MON, FEB 10 2020-theG&BJournal– The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Monday at the Federal High Court, Abuja brought a six-count charge bordering on money laundering on former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke.
Adoke is charged alongside Aliyu Abubakar who is noted as the second defendant on the case. They were charged before Justice Binta Nyako according to the News Agency of Nigeria. NAN reports that Aliyu Abubakar is arraigned on a one-count charge.
The EFCC counsel, Bala Sanga, urged the court to remand the defendants in the commission’s custody pending the hearing of the matter after both defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Counsel to the defendants, urged the judge to dismiss the anti-graft agency’s request and grant them bail.
In January 2020 the former Minister of Justice and AGF, and two others were bailed with the sum of N50 million each for a criminal case filed against the defendants by the EFCC. The EFCC filed the criminal charges against Adoke over his alleged indictment in the Oil Prospective Licence (OPL) 245.
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