Atiku Abubakar
A lawyer, Mr Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, is billed to be arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) for allegedly laundering $2m.
According to the anti-graft agency, Giwa Osagie allegedly laundered the money during the build-up to the general elections.
Giwa-Osagie, a lawyer to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, was alleged to have handled the $2m cash without going through a financial institution.
It was gathered that Giwa-Osagie will be arraigned next week, alongside Erhunse Giwa-Osagie, said to be his brother
The EFCC has already filed three counts charges against the lawyer before the Federal High Court in Lagos.
According to the charge, the EFCC alleged that the Giwa-Osagie brothers conspired between each other to make a cash payment of $2m on February 12, 2019, without going through a financial institution.
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EFCC lawyer, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, who signed the charge sheet, said the amount exceeded the threshold stipulated by the anti-money laundering law.
Oyedepo said the Giwa-Osagie brothers acted contrary to Sections 18(a) and 1(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 and were liable to be punished under Section 16(2)(b) of the same
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