Former senator, Shehu Sani, has pleaded not guilty to a two-count charge bordering on alleged bribery brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Mr Sani was arraigned on Monday before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The former federal lawmaker, who represented Kaduna Central in the eighth Senate, was arrested in December 2019 for allegedly collecting $25,000 in the name of the EFCC acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu.
The anti-graft agency alleges that Sani collected $15,000 from a businessman, Sani Dauda, under false pretence on November 20, 2019, promising to give the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Mohammed, in other to influence some pending cases in court.
He also allegedly collected $10,000 from Mr Dauda to bribe Mr Magu.
Sani’s lawyer, A. A. Ibrahim, asked the court to grant him leave to move Sani’s bail application.
But the prosecutor, Abba Mohammed, requested the court to remand Sani, adding that he was only served the bail application on Monday.
Justice Ekwo moved for recess till noon to give the prosecution time to study the defendant’s bail application before plea for bail would be decided.
