The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has
again arraigned a former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, before a Federal
High Court in Lagos.
Fani-Kayode, was the Spokesperson of former President,
Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election campaign.
He was re-arraigned alongside Nenadi Usman, a former
Minister of State for Finance on a 17-count charge of money laundering and
alleged diversion of N4.6 billion.
Also included are one Danjuma Yusuf and a company, Joint
Trust Dimension Nig. Ltd.
The defendants pleaded not guilty before Justice Rilwan
Aikawa, a new judge.
Rilwan Aikawa took over trial after Mr. Fani-Kayode applied
Muslim Hassan should excuse himself from the trial on the grounds that he was
the EFCC officer who signed a criminal charge filed against him.
Hassan worked as an EFCC legal officer before his elevation
to the bench.
By John Owen Nwachukwu
