The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, arraigned one Malik Wakili before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, for allegedly impersonating the minister for Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola.
The Commission also revealed that the suspect also defrauded the minister a sum of N3,106, 216.
The EFCC revealed that Wakili had sometime in March, conspired with one Abdullahii Umar, who is now at large, to fraudulently impersonate Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), with intent to gain monetary advantage.
According to the Anti graft agency, the defendent, “converted the total sum of N3,106,216, being the value of the Air-miles Skywards Account Number EK248739282 of Fashola with the Emirate Airline and which sum you reasonably ought to have known formed part the proceeds of your unlawful activity, to wit: fraud.”
The prosecution said Wakili acted contrary to sections 15(2)(a) and 27(1)(b) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act and was liable to be punished under sections 15(3) and 22(3)(a) of the same Act.
However, the defendent pleaded not guilty to all the charges pressed against him by the EFCC.
The Judge ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody till Tuesday for ruling on the bail application filed by the defendant’s counsel, Eubena Anedu.
