{"id":351893,"date":"2025-01-10T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T06:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=351893"},"modified":"2025-01-10T07:00:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T06:00:45","slug":"money-laundering-ex-chief-of-staff-to-el-rufai-denied-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/10\/money-laundering-ex-chief-of-staff-to-el-rufai-denied-bail\/","title":{"rendered":"Money Laundering: Ex-Chief of Staff to El-Rufai Denied Bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"marker:text-textOff list-disc pl-8\">\n<li><strong>Alhaji Muhammad Bashir Sa\u2019idu, ex-Chief of Staff to El-Rufai, denied bail as court adjourns ruling on money laundering charges<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sa\u2019idu allegedly sold $45 million in state funds at an undervalued rate, causing a financial loss of \u20a63.9 billion<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Alhaji Muhammad Bashir Sa\u2019idu, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/03\/el-rufai-visits-ex-chief-of-staff-in-prison-declines-comment\/\">former Chief of Staff to ex-Kaduna State Governor<\/a> Nasiru El-Rufai, has not been granted bail following his arraignment over alleged money laundering charges.<\/p>\n<p>The Kaduna State High Court has adjourned the ruling on his bail application until January 16, 2025. Sa\u2019idu was arrested on December 30, 2024, along the Kaduna-Zaria highway and remanded at the Kaduna Correctional Centre after being arraigned at the Chief Magistrates&#8217; Court in Rigasa.<\/p>\n<p>A security source claimed that in a confessional statement, Sa\u2019idu implicated El-Rufai, alleging that he sold $45 million belonging to the Kaduna State Government at an undervalued rate of \u20a6410 per dollar instead of the parallel market rate of \u20a6498 per dollar.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged transaction reportedly caused the state a financial loss of \u20a63.9 billion in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution accused Sa\u2019idu of laundering the discrepancy amount, violating Section 18 of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>However, Sa\u2019idu\u2019s counsel, Oladipo Tolani (SAN), dismissed the allegations as unfounded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBashir Saidu has been in detention since January 2, 2025, following his arrest along the Kaduna-Zaria highway in Igabi Local Government Area. We filed a bail application, which was heard yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The state government has also filed charges against him, and the court has adjourned for a ruling on January 16, 2025,\u201d Tolani stated.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to claims that Sa\u2019idu provided evidence implicating his former principal, Tolani denied the reports. \u201cThere was no evidence given or testimony presented by any chief security officer. That is false information,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alhaji Muhammad Bashir Sa\u2019idu, ex-Chief of Staff to El-Rufai, denied bail as court adjourns ruling on money laundering charges Sa\u2019idu allegedly sold $45 million in state funds at an undervalued rate, causing a financial loss of \u20a63.9 billion Alhaji Muhammad Bashir Sa\u2019idu, former Chief of Staff to ex-Kaduna State Governor Nasiru El-Rufai, has not been 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