The Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission will on Thursday (today) arraign a former
Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, for allegedly receiving
N26m from the Office of the National Security Adviser
Some fresh money
laundering charges were last month filed against Fani-Kayode by the EFCC
before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
Fani-Kayode is
the sole defendant in the fresh charges numbered, FHC/ABJ/CR/140/2016,
before Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The
EFCC in the fresh case filed five counts in which it accused the
defendant of diverting N26m allegedly received from the ONSA while Sambo
Dasuki was in office.
The anti-graft agency also accused him of
handling the said N26m without going through financial institution as
required under the Money Laundering Act.
The embattled former
minister is already facing 17 counts of money laundering before the
Lagos Division of the court, along with a former Finance Minister,
Nenadi Usman; Danjuma Yusuf and a firm, Joint Trust Dimension Nig. Ltd.
They were charged with unlawful retention, unlawful use and unlawful payment of money to the tune of N4.9bn.
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