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EFCC Takes Legal Action Against Ex-Governor In Corruption Case
EFCC Takes Legal Action Against Ex-Governor In Corruption Case....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
On Monday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned former Taraba State Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku and former Permanent Secretary of the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Bello Yero, before Justice S.C. Oriji at the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on charges of fraud…….CONTINUE READING
According to Naija News, the pair faces a total of 15 charges related to criminal breach of trust, conspiracy, and the misappropriation of public funds amounting to N27 billion (Twenty-Seven Billion Naira).
One of the charges states: “That you, Darius Dickson Ishaku, while serving as the governor of Taraba State, and Bello Yero, as the Permanent Secretary of the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Taraba State, between July 2015 and May 2019 in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, were entrusted with dominion over certain property. This includes an aggregate sum of N1,138,082,097.71 (One Billion, One Hundred and Thirty-Eight Million, Eighty-Two Thousand, Ninety-Seven Naira, Seventy-One Kobo), part of the 2.5% contingency fund belonging to the Bureau of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Taraba State. You committed a criminal breach of trust regarding this property by dishonestly diverting the sum for your own use, which is an offence contrary to Section 315 of the Penal Code Act, Cap 532, Laws of the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria 2007 and punishable under the same section.”
Another charge alleges: “That you, Darius Dickson Ishaku, while being the governor of Taraba State and Bello Yero as the Permanent Secretary of the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Taraba State, between July 2015 and May 2019 in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly misappropriated certain property, specifically an aggregate sum of N1,138,082,097.71 (One Billion, One Hundred and Thirty-Eight Million, Eighty-Two Thousand, Ninety-Seven Naira, Seventy-One Kobo), which is part of the 2.5% contingency fund belonging to the Bureau of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Taraba State. This constitutes an offence contrary to Section 308 of the Penal Code Act, Cap 532, Laws of the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria 2007 and punishable under Section 309 of the same Act.”
Both defendants pleaded “not guilty” to all charges when read to them. In response, prosecution counsel Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, requested a trial date and accelerated hearing of the case. Meanwhile, Paul Haris Ogbole, SAN, and Oluwa Damilola Kayode, the lawyers for Ishaku and Yero, respectively, made oral bail applications, which Jacobs opposed, calling for formal applications instead.
Justice Oriji adjourned the matter until Thursday, October 3, for the hearing of bail applications and ordered that the defendants be remanded in EFCC custody. Both Ishaku and Yero were arrested on September 27, 2024.
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