N1.5bn fraud: EFCC files 17-count charge against Fani-Kayode
Thu Jun 16, 2016 07:34:am National
3.8K By Buchi Obichie
A 17-count charge has been filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister and Spokesman for the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, over an alleged 1.5 billion Naira fraud.
The Commission also filed charges against a former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman, a firm Joint Trust Dimensions Limited one Danjuman Yusuf and another Olubode Oke, (said to be at large).
The defendants are expected to be arraigned at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, as soon as the case is assigned to a Judge.
While Mr Fani-Kayode was named in all 17 counts, Nenadi Usman was only named in the first four counts of the charge, as revealed in a copy of the charge.
In the first count, Usman, Fani-Kayode, Yusuf And Joint Trust Dimensions Nigeria Limited on or about January 8, 2015, within the jurisdiction of the Court conspired to indirectly retain the sum of 1.5 billion Naira, a sum the EFCC said they reasonably ought to have known formed 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.
Seventeen witnesses including representatives of some banks, have been listed by the EFCC to testify against the accused.
The Commission also filed charges against a former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman, a firm Joint Trust Dimensions Limited one Danjuman Yusuf and another Olubode Oke, (said to be at large).
The defendants are expected to be arraigned at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, as soon as the case is assigned to a Judge.
While Mr Fani-Kayode was named in all 17 counts, Nenadi Usman was only named in the first four counts of the charge, as revealed in a copy of the charge.
In the first count, Usman, Fani-Kayode, Yusuf And Joint Trust Dimensions Nigeria Limited on or about January 8, 2015, within the jurisdiction of the Court conspired to indirectly retain the sum of 1.5 billion Naira, a sum the EFCC said they reasonably ought to have known formed 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.
Seventeen witnesses including representatives of some banks, have been listed by the EFCC to testify against the accused.
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