1st November, 2010
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned till 15 December a case of money laundering preferred against the former Minister of Aviation, Chief Fani-Kayode.
The case against the former minister was to commence afresh today when he should have been arraigned before Justice Binta Murtala Nyako since the former judge handling the case, Justice Ramat Muhammed has been transferred out of Lagos.
Meanwhile, the former minister has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court against the ruling of the Court of Appeal that the electronic printout of the statement of account can be admitted as an exhibit.
Fani-Kayode is standing trial on a 47-count charge of money laundering involving N230 million.
The former minister was accused of making financial transactions exceeding N500,000Â which was not done through a financial institution.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, also alleged that Fani-Kayode also used some of his former administrative staff like Mark Saviour Ndifreke, Florence Saliu, Daniel Alogo and his wife, Reginald Fani-Kayode for the financial transactions.
—Akin Kuponiyi
