28/04/2024
Should American international school Abuja be let of the hook in the money laundering saga involving the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello merely by the return of the sums paid in excess of the school fees by the ex-governor for his wards?
The EFCC is currently deploying every available legal arsenal within it's extant establishment law, the EFCC Act 2006 and all other relevant laws on financial crime to ensure that the past Governor is prosecuted which to my mind is quite laudable.
It's left to be seen however, what steps the law enforcement agency will take or is taking against the American international school Abuja for the violation of relevant provisions of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act 2022 and other ancillary legislations.
Though one may argue that the decision of the school to refund the $760,000 paid by the ex-governor in excess of the school fees for his wards has provided the needed assistance to the law enforcement agency by solidifying the case of money laundering against the ex-governor. As pacifying and exonerative the foregoing argument maybe it should not be used as basis to exculpate the school from liability for an offence under the law.
S.C. Chukwuma, Esq.
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