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    Nigeria’s anti-graft agency arraigns Atiku’s lawyer, relative on graft charges

    Sumner Shagari SamboBy Sumner Shagari SamboAugust 14, 201902 Mins Read
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    The lawyer and relative of defeated Nigerian presidential petitioner, Atiku Abubakar appeared in court on Wednesday on money laundering charges, anti-corruption prosecutors said.

    Election runner-up Abubakar has launched a legal challenge against the result of the fiercely contested poll in February that saw him defeated by incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term in office.

    Abubakar’s son-in-law, Abdullahi Babalele and legal adviser Uyi Giwa Osagie have been accused of handling $140,000 and $2 million respectively without going through a “financial institution”, a prosecutor for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) told reporters.

    At a high court in Lagos, “both were arraigned and pleaded not-guilty,” Rotimi Oyedepo said. 

    The defendants were held in EFCC custody and would return to court on Thursday when the judge would decide whether to release them on bail.

    READ: EFCC charge Atiku Abubakar’s lawyer with corruption

    Several people close to the defeated candidate have been targeted by the anti-graft agency since the vote, in what Abubakar’s supporters have described as a witch-hunt.

    Osagie was first detained in February, days before the polls, after his house was raided in Lagos. He was released from custody several weeks later. 

    In March, weeks after the election, Babalele was also arrested by EFCC officials, who raided his properties in the nation’s capital, Abuja.

    Last week, a spokesman for Abubakar’s campaign, Boladale Adekoya told reporters the charges were “partisan” and accused anti-corruption investigators of “acting on behalf of a higher authority.”  

    Buhari swept to power in 2015 on a pledge to fight the rampant graft in Nigeria — but critics have accused the former military ruler of using the crackdown to go after his opponents during his first term. 

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