Nigeria, June 18 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday re-arraigned the Accountant-General of Bauchi State, Sirajo Jaja, on N1.49 billion money laundering charges.

He was re-arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja alongside a Bureau de Change (BDC) operator, Aliyu Abubakar.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how the defendants were initially arraigned in April on money laundering charges, which alleged criminal breach of trust and diversion of funds belonging to the Bauchi State Government.

The prosecution re-arraigned them on Tuesday, following an amendment of the charges. The case against the defendants now has five counts, accusing them of diverting a total of Bauchi State's N1,488,425,629.

Prosecution lawyer A...