Money Laundering: Trial Of Ex-AGF Stalled, Adjourned Till August 13
The trial of the former Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Adoke has been stalled.
The former AGF was arraigned today alongside Aliyu Abubakar who is an Abuja based businessman, before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court.During the last sitting, the defendants pleaded not guilty to a 14-count charge filed against them bordering on money laundering. At the resumed trial, the prosecutor, Bala Sanga, informed the court of an amended charge he filed on July 29 which was served on all the defendants.
In the counts relating to Mr Adoke, he was accused of among others, receiving the dollar equivalent of N300 million from Abubakar, paying the dollar equivalent of N367,318,800 to one Usman Mohammed Bello, and allegedly using the sum of N300 million, which was alleged to be part of the proceeds of unlawful activities, all in violations of various provisions of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act, 2011.
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