A former Minister of Aviation and spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation for the 2015 elections, Femi Fani-Kayode, has denied that he has agreed to enter into a plea bargain in a suit in which he is standing trial.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had dragged Fani-Kayode to court for allegedly receiving N26 million from the office of the former National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki.
When the case came up on Monday before a Federal High Court in Abuja, Fani-Kayode was quoted as having said through his lawyer, Ahmed Raji, that he was willing to enter into plea bargain since the amount involved was not huge.
However, Fani-Kayode has denied this position.
He said he was going to go through the trial as he did not collect any money from sources being mentioned by the EFCC.
He said in a statement released later on Monday: “The matter was adjourned in the Abuja Federal High Court today primarily because a new lawyer in the person of Mr. Ahmed Raji SAN was now handling the case and he needed time to be properly briefed on the matter and to go through the file.
“Under no circumstances will Chief Fani-Kayode pay any money back to EFCC or any other government agency because he never collected any money from any government agency in the first place.
“The reports are false, embarrassing and mischievous.”