Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has appealed against the partial acquittal of Olufemi Thomas, a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), in a $2.2 million money laundering case.

On 24 July, the Federal High Court in Lagos Mr Thomas partially convicted Mr Thomas on one count and acquitted him on six others. The court cited EFCC's failure to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt in respect of the majority of the counts.

The judge, Ayokunle Faji, only convicted Mr Thomas on one count of violating Nigeria's cash transaction limit law and fined him N10 million instead of a custodial sentence.

The court further ordered the EFCC to return the seized $2.2 million to Mr...