Ex-Lagos commissioner docked over alleged $100,000 fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Thursday arraigned Olasupo Shasore (SAN) – a former commissioner of justice and attorney-general of Lagos state on a four-count charge of $100, 000(One Hundred Thousand Dollars).
He was arraigned before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.
The EFCC claims that “Olasupo Shasore, SAN, on or about the 18th day of November, 2014 in Lagos, allegedly induced one 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 sum exceeded the amount authorized by Law.”
The offence, the anti-graft body said, “is contrary to Section 78(c) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and punishable under section 16(6) of the same Act.”
Shasore pleaded “not guilty” to the charges.
Shasore had served in the cabinet of former Lagos governor, Babatunde Fashola.
