The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, arraigned Esther Ashivelli Dawaki and Shehu Aliyu Fatange before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged financial crimes.
Dawaki, who contested as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency in the August bye-election, had earlier been accused by her party of being “abducted” by security operatives.
According to the EFCC, Dawaki and Fatange face a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, money laundering, and making/receiving cash payments above the legal threshold, involving the sum of ₦26 million.
One of the charges reads:
“That you, Esther Ashivelli Dawaki (F) and another now at large, on or about the 16th of August, 2025 at Kaduna, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, procured one Shehu Aliyu Fatange (M) to accept a cash payment of ₦26,000,000 (Twenty-Six Million Naira) without going through a financial institution, which exceeded the amount authorised by law, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 21(c)(a) and 19(1)(d) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022 and punishable under Section 19(2)(b) of the same Act.”
Another count accuses Fatange of directly receiving the ₦26 million cash payment from Dawaki, also in contravention of the Money Laundering Act.
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