The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has filed an additional seven-count charge against former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke. Adoke was charged to court over alleged money laundering involving...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , has filed an additional seven-count charge against former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke.The trial of the ex-AGF who was re-arraigned alongside an Abuja-based businessman, Aliyu Abubakar, before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, was expected to begin Monday but was stalled due to the amended charges.
The trial judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo, who frowned at the late filing of the amended charge, consequently adjourned the trial till today on the ground that he is yet to sight the amended charges. In the counts relating to Adoke, he was accused of among others offences, receiving the dollar equivalent of N300million from Abubakar, paying the dollar equivalent of N367,318,800 to one Usman Mohammed Bello and allegedly using the sum of N300million, which was alleged to be part of the proceeds of unlawful activities, all in violation of various provisions of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act 2011.
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