The former governor of Jigawa State, Senator
Saminu Turaki was on Tuesday 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.
Ibrahim Saminu Turaki
Before the arrest, EFCC 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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