Justice Mohammed Idris of Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered that the former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Domestic Affairs, Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, be remanded in prison.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned him and one other person before on a 23-count charge of conspiracy and concealment of crime proceeds.
Dudafa and Iwejuo Joseph Nna (alias Taiwo A. Ebenezer and Olugbenga Isaiah) were accused of conspiring to conceal proceeds of crime amounting to over N1.6 billion on June 11, 2013.
They pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
Defence counsel, Gboyega Oyewole and Sunday Abumeri, said they filed bail applications on their clients’ behalf.
The prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, said he needed more time to respond to the applications.
The defendants allegedly concealed the sum through a company, Seagate Property Development and Investment Limited, an offence contrary to Section 18(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) (Amendment) Act, 2012 and punishable under Section 17(a).
They were also accused of knowingly concealing proceeds of crime through Avalon Global Property Development Company Limited in the sum of N 399, 470,000.00, among others.
