Jumoke Akinjide
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arraigned a
former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Jumoke Akinjide, for
allegedly laundering a sum of N650m.
Akinjide was arraigned alongside Senator Ayo Adeseun and Chief Olanrewaju Otiti before the Federal High Court in Lagos.
The EFCC, in the 24 charges filed against the defendants, alleged
that they collected the sum of N650m from a former Minister of Petroleum
Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, in the build-up to the 2015
general elections.
The anti-graft agency claimed that they ought to have “reasonably known that the money formed part of proceeds of an unlawful act.”
Counsel for the EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo, said they acted contrary to
Section 18(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2012, and were
liable to punishment under Section 15(3) and 4 of the same Act.
Details later.
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