exports were fuels in 2025Countries in this story
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