<p class="">Erhunse Giwa-Osagie pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them.</p>
<h1>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, a lawyer to former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for ‘money laundering’. </h1>
<p class="">Giwa-Osagie, who was arrested on August 8, 2019, was arraigned alongside his younger brother, <strong>Erhunse Giwa-Osagie</strong>, on three counts of money laundering.</p>
<p class="">The two brothers had earlier been arraigned before <strong>Justice Nicholas Oweibo</strong> of the Federal High Court in Lagos. </p>
<p class="">The defendants again appeared before<strong> Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke</strong> of the same court on Friday, March 6, 2020. </p>
<p class="">The EFCC, according to <strong>TheCable</strong> accused the lawyer and his brother of making a cash payment of $2 million without going through any financial institution in the buildup to the 2019 general election.</p>
<p class="">The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them.</p>
<p class="">The court has fixed Monday March 9, 2020, for ruling on Giwa-Osagie’s application for permission to travel to London for medical treatment, TheCable reports.</p>