The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today December 6th
2018, arraigned the former governor of Kebbi State, Usman Saidu
Dakingari alongside two others before Honourable Justice Basse Onu of
the Federal High Court sitting in Kebbi. They were arraigned on a 13
count charge of Conspiracy and Money Laundering to the tune N450,000,000
(Four Hundred and Fifty Million Naira) only. Dakingari was arraigned
along with Sunday Dogonyaro and Garba Rabiu Kamba for allegedly
conniving to collect the sum of N450 million (Four Hundred and Fifty
Million Naira) being part of the $115,000,000 (One Hundred and Fifteen
Million Dollars) warehoused in Fidelity Bank and shared by the a former
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Deizani Alison-Madueke for the purpose
of influencing the 2015 general election. One of the charges reads that:
"Usman Saidu Dakingari on or about the 27th March 2015 at Kebbi within
the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court made a cash payment of the
sum of N49,640,000 (Forty Nine Million, Six Hundred and Forty Thousand
Naira) only to Alhaji Haruna Haruna without transacting through a
financial institution and thereby committed an offence contrary to
section 18 (a) of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act, 2011 (as
amended) and punishable under section 16 (2)(b) of the same Act”.The
defendants pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to them.Counsel
for the prosecution Jonson Ojogbane requested a date for trial in view
of the plea of the defendants.But counsels representing the dependents
moved applications for bail on behalf of their clients and respectively
urge the court to admits there client to bail.Ojogbane opposed the bail
applications with counter affidavits urging the court to refuse the
application of the 1st and 2nd defendants. Ojogbane, however, did not
oppose the bail application of the 3rd defendant who has been constantly
reporting to court since the first time the case came up of
arraignment.The first and second defendants on the other hand had
initially refused to appear before the court even after the court
threatened to issue a bench warrant for their arrest.After listening to
the arguments exchanged between the parties, Justice Onu adjourned the
matter to December 10th , 2018 for ruling on bail application.The
defendants were ordered to be remanded in EFCC custody pending the
outcome of the ruling on bail application.Alleged $115 million Diezani Loot: EFCC Arraigns Ex-Gov. Dakingari, two others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today December 6th
2018, arraigned the former governor of Kebbi State, Usman Saidu
Dakingari alongside two others before Honourable Justice Basse Onu of
the Federal High Court sitting in Kebbi. They were arraigned on a 13
count charge of Conspiracy and Money Laundering to the tune N450,000,000
(Four Hundred and Fifty Million Naira) only. Dakingari was arraigned
along with Sunday Dogonyaro and Garba Rabiu Kamba for allegedly
conniving to collect the sum of N450 million (Four Hundred and Fifty
Million Naira) being part of the $115,000,000 (One Hundred and Fifteen
Million Dollars) warehoused in Fidelity Bank and shared by the a former
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Deizani Alison-Madueke for the purpose
of influencing the 2015 general election. One of the charges reads that:
"Usman Saidu Dakingari on or about the 27th March 2015 at Kebbi within
the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court made a cash payment of the
sum of N49,640,000 (Forty Nine Million, Six Hundred and Forty Thousand
Naira) only to Alhaji Haruna Haruna without transacting through a
financial institution and thereby committed an offence contrary to
section 18 (a) of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act, 2011 (as
amended) and punishable under section 16 (2)(b) of the same Act”.The
defendants pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to them.Counsel
for the prosecution Jonson Ojogbane requested a date for trial in view
of the plea of the defendants.But counsels representing the dependents
moved applications for bail on behalf of their clients and respectively
urge the court to admits there client to bail.Ojogbane opposed the bail
applications with counter affidavits urging the court to refuse the
application of the 1st and 2nd defendants. Ojogbane, however, did not
oppose the bail application of the 3rd defendant who has been constantly
reporting to court since the first time the case came up of
arraignment.The first and second defendants on the other hand had
initially refused to appear before the court even after the court
threatened to issue a bench warrant for their arrest.After listening to
the arguments exchanged between the parties, Justice Onu adjourned the
matter to December 10th , 2018 for ruling on bail application.The
defendants were ordered to be remanded in EFCC custody pending the
outcome of the ruling on bail application.
