A Federal High Court sitting in Dutse, Jigawa State, on
Thursday, discharged and acquitted Senator Saminu Turaki of the N8.3bn
corruption charges preferred against him by the Economic Financial Crimes
Commission.
Turaki and three other companies had been standing trial
since May 4, 2007, in a suit filed by the EFCC on 33 counts.
The former governor was arraigned by the EFCC before Justice
Binta Nyako of the Federal Capital Territory High Court on July 13, 2007.
In 2011, the case was, however, transferred to the Federal
High Court, Dutse, after the former governor challenged the jurisdiction of the
FCT division of the court.
A new judge, Justice Hassan Dikko, was reassigned to take
over the case which was formerly being handled by Justice S. Yahuza before his
retirement early in December.
The presiding judge, Justice Hassan Dikko, who delivered the
ruling, struck out all charges and discharged all the accused persons for want
of diligent prosecution.
The court further ordered that the travel document of the
first accused person, Saminu Turaki, be released to him with immediate effect.
Reacting on the judgment, Saidu Tudunwada, who is one of the
defense counsel, said that the court found merit in their application for the
discharge of the accused person against the 33 counts.
He added that, with the ruling, justice had been served and
it was a victory for all.
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