EFCC to appeal judgement in Jonathan’s aide, Dudafa’s N1.6bn Fraud Trial
Mr Dudafa was cleared by the court on Thursday.
Mr Dudafa was cleared by the court on Thursday.
Mr Dudafa was charged by the EFCC on a 23-count charge bordering on conspiracy, money laundering and concealment of proceeds ...
Justice Mohammed Idris reserved judgement after all counsel in the suit had adopted their respective final addresses in court.
The judge adjourned the matter to November 15 for ruling on amended charge.
EFCC arraigned the ex-presidential aide in 2013 on 23-counts of conspiracy to conceal proceeds of crime amounting.
The banker is standing trial alongside Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, a former presidential aide, on charges of N1.6 billion fraud.
Mr Dudafa is facing a 23-count charge bordering on money laundering and conspiracy to conceal proceeds of crime.
The ex-aide also said the money was from a businessman, Arthur Eze.
The accused is a former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Domestic Affairs.
The accused had earlier pleaded not guilty to the charges and were granted bail.
According to the defence team, no prima facie case had been established against the accused.
Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, is witness in the suit filed by Mrs Jonathan seeking to vacate ...
The EFCC had arraigned Mr. Dudafa alongside one Joseph Iwejuo on 23-counts of conspiracy.
The judge says the ailment can be treated in Nigeria.
Four firms had pleaded guilty of wrongdoing in laundering the money.
The ex-presidential aide is being prosecuted by the EFCC.
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The accused said he wanted to travel abroad for medical treatment.
Mr. Dudafa is arraigned by the EFCC on 23 counts bordering on fraud, conspiracy and concealment of crime proceeds.
The former presidential aide says he was forced to give the statements.
The former first lady claims the EFCC wrongly froze her accounts.
Mr. Dudafa has been held for months on corruption charges.
Mrs. Jonathan says the EFCC has no rights to freeze accounts to which she was the sole signatory.
"Neither any state nor its agencies have claimed the fund as their own," Mrs. Jonathan's lawyer said.
"More importantly, it will also show that Nigerian law is supreme and respecter of nobody, irrespective of status."
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