The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) on Tuesday re-arraigned a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Jumoke Akinjide, at the Federal High Court, Lagos, for allegedly laundering N650million.
Akinjide was charged alongside Senator Ayo Adeseun, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart, Chief Olanrewaju Otiti and former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, who was said to be at large.
The defendants are standing trial on a 24-count charge of money laundering before Justice Muslim Hassan.
They were accused of conspiring to obtain the N650million from Mrs. Alison-Madueke, in the build-up to the 2015 general elections.
According to the EFCC, they reasonably ought to have known “that the money formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful act.”
Akinjide, who was earlier arraigned for money laundering was granted bail on the same offence on June 22 last year by the Ibadan, Oyo division of the court, but the case was transferred to Lagos at her instance.
At Tuesday’s proceeding, EFCC counsel, Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo, told the court that the agency had an amended 24-count charge and urged the court to admit same as their charge in the suit. - The Nation
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