Abdullahi Babalele, son-in-law to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has been re-arraigned before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke by the Economic and Financial Commission, (EFCC).
The EFCC had re-arraigned Babalele over allegations of money laundering which he was said to have committed in February 2019.
However, he pleaded not guilty to the charges read against him.
Through his lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, Babalele applied for permission to travel outside the country for medical treatment, but objections were raised by the EFCC prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo.
The two counts against Abdullahi reads;
COUNT 1: That you Abdullahi Babalele on or about the 20th day of February 2019 in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court. procured Bashir Mohammed to make a cash payment of the sum of $140,000. 00 (One Hundred and Forty Thousand United State Dollars) without going through a financial institution, which sum exceeded the amount authorized by Law and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 18(c) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 as amended and punishable under Section 16(2)(b) of the same Act.
Count 2: That you Abdullahi Babalele on or about the 20th day of February 2019 in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, aided Bashir Mohammed to make a cash payment of the sum of $140,000. 00 (One Hundred and Forty Thousand United State Dollars) without going through financial institution, which sum exceeded the amount authorized by Law and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 18(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 as amended and punishable under Section 16(2)(b) of the same Act.
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