Ade Adesomoju and Oladimeji RamonThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed fraud charges against the sacked Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal; and a former Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ayodele Oke, and his wife, Folasade. The anti-graft agency filed 10 counts of fraud against Lawal and five others, including his company, Rholavision Engineering Limited, before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja on Wednesday. It filed four counts of money laundering against Oke and his wife before the Federal High Court in Lagos earlier on Tuesday. Oke and his wife are to be arraigned before Justice Chuwkujeku Aneke of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday, while Lawal and his co-accused are to be arraigned before the FCT High Court sometimes next week. Oke was also charged on Tuesday over alleged concealment of about $43m in a flat in Osborne Tower in Lagos.

Source: Punch January 31, 2019 00:22 UTC