Ade Adesomoju, Abuja
The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission on Tuesday arraigned a former Minister of State for Finance,
Bashir Yuguda; former Governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa;
his son Sagir Attahiru, and their firm Dalhatu Investment on 22 counts
of misappropriation of about N13bn meant for purchase of arms by the
Office of the National Security Adviser.
Also to arraigned along with them
before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama are the
immediate past NSA, Sambo Dasuki and a former Director of Finance and
Administration in the Office of the NSA, Shuaibu Salisu.
The accused were said to have misappropriated the money between August 2013 and May 7, 2015.
All the accused were arraigned before
Justice Peter Affen, who had on Monday granted leave to the EFCC to
prefer the charges against the accused persons.
They pleaded not guilty to 22 counts of
conspiracy, dishonest receipt of stolen property in breach of sections
97 and 317 of the Penal Code Act as well as receipt of proceeds of
criminal conducts in breach of section 17(b) of the EFCC Act.
Both Dasuki and Salisu were on Monday
arraigned alongside Aminu Baba-Kusa and his two firms – Acacia Holdings
Ltd and Reliance Referral Hospital Limited – before Justice Yusuf Baba
of the same FCT High Court in Maitama on separate 19 counts involving
alleged N32bn fraud.
After the arraignment on Tuesday, Justice Affen fixed Wednesday for hearing of the accused persons bail applications.
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