The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has set a new date to arraign former Aviation Minister on Spokesman of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode.
He will now be arraigned before Justice Sule Hassan of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday, June 21.
It’s not clear why the arraignment was shifted from Friday this week to Tuesday next week but Channels Television’s judiciary correspondent, Shola Soyele, reports that it may not be unconnected with the busy schedule of the court and the prosecuting agency.
The EFCC has filed a 17 count charge against Chief Femi Fani-Kayode over an alleged N1.5 billion fraud.
A former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman; a firm, Joint Trust Dimensions Limited; one Danjuma Yusuf and another Olubode Oke, (said to be at large) are charged alongside Chief Fani-Kayode.
In the first count of the charge, “Nnenadi Esther Usman, Femi Fani-Kayode, Danjuman Yusuf And Jointrust Dimentions Nigeria LTD on or about the 8th day of January, 2015, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court conspired to indirectly retain the sum of N1.5 billion, a sum the EFCC says they reasonably ought to have known forms part of the proceeds of an unlawful act of stealing.
“They therefore committed an offence contrary to Section 18(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) (Amendment) Act, 2012. The Offence is punishable under Section 15(3) & 4 of the same Act”, the charge read.
The EFCC has listed 17 witnesses to testify against the defendants including representatives of Zenith, Wema, Skye, UBA, First Bank and GT Bank.
