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EFCC Grills Fani-Kayode Over Alleged Forgery
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been arrested by the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee EFCC in Lagos.
Fani-Kayode was stated to be underneath investigation for alleged forgery and manipulation of paperwork.
Our correspondent learnt that the ex-minister, who rejoined the All Progressives Congress in September, was dropped at the Lagos Zonal Workplace of the anti-graft company on Tuesday.
The main points of the allegations towards him have been sketchy however the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed Fani-Kayode’s arrest by operatives.
“I feel one thing like that occurred,” he stated and declined to remark additional.
Fani-Kayode had been having a working battle with the EFCC for a while and he was as soon as remanded for 67 days in 2016 alongside a former minister of finance, Nenadi Usman.
The duo and two others have been going through a 17-count of prison conspiracy, fraud and cash laundering to the tune of N4.9 billion.
They denied the allegations, and every of them was later granted N250 million bail.
