Olasupo Shasore, a former Lagos State Attorney General, was arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged him with money laundering on four counts.
The arraignment was scheduled for today by Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke. Shasore entered a not guilty plea on all counts.
He is accused of coercing one Olufolakemi Adelore into accepting $100,000 in cash without first going through a bank.
Shasore is also accused of giving $100,000 cash to one Ikechukwu Oguine without going through a financial institution.
The pair worked as lawyers for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the Ministry of Petroleum Resources (NNPC).
Sections 78(c), 1(a), 16(1)(d), and 18(c) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011, are alleged to have been violated on or about November 18, 2014. (as amended).