CNN Dariye son of plateau state former governor Joshua Dariye has been re-arraigned on Tuesday in Abuja on a six-count on money laundering.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), it was reported that the total sum in question is about N1.5 billion.
Dariye who was re-arraigned before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu at the Federal High Court, Abuja, entered a “not guilty” plea to all six counts.
Mr George Adebola said that the matter was for re-arraignment and prayed the court to read the charge to the defendant to take his plea, when the matter was called, to the prosecuting counsel.
The case was adjourned to April 27 and May 10 for the commencement of trial by Justice Ojukwu.
EFCC had first arraigned Dariye on Feb. 27 on the same charges alongside Apartment le Paradis, a hotel where he was a director.
The anti-graft agency alleged that the defendant sometime in 2013, failed to report a cash transaction to the tune of about N1.5 billion which he received through the hotel’s account in one of the old generation banks.
According to the agency the offence contravened Section 5(1) (a) of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act, 2011 as amended and punishable under Section 5 (b) of the same Act.
It said that the amount was above the threshold of the N10 million permissible by law and that the hotel was also not registered as Designated Non-Financial Institution, (DNFI).
Dariye’s is to be bail with the sum of N5 million with two sureties in like sum.
