Bauchi State Police Command on
Thursday, arraigned a stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Umar Mai
Fata, before the Chief Magistrate Court 11, for allegedly making a false
accusation on a radio program against the state Governor Bala Mohammed.
The police prosecutor, Inspector
Ayuba Danladi, filed the suit on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police.
He told the court that Mai Fata
alleged that Bala took the sum of N1 billion from government coffers to fund
the recent governorship election in Bayelsa State where he served as Chairman
of the PDP campaign committee.
During the sitting, counsel to
the respondent, Barrister Usman Bappha, asked the court to give him five
minutes to go out and bring some legal documents for their defense.
However, after 30 minutes when
the lawyer failed to return to the courtroom, the prosecutor urged the court to
adjourn hearing until when the defense counsel is around.
In her ruling, the presiding
Magistrate Safiya Doma adjourned sitting to 23rd December 2019 and also ordered
that the accused person be remanded in prison till the next adjourned date.
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