Alleged Money Laundering: EFCC Files Amended Charges Against Ex- AGF Adoke

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed an additional seven charges against a former Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Mohammed Adoke, over money laundering allegations involving about N400 million.

The trial of the ex-AGF who was re-arraigned alongside an Abuja-based businessman, Mr Aliyu Abubakar, before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on June 17, 2020, was expected to begin on Monday, but it was stalled due to the amended charges.

The initial charge contained seven counts, with six of them relating to Mr Adoke.

At the resumed trial, the prosecutor, Bala Sanga, informed the court of an amended charge he filed on July 29 which was served on all the defendants.

The trial judge, Justice Ekwo who frowned at the late filing of the amended charge adjourned the trial till Tuesday on the ground that he is yet to sight the amended charges.

In the former seven counts, EFCC alleged that the defendants committed the money laundering offences involving over N400 million in Abuja in September 2013.
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