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Looks like the EFCC are really determined to send Fani Kayode to the gallows.If they have any half decent evidence from these new charges,he will surely end up in jail.
Now the question Nigerians will be asking here is,is Fani Kayode being prosecuted because they actually have proof of these charges or is he being persecuted for being an outspoken member of the
opposition.
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As you all know,Fani-Kayode, Director of Media and Publicity in the campaign organisation of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, is already standing trial before the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court.
He is facing 17 counts of money laundering before the Lagos Division of the court along with a former Finance Minister, Nenadi Usman, Danjuma Yusuf and a firm, Joint Trust Dimension Nig. Ltd.
They were charged with unlawful retention, unlawful use and unlawful payment of money to the tune of N4.9bn.
But in the fresh charges numbered, ‘FHC/ABJ/CR/140/2016’, Fani-Kayode is the sole defendant.
The EFCC filed five counts in the fresh case, in which it accused the defendant of diverting N26m allegedly received from the Office of the National Security Adviser, while Sambo Dasuki was in office.
The EFCC also accused him of using the said N26m without going through financial institution as required under the Money Laundering Act.
The case was mentioned before Justice John Tsoho,of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday.
The prosecution team was absent at the proceedings.
Although Fani-Kayode was absent, he was represented by a team of lawyers led by Mr. Wale Balogun.
Balogun wondered why the prosecution, who filed the charges, was not aware of the proceedings.
He complained that his client had yet to be served with the charges as required.
He sought an adjournment and the judge adjourned till November 10 for arraignment.
Earlier today,Fani Kayode was doing what he does best by firing a shot at President Buhari following his comments about her belonging to his kitchen and his other room after she had expressed reservations about his government in the now much talked about Aisha Buhari BBC interview.
Here is what he posted on his Facebook page:
“When our President can get up and tell the whole world all the way from distant Germany that his wife “belongs to the kitchen, the living room and the other room” simply because she dared to speak her mind to the BBC then you know that he is in the grip of something evil and that demons are speaking through him”.
“It is all part of the spiritual dimension of living in the Villa that Abati was referring to in his essay. The President’s mind has become twisted and he is now posessed by strange and powerful entities. He needs a lot of prayer”.
The judge also ordered that hearing notice be served on the EFCC.Copyright PUNCH.