Ade Adesomoju, AbujaThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday re-arraigned a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), on amended money laundering charges. Tuesday’s re-arraignment followed the amendment of the old charges that saw the number of counts increase from seven to 14. The prosecuting counsel, Bala Sanga, also said the amount involved in the new charges had increased from the previous N400m. In the previous charges, six of the seven counts related to Adoke while only one related to Abubakar. But with the amended charges, there are now seven counts relating to Adoke and seven relating to Abubakar.

Source: Punch August 04, 2020 17:25 UTC