Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has indicted former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode in the ordeal of the former National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd).
The anti-graft agency told an Abuja Federal High Court that the office of the former National Security Adviser under Dasuki gave Fani-Kayode N26m.
It said that the money sent was meant to execute some contracts but was diverted.
The Commission disclosed this through its operative and third Prosecution Witness, Mohammed Goji, in an ongoing case against Fani-Kayode.
Goji revealed that Fani-Kayode’s driver identified as Francis and his Personal Assistant named Victor received the money for him in a ‘Ghana-Must-Go’ sack.
The Prosecution Witness, who was led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel, Mr. Faruk Abdullahi, said, “My lord, we got an intelligence report about a certain amount of money running into billions of naira meant for contracts in the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA.
“Along the line, we discovered that N26 million was paid for media consultancy for which there was no record that the project was executed.
“We wrote a series of letters to the Office of the NSA where we got payment vouchers and proposals indicating how the said sum was paid.
“In the course of the investigation, we gathered that the defendant, Fani-Kayode, directed his domestic servants comprising of his driver by name, Francis and his personal assistant named Victor, to access the funds from the NSA.
“They took the cash sum in a ‘Ghana-Must- Go’ bag from the account section of the NSA and took it to the defendant’s residence as directed.”
The case was later adjourned till April 21 for further trial by the Chief Judge of the Court, Justice John Tsoho.
Fani-Kayode is facing prosecution by EFCC for benefiting from the funds shared by former NSA before the 2015 presidential election.
He was the Director of Media and Publicity for former President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign organisation at the time.