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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it would respond to the acquittal of Femi Fani-Kayode, former minister of aviation, who was discharged and acquitted of money laundering earlier on Wednesday.

The EFCC had arraigned him in 2008 for allegedly laundering about N100 million while he was the minister of culture and tourism and later, the minister of aviation.

However, the sum was reduced to N2.1 million on November 17, 2014 after Ofili-Ajumogobia dismissed 38 out of the 40 counts levelled against him for want of proof.

She finally acquitted him on Wednesday, saying Fani-Kayode’s prosecutors have failed to provide enough evidence linking him to money laundering.

Responding, Wilson Uwujaren, spokesman of the commission, said the EFCC was making effort to obtain a certified true copy of the judgment.

“The EFCC today received with shock, the ruling of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of the federal high court, Lagos, acquitting Fani-kayode,” he said in a statement.

“The commission is making effort to obtain a certified true copy of the ruling, to enable it to respond appropriately after careful review of the judgment.”