The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) has announced the commencement of a fresh prosecution of Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation, and 3 others at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja…..CONTINUE READING...CONTINUE READING
According to Channels Television, the anti-graft agency is charging the former minister to court over the allegation of the misappropriation of N4.6bn and money laundering.
Fani-Kayode was a minister under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government but is currently a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a popular campaigner of Bola Tinubu, the president-elect.
Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), the EFCC counsel, had on Tuesday, April 25, told Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Lagos Federal High Court that it became necessary for him to make such a move after the last weekend’s ruling of the appeal court in Lagos that quashed the charges against the APC chieftain.
Oyedepo posited that with the court of appeal’s decision, all exhibits and documents that the prosecution had tendered should be released so the commission can commence the matter afresh at the Abuja federal high court.
The judge then ordered the release of all exhibits and documents before the court while the hearing was on back to the EFCC.
Recall that Justice Mohammed Danjuma of the Court of Appeal gave a verdict on the appeal filed by one of Fani-Kayode’s co-defendants and a former Minister of Finance, Nenadi Usman, who challenged the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court in LagosBto hear the matter.
Legit.ng earlier reported that the Ondo State House of Assembly speaker, Bamidele Oloyeloogun, has been arraigned before the state high court by the EFCC over fraud allegations.
The speaker was arraigned alongside another lawmaker, Felemu Bankole, who was representing Akoko South/West Constituency 1 and a civil servant, Segun Oyadeyi Bankole.
After listening to the argument of both the defence and prosecuting counsels, Justice Adegboyega Adebusoye of the high court granted bail to the defendants and adjourned the case till May…..CONTINUE READING
