Tuesday, June 28, 2016

EFFCC Arraigns Fani Kayode, Usman For Money Laundering

       

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, was on Tuesday arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly laundering N4.9 billion.

Fani-Kayode, who served as the Director of Media and Publicity in the campaign organisation of former President Goodluck Jonathan, was arraigned alongside a former Minister of Finance, Nenadi Usman, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
Also charged with Fani-Kayode were Danjuma Yusuf and a company – Joint Trust Dimension Nigeria Limited.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned the accused persons on a 17-count charge of unlawful retention, unlawful use and unlawful payment of money to the tune of N4.9 billion.
NAN reports that Fani-Kaoyde and others pleaded not guilty to the charges.

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