The absence of the third defendant, Yusuf Danjuma, on Wednesday stalled the trial of two former ministers charged for laundering N4.6 billion at a Federal High Court, Lagos.
Danjuma, who is charged alongside with the ministers, is said to be hospitalised in Kaduna.
Danjuma, a former Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, the two ex-ministers; Femi Fani-Kayode (Aviation) and Nenadi Usman (Finance) — and a company, Jointrust Dimentions Nigeria Ltd, are on a 17-count bordering on money laundering. Read more