The Federal High Court sitting in Dutse, Jigawa State, has on Thursday, discharged and acquitted senator Ibrahim Saminu Turaki of the N 36 billion corruption charges leveled against him by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Raye24reporters, learnt that Saminu Turaki and 3 other companies has been standing trial since May 4, 2007 in a suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commissioner (EFCC) on a 33-count charge.
The former governor was arraigned by the EFCC before Justice Binta Murtala Nyako of the Federal Capital Territory High Court on July 13, 2007, on a 33-count charge.
In 2011, the case was transferred to the Federal High Court, Dutse after the former governor challenged the jurisdiction of the FCT division of the”
The former Senator, Alhaji Ibrahim Saminu Turaki, who was a two time Jigawa state governor, has been discharged and acquitted of all charges leveled against him by the anti-graft agency.
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