A former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah, her former aide Gloria Odita, and seven others were arraigned on Friday before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja over fraud related offences.
They are charged with conspiracy, money laundering and maintaining anonymous bank accounts in First Bank Plc with about N5billion involved.
They were arraigned on a 25 count charge.
After taking their plea, Justice Ekwo ordered that the Attorney General of the Federation take over the matter, adding that the EFCC should transfer the case file to the AGF in two weeks.
While upholding the existing administrative bail conditions granted them by the EFCC, the court also ordered that the terms and conditions be made available to the AGF.
The court subsequently adjourned the case to October 17, 2023 for trial.