EFCC arrests former Jigawa State Governor, Saminu Turaki

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.