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| Fani-Kayode with security operatives |
ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, arraigned a former Minister of Aviation, Femi
Fani Kayode, before a Federal High Court in Lagos.
Fani-Kayode, is being charged along
with a former minister of finance, Nenadi Usman; Danjuma Yusuf, and a company,
Joint Trust Dimension Nigeria Limited.
EFCC had filed a 17-count charge
bordering on conspiracy, stealing, corruption and making cash payments exceeding
the amount authorized by law.
The accused all pleaded not guilty to
the charges according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
According to the EFCC’s charge, the accused committed
the offences between January and March 2015 including unlawfully retaining over
N3.8 billion which they “reasonably ought to have known” formed part of the
proceeds of an unlawful act of stealing and corruption as stated in count seven
charge.
Justice Sule Hassan, in a short ruling,
adjourned the case to July 1 for hearing of the bail applications and ordered
that the defendants be remanded in prison custody pending determination of
their bail application.
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