EFCC can take me to the Supreme Court if they want – Ngilari

Former governor of Adamawa State, Bala Ngilari has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) can appeal his acquittal at the Supreme Court.

While speaking with Punch, Ngilari aid his acquittal by the Court of Appeal was an act of God.

He said, “In any case, there’s bound to be a winner and a loser. In terms of professionalism, both my lawyers and the prosecution lawyers exhibited a high level of professionalism in their works. But this is how God has ordained it.

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“So, it is their (EFCC) right to approach the Supreme Court. If I were in their shoes, I would probably do the same. But I want to first take care of my health, so that I can be alive, because an appeal can only be done against someone who is alive. I have no bitterness against the EFCC or anybody.”

Ngilari was handed a five-year jail term after the EFCC arraigned him for allegedly purchasing 24 operational vehicles for use by the state government valued at over N160m, breaking the state procurement laws.

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The court’s ruling was, however, quashed by the Court of Appeal sitting in Yola.

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