EFCC Arraigns Aisha Achimugu For Alleged Money Laundering
The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, arrived at the Federal High Court in Abuja with the businesswoman, Aisha Achimugu, as ordered by the court.
Achimugu, who was sandwiched by two female EFCC officers, arrived in court at about 11:35 am.
Justice Inyang Ekwo had, on Monday, ordered the industrialist, alleged to have fled the country, to honour the invitation by the anti-graft agency on Tuesday at 12 noon.
Justice Ekwo, who gave the order in a short ruling, also ordered the EFCC, upon the appearance of Achimugu at its office, to return with her to court on Wednesday for the report.
Achimugu was, however, said to have been arrested by the EFCC’s operatives on her arrival abroad at about 5 am and kept in custody.
THE WHISTLER reported that the EFC in the early hours of Tuesday arrested businesswoman Achimugu at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
Achimugu, who had been declared wanted by the anti-graft agency since March over allegations of criminal conspiracy and money laundering, was taken into custody around 5 a.m. shortly after arriving from London.
Her lawyer, Chief Chikaosolu Ojukwu, who confirmed the arrest to Punch, described it as a violation of a court order.
According to him, Achimugu returned voluntarily to Nigeria in compliance with an undertaking made before the Federal High Court in Abuja.
“Aisha Achimugu, who arrived voluntarily in the country from London, was arrested by the EFCC around 5 a.m. on Tuesday,” Ojukwu said.
EFCC Arraigns Aisha Achimugu For Alleged Money Laundering is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
