EFCC arraigns P&ID Director over money laundering
P&ID, a British Virgin Island firm, had obtained an $8.9billion judgment from a U.K court against Nigeria over a failed gas processing contract that the Federal Government described as fraudulent.
The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, arraigned a Commercial Director of the Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Limited, Mohammed Kuchazi, for money laundering, among other offences.
A statement by the EFCC said Mr Kuchazi was arraigned alongside his company, Kore Holdings Limited, before Folashade Ogunbanjo-Giwa of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the eight counts which the defendants allegedly committed in 2014.
Two days after securing a court order for Zeenat Elzakzaky, the wife of the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim Elzakzaky to be sent to isolation centre to be treated for COVID-19, her family and counsels have informed the court that she is recovering from the deadly virus and will no longer need to be moved from the Nigerian Correctional Centre for treatment.
The son of Elzakzaky, Mohammed said in a statement that the decision not to evacuate his mother to an isolation centre as he earlier requested is based on the fact that all the NCDC approved COVID-19 treatment centres in Kaduna state were found to be inadequate to treat his mother, most especially due to her numerous underlying health challenges.
COVID-19: El-Zakzaky’s Son Withdraws Request To Move His Mother To Isolation Centre For Treatment
This is coming two days after securing a court order for Zeenat El-Zakzaky, the wife of the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, to be sent to an isolation centre to be treated for COVID-19.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Jan 29, 2021
Mohammed, son of embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim Elzakzaky, has informed the court that his mother is recovering from COVID-19 and will no longer need to be moved from the Nigerian Correctional Centre for treatment.
This is coming two days after securing a court order for Zeenat El-Zakzaky, the wife of the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, to be sent to an isolation centre to be treated for COVID-19.
El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat
The couple have been in detention since their arrest in December 2015 following a bloody clash between the Shiites and soldiers in Zaria, Kaduna State.
Speaking to reporters after the court proceedings, counsel to El-Zakzaky says the prosecution is expected to close its case in the next sitting.
He also said that the management of the Nigerian Correctional service have been served with the court order for the evacuation of Elzakzaky’s wife to a treatment Centre.
– El-Zakzaky’s Wife COVID-19 Status-
A Kaduna State High court presided over by Justice Gideon Kurada on Monday admitted evidence that Zeenat Elzakzaky has tested positive to COVID-19.
Daniel Wadai, spokesperson of the Kaduna command of the Nigerian Correctional Centre (NCS), says there is no case of COVID-19 infection in Kaduna correctional centres.