The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a former speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, and his aide, Oyebode Atoyebi, on fresh charges of laundering N673 million.
The commission arraigned them on Wednesday before Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court in Lagos.
The trial which was initially slated for November 27 was adjourned till Wednesday because the defendants were absent.
The duo face an amended 54-count charge of money laundering.
In the amended charge, EFCC alleges that Ikuforiji and Atoyebi, between April 2010 and August 2011, conspired to “commit an illegal act, to wit, accepting various cash payments amounting to the sum of N673 million from the Lagos State House of Assembly without going through a financial institution.”
The alleged offence contravenes sections 18a of the Money Laundering Act 2011.
