The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, on Thursday re-arraigned Babangida Aliyu, a former Niger State Governor in a Federal High Court in Minna for alleged laundering of ecological funds of over N1.9 billion.
The EFCC also re-arraigned Umar Nasko, a former Commissioner of Environment on eight counts of criminal conspiracy and money laundering.
The offence, the anti-graft agency said, contravened the provisions of Section 18(a) of the money laundering Act, 2011 as amended and punishable underSsection 15(3) of same Act.
The two are accused of laundering ecological funds of over N1.940billion released by the Federal Government to the state in 2014.
The duo were re-arraigned after their case was re-assigned to Justice Aminu Aliyu following the transfer of the former judge, Justice Yellim Bogoro, who was presiding over the matter.
When
the charge was read to the defendants, they both pleaded not guilty.
