A former governor of Jigawa State, Senator Saminu Turaki was this afternoon, July 4, 2017 arrested by agents of EFCC.
He was picked up at the venue of the public presentation of
a book on Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari, the first regular combatant
officer in the Nigerian Army, in Abuja.
Before the arrest, EFCC has had to declare Turaki wanted
for failing to present himself for trial since 2011 on 36 counts
corruption charge before the Federal High Court, Dutse.
The court had issued a warrant directing the Inspector
General of Police or his officers and the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission to arrest Saminu Turaki and bring him before the court.
Justice S. Yahuza gave the order after Turaki consistently failed to attend trial.
But attempts to execute the warrant failed as Turaki remained elusive.
On May 19, 2016 operatives of the Commission acting on a
tip-off had stormed the 16 Denis Osadebey Street Asokoro, Abuja home of
the former governor but he slipped through their hands.
Turaki faces multiple charges bordering on criminal conspiracy, stealing, money laundering and misappropriation of public funds.
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