N37bn fraud: Court remands ex-Jigawa governor in prison

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday remanded ex-Jigawa governor, Saminu Turaki in prison.

This comes days after the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Abuja, granted bail to the former governor.

Justice Nnamdi Dimgba granted bail to Turaki on fresh conditions but ordered him to remain in Kuje prison pending when the bail conditions are met.

The EFCC had re-arraigned Turaki on 32 counts of money laundering involving about N37bn.

He has been accused of committing the crime while he was governor.

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He filed a rights enforcement suit before the FCT High Court in Abuja, seeking an order releasing him from the anti-graft agency’s custody.

He also filed an interlocutory application to urge the court before the hearing of the main suit.

EFCC lawyer opposed the application, stating that Turaki jumped bail in 2006 and could do it again.

Justice Yusuf Halilu of the FCT High Court granted bail to the ex-governor on conditions which required him to submit his travelling documents to the registry of the court; produce “two reasonable sureties” residing in Abuja, and sign a register to be opened at the EFCC’s office every two weeks.

The EFCC then re-filed in the Federal High Court in Abuja, the same set of charges already pending against the defendants before the court in Dutse.

Justice Dimgba also granted him bail “in deference” to the earlier bail granted the defendant by Justice Halilu of the FCT High Court.

Justice Dimgba granted bail to Turaki in the sum of N500m with two sureties in the sum of N250m each.

The judge directed that the two sureties must either be into business or a civil servant holding at least the post of a director.

He ordered that the sureties must be resident in the FCT, have landed property in the FCT, including the satellite towns and must swear to an affidavit of means to show their ability to meet the bail conditions.

He also directed Turaki to report to the EFCC’s headquarters on the first working day of every month.

Justice Dimgba then adjourned until September 19, the date already fixed by the Federal High Court in Dutse.

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