An FCT High Court was on Monday asked to commit the Acting
Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu, for contempt of court for
refusing to release former Jigawa governor, Saminu Turaki on
bail.
The application was filed before Justice Yusuf Halilu, who is
the vacation Judge.
Turaki was arrested on charges of money laundering by EFCC at a
public function on July 4 following a bench warrant the commission
said it got at a Federal High Court in Dutse, Jigawa in 2014.
However, the former governor went to court to seek for
enforcement of his fundamental human right arguing that the period
of his detention by the EFCC had gone beyond the stipulated 48
hours provided by the constitution.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Justice Yusuf
Halilu on July 13, ordered EFCC to release the former governor from
its custody on bail.
Under the bail conditions Turaki was expected to present two
sureties who must have a verifiable means of livelihood and must be
resident within the FCT.
He was also ordered to deposit all his travel documents with the
court registry and to report to EFCC every two weeks for signing of
a register that would be opened for him.
However, the EFCC filed a motion on July 14 asking the court to
set aside the bail it granted to him.
According to EFCC, the bail condition is too liberal and that
the matter is already before the Abuja Federal High Court as at the
time the court granted the bail.
In an application filed on his behalf by Mrs Regina Okotie-Eboh
of Rickey Tarfa Chambers, Turaki is praying the court to jail Magu
for disobeying its order.
He is also praying the court to compel the commission to release
him from custody and rule that it has jurisdiction to hear the
matter.
Justice Halilu adjourned until July 20 to hear the
application.
An FCT High Court was on Monday asked to commit the Acting
Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu, for contempt of court for
refusing to release former Jigawa governor, Saminu Turaki on
bail.
The application was filed before Justice Yusuf Halilu, who is
the vacation Judge.
Turaki was arrested on charges of money laundering by EFCC at a
public function on July 4 following a bench warrant the commission
said it got at a Federal High Court in Dutse, Jigawa in 2014.
However, the former governor went to court to seek for
enforcement of his fundamental human right arguing that the period
of his detention by the EFCC had gone beyond the stipulated 48
hours provided by the constitution.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Justice Yusuf
Halilu on July 13, ordered EFCC to release the former governor from
its custody on bail.
Under the bail conditions Turaki was expected to present two
sureties who must have a verifiable means of livelihood and must be
resident within the FCT.
He was also ordered to deposit all his travel documents with the
court registry and to report to EFCC every two weeks for signing of
a register that would be opened for him.
However, the EFCC filed a motion on July 14 asking the court to
set aside the bail it granted to him.
According to EFCC, the bail condition is too liberal and that
the matter is already before the Abuja Federal High Court as at the
time the court granted the bail.
In an application filed on his behalf by Mrs Regina Okotie-Eboh
of Rickey Tarfa Chambers, Turaki is praying the court to jail Magu
for disobeying its order.
He is also praying the court to compel the commission to release
him from custody and rule that it has jurisdiction to hear the
matter.
Justice Halilu adjourned until July 20 to hear the
application.
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