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Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered that two former ministers, 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.
-Premium Times
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