The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna zonal office, on Tuesday,
March 20, 2018 arraigned one Ahmad Rabiu Mohammad, a businessman, before Justice
M. S. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Kaduna on one-count charge of money
laundering.
Mohammad
was intercepted by officers of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, with an
undeclared sum of $375,000 at the international wing of the Kaduna
International Airport while travelling on board ET941 Ethiopian Airline to
Dubai on March 3, 2018; and subsequently handed over to the EFCC for further
investigation and possible prosecution.
The
accused pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Upon
his plea, counsel to the EFCC, Hannafi Sa'ad prayed the court to fix a date for
trial and to remand the accused person in prison custody.
Justice
Shuaibu ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody pending hearing
of his bail application on March 21, 2018.
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