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| Femi Fani-Kayode |
An Investigating Officer, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Mr. Shehu Shuaibu has told a Federal High Court in Lagos that the sum of #4.6 billion was allegedly transferred into a joint trust account used to finance the presidential campaign of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.
The witness further disclosed that the money was paid through various accounts to cut off tracing dogs off their tail. The money through from the State House to the account of the Ministry of External Affairs before it was finally transferred into the Joint Trust account.
The IPO disclosed this information while testifying before Justice Daniel Osiagor in the trial of former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman, former aviation minister Femi Fani-Kayode, and two others over alleged money laundering and other fraud-related offences.
Under cross-examination by counsel to the former finance minister, Mr Ferdinand Orbih (SAN), the witness stated that his team from the Special Task Force of the EFCC exempted Jonathan throughout their period of investigations.
The witness admitted that the first Defendant, Nenadi Usman, was the Director of Finance, of President Goodluck Jonathan’s Campaign Organisation, while the second Defendant, Fani-Kayode, was the Director, of Media and Publicity of the organisation.