EFCC to detain Fani Kayode for 16 more days

For a total of 16 more days, Fani-Kayode will remain in the custody of the EFCC when he will be arraigned for new charges.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is to arraign former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, on new charges of fraud on November 10, 2016.

An EFCC’s spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), through an SMS in Abuja on Tuesday.

Uwujaren said that the commission had already served the former minister with court processes, he did not give further details.

Fani-Kayode, a former Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, was re-arrested by EFCC operatives while emerging from a Federal High Court room in Lagos on Friday.

Fani-Kayode would stand  trial in the Lagos court alongside a former Minister of Finance,  Nenandi Usman, one Danjuma Yusufand a company, Joint Trust Dimension Nigeria Ltd.

The three are facing a 17-count charge of unlawful retention, unlawful use and unlawful payment of money to the tune of about N4.9 billion, a charge they denied.

Reports say that the Prosecutor, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, had concluded the witness’ evidence for the day, and the case adjourned till November 14, 2016 and November 15, 2016 for continuation of hearing.