The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has again arraigned the immediate-past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, on fresh charges bordering on money laundering at the Federal High Court.
Adoke was arraigned alongside Aliyu Abubakar and they both pleaded not guilty to the fresh seven counts charge .
After the duo pleaded not guilty to the charges, Counsel for the EFCC, Bala Sanga, urged the court to remand the defendants in the Commission’s custody pending the hearing of the matter.
But Counsel for the defendants urged the judge, Justice Binta Nyako, who presided over the trial, to dismiss the EFCC’s request and grant the defendants bail.
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Adoke and six others are presently standing a trial before an FCT High Court in Abuja on a 42 count charge over alleged fraud in the $1.2B Malabu oil deal.
Bail has been granted to the former Attorney General of the federation and Minister of Justice and Aliyu Abubakar standing in the same bail conditions issued by the FCT High Court, which grants both defendants a bail sim of 50 million naira each.
Each defendant is expected to provide one surety each who must resident within the court’s jurisdiction and must own verifiable landed properties equivalent to the bail sum.
The defendants must also deposit their traveling documents with the court registry.
The trial has been adjourned to the 1st and 2nd of April, 2020.
