Court acquits ex-Jigawa Governor Turaki of N8.3b fraud

In 2011, the case was transferred to the Federal High Court in Dutse, after the former governor challenged the jurisdiction of the Abuja court to hear the matter.

The case was then assigned to Justice Sabiu Yahuza, who later retired, and which caused the case to be reassigned to Justice Hassan Dikko.

In his ruling yesterday, Justice Dikko struck out all charges and discharged all the accused persons for want of diligent prosecution.

The judge ordered that Turaki’s travel document be released to him with immediate effect.

The Nation