For consistently refusing to appear before the court to answer charges over his involvement in the massive looting of his state to the tune of N36 billion, a Federal High Court judge Friday ordered the arrest of former Jigawa governor, Ibrahim Saminu Turaki.
Justice S. Yahuza issued the arrest warrant directing the Inspector General of Police and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to produce the former governor before the court with immediate effect.
The aggrieved judged in an order released on Friday said,”You are hereby commanded to arrest the said Ibrahim Saminu Turaki and bring him before me at Federal High Court, Dutse, Jigawa State without delay”.
Before the issuance of the warrant, the EFCC had declared Turaki wanted for his failure to attend his trial in the N36 billion case of theft and money laundering instituted against him by the Commission.
Saminu Turaki, who ruled Jigawa from May 29, 1999–May 29, 2007, was first arraigned by the EFCC before the Federal Capital Territory High Court in 2007 on a 32-count charge of misappropriating N36 billion while he was governor.
But following his protest, the graft charge was later transferred to Federal High Court, Dutse for trial.
His last known address was No. 16, Dennis Osadebe Street, Asokoro Villa, Abuja.
But it was not clear last night whether the politician had left the country or was still in the country. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Why won't they kown the where about of saminu turaki the thive that stael jigawa state blaind, please he should be broght too jjustice
ReplyDeleteThief, ole, barawo, onyoshi... No matter how you hide reach, the law must catch up with you. Hnh...
ReplyDeleteHe done thief phone ne or wetin he come do to the politicians? Because for our Naija big thief na pardoned person na poor man thief thief dey carry person nack for prison. See Maina pension thief wey dey waka free and see phone thief wey go spend 40 years inside prison.
ReplyDeletenigeria law that is only main for poor man? Mey una stop the decieve piple jare!
ReplyDeleteMake the man settle them nau like the other thieves dey do. They are all the same rot from governor to efcc, to police to president. God will judge all of them
ReplyDeleteNija 4 u; a typical PDP man and 9ja judiciary, this is what you see and get from them.
ReplyDeleteI am pretty sure, nothing would happen to him at the end of the day after all, he succeeded in stealing or looting just a peanut compare to What Odili, Urji kalu, Ibori, Gbenga Daniel, Udiagha, Akala etc stole.
Nigeria immigration service should be able to provide answers to whether the big thief has travelled outside the country...arrest him and hang him,he should b one of the sponsors of Boko Haram.
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