A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Fem Fani-Kayode has debunked a report in a section of the media that he intended to return N26 million to the federal government of Nigeria.
According to the report, a counsel for Fani-Kayode had also moved to settle out of court.
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The spokesman to the former Minister, Jude Ndukwe who spoke with NAIJA CENTER NEWS, however, described the report as grass journalism, false, embarrassing and mischievous; arguing that the case was adjourned for commencement of trial.
He said: “Reports that are coming out that Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has agreed to return 26 million naira to the EFCC in an attempt to settle his case at the Abuja Federal High Court out of court with them are false.
“The matter was adjourned in the Abuja Federal High Court today primarily because a new lawyer in the person of Mr. Ahmed Raji SAN was now handling the case and he needed time to be properly briefed on the matter and to go through the file.
“Under no circumstances will Chief Fani-Kayode pay any money back to EFCC or any other government agency because he never collected any money from any government agency in the first place.
The reports are false, embarrassing and mischievous.”
“No such thing. Crass journalism. The case was adjourned for commencement of trial. If there was any settlement in view, the case would not have been adjourned for commencement of trial but for report back to the court on the “settlement”
The ex-aviation minister was accused of allegedly collecting N26 million from the Office of the Former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki and using same for media campaign.
Count two of the charge read that;” You Femi Fani-Kayode, converted N26 million cash paid from the office of the National Security Adviser for the purpose of media campaign when you ought to have reasonably known that the said funds formed part of an unlawful act contrary to section 15 (2) (b) of the Money Laundering Act.”
Fani-Kayode is facing another 17 counts of money laundering before the Lagos division of the court.
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