N26m Arms Fraud: Femi Fani-Kayode seeks plea bargain
A former Minister Of Aviation and one time Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Femi Fani-Kayode, has told the Federal High Court Abuja of his intention to enter into a plea bargain with the Federal Government.
The former minister was arraigned before the court on a five-count charge of corruption and money laundering to the tune of 26 million Naira by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
His lawyer, Ahmed Raji told Justice John Tsoho that his client would like to explore other avenues on how the matter would be settled out of court.
According to Mr Raji, the law allows one to explore the option of a plea bargain and so many other options rather than go through trial.
He also asked the court for time to enable him go through the case file as he is just new in the case.
Meanwhile, counsel to EFCC, Mr Johnson Ojogbane, asked the court to take cognizance of the fact that this was the second adjournment at the instance of the defence and asked for a definite date to commence trial.
Having listened to both parties, Justice Tsoho adjourned to March 14, 2017, for the commencement of trial.
