Fani-Kayode arraigned in court today for money laundering charges

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The former Minister for Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, will be arraigned in court today (Thursday) for allegedly collecting N26m from the Office of the National Security Adviser.

Some fresh money laundering charges were last month filed against Fani-Kayode by the EFCC before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.

The ex-Aviation Minister is the sole defendant in the fresh charges numbered, FHC/ABJ/CR/140/2016, before Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

Mr Fani-Kayode is one of the several prominent politicians under investigation for benefiting illegally from the $2billion in public funds meant to fight Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram, but which Mr Dasuki is accused of diverting to partisan political ends.

The EFCC, in the fresh case, filed five counts in which it accused the defendant of diverting N26m allegedly received from the ONSA while Sambo Dasuki was in office.

The anti-graft agency also accused him of handling the said N26m without going through financial institutions as required under the Money Laundering Act.

The embattled former minister is already facing 17 counts of money laundering before the Lagos Division of the court, along with a former Finance Minister, Nenadi Usman; Danjuma Yusuf and a firm, Joint Trust Dimension Nig. Ltd.

They were charged with unlawful retention, unlawful use and unlawful payment of money to the tune of N4.9bn.

Fani-Kayode had earlier on through his lawyer called for intervention to his constant arrest by the EFCC stating that his health was deteriorating with his continuous stay in custody.

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