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Chibuzor Alli
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s Abuja Zonal Command has charged Victor Joseph, a former banker, and Ahmad Aliyu in court on Monday for alleged money laundering involving N110 million.
The statement was revealed on the EFCC official Twitter account know as X on Tuesday.
The duo is accused of transferring the funds fraudulently from the National Assembly office account between March 27 and April 11, 2023, using fake transfer instructions.
it says, “Further investigations showed that the forged instructions were submitted at the UBA National Assembly Business office, Abuja Branch, for processing and the funds were transferred to various beneficiaries in three banks.
The money was traced from these three banks to several other beneficiaries who later returned the funds to Joseph that initiated the transactions.”
The EFCC accused the defendants of money laundering in a five-count charge presented before Justice N.E. Maha in Abuja’s Federal High Court. Both defendants denied the allegations, leading prosecutor Joshua Saidi to request a trial date.
However, The legal representative for the first and second defendants, Gbenga Ashowole and Nelem Orji, presented the court with requests for their clients’ release on bail. Judge Maha then ordered that the defendants be held at the Kuje Correctional Facility and adjourned the case to February 27, 2024, for the consideration of the bail applications.
