A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered
Nenadi Usman, and Femi Fani-Kayode, be remanded till Friday when their
bail applications would be heard. The two ex-ministers as well as Danjuma Yusuf and a firm, Jointrust
Dimensions Nigeria Limited, were on Tuesday arraigned by the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 17-count charge bordering on
conspiracy, stealing, corruption and making cash payments exceeding the
amount authorized by law.
Mrs. Usman is a former minister of finance and director of finance of
the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organization in the
2015 election.
Mr. Fani-Kayode is a former aviation minister. He also served during
the 2015 election as director media/publicity of the PDP Presidential
Campaign Organization.
They are alleged to have stolen and illegally disbursed about N4.9 billion belonging to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to all the charges preferred against them.
Court sends ex-Ministers Fani-Kayode and Nenadi Usman to prison
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