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Ex-Aviation Minister, Fani-Kayode, arrested by EFCC

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been reportedly arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Lagos. Fani-Kayode, who recently joined the All Progressives Congress (APC), was said to have been brought to the Lagos Zonal Office of the antigraft agency yesterday afternoon.

Details of his arrest and allegation against him were still sketchy at press time. The former minister was on October 13, 2021, fined by Justice Daniel Osiagor of a Federal High Court in Lagos to the tune of N200, 000 for his absence at the resumed hearing of his trial over alleged N4.6 billion fraud. He is being prosecuted before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside a former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Nenadi Esther Usman, a former ALGON Chairman, Danjuma Yusuf, and a firm, Jointrust Dimentions Nigeria Limited. Women storm NDDC, want Forensic Audit report published

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