Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

AGF Took Over Goje's N5bn Corruption Case, Evoked Nolle Prosequi

The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, on June 7, 2019 took over the N5billion fraud case of Senator Danjuma Goje from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in exercise of its powers as stipulated in Section 174 of the 1999 Constitution. The Section confers on the AGF the power to institute, continue or discontinue criminal proceedings against any persons in any court of law. Goje was being prosecuted before Justice Babatunde Quadri of a Federal High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State on a 21-count charge involving an alleged N5billion fraud. The trial began i…