EFCC takes ex-Lagos AG Sasore to court for money laundering

A former Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Supo Shasore, has been hit with money laundering charges by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Shasore was Lagos attorney-general from 2007 to 2011.

The former Lagos attorney-general also represented Nigeria on the P&ID case.

A lawyer for the EFCC, Bala Sanga, signed the four charges filed before a Federal High Court in Lagos on August 18.

The former AG was alleged to have committed money laundering to the tune of $100,000 without going through a financial institution.

The case has been assigned to Chukwujekwu Aneke, a judge, before whom Shasore would be arraigned on October 20.

The charges read partly, “That you Olasupo Shasore, SAN, on or about the 18th day of November 2014 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, induced Olufolakemi Adelore to commit an offence, to wit accepting cash payment of the sum of US100,000.00 (One Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) without going through a financial institution which such exceeded the amount authorised by Law and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 78(c) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and punishable under section 16(6) of the same Act.

“That you Olasupo Shasore, SAN, on or about the 18th November, 2014, in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this honourable Court, induced one Ikechukwu Oguine, to commit an offence, to wit: accepting case payment of the sum of USD100,000.00 (One Hundred thousand United States Dollars) without going through a financial institution, which such amount exceeded the amount permitted by Law and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 18(c) of the Money Laundering Act, 2011 (as amended) and punishable under Section 16 (2)(b) Of the same Act.”

In January, Shasore was invited by the anti-graft commission to answer questions on his involvement in the Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID) case.