JUST IN: EFCC arrests Fani-Kayode for forgery

Femi Fani-Kayode

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode in Lagos.

WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the ex-aviation minister is currently under investigation for alleged forgery and manipulation of documents.

It was also learnt that the ex-minister, who rejoined the All Progressives Congress in September, was brought to the Lagos Zonal Office of the anti-graft agency on Tuesday.

The details of the allegations against him were sketchy but the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed Fani-Kayode’s arrest by operatives.

“I think something like that happened,” he said and declined to comment further.

Fani-Kayode had been having a running battle with the EFCC for some time and he was once remanded for 67 days in 2016 alongside a former minister of finance, Nevada Usman.

The duo and two others were facing a 17-count of criminal conspiracy, fraud and money laundering to the tune of N4.9 billion.

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