Fani-Kayode appeared before Justice Rilwan Aikawa and pleaded not guilty to money laundering charges.

The ex-minister’s trial was delayed after previous judge, Justice Muslim Hassan stepped aside in March.

Hassan excused himself from the trial because Fani-Kayode accused him of bias on the grounds that he had once worked as a legal officer for the EFCC.

Fani-Kayode is being tried along with former minister of state for finance, Nenadi Usman.

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He has also asked for the case to be transferred to the Federal High Court in Abuja.