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Olabode Adaramola
A Minna high court II would on Tuesday hear the case of alleged fraud and abuse office brought before it by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), against former Niger state Governor Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu.
The immediate past governor who was between 2007 and 2011 elected into office on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) was invited by the Anti- Corruption Agency over allegation of fraud to the tune of N5 billion perpetuated under his administration last week.
EFCC , officially, filed the case against him and his former Chief of Staff, Umar Nasko at the state high court last Thursday, our correspondent learnt yesterday.
The Anti- graft commission’s operatives and counsels were said to have arrived the high court premises at about 2;5pm in two metallic colored Mercedes bus accompanied with a Toyota Hilux van carrying mobile policemen.
The EFCC ‘s delegation thereby went straight to the chamber of the state Chief Judge, Justice Maria Sanda Dzukogi’s office, where they filed the case.
National Wire learnt that the case was then assigned to Justice Mohammed Aliyu Maiyaki of high court II the same day.
Justice Maiyaki was the chairman of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by the embattled, flamboyant erstwhile governor to probe the administration of late Engineer Abdukadir Kure.
It was further learnt that already counsels to the embattled governor have already filed a motion to secure his bail before the arraignment on Tuesday.
Further checks however revealed that Chief Ayodele Oladeji, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria is expected to lead the team of lawyers from the Summit Chambers in Minna in defence of the former governor and Talban Minna.
