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Alleged N5bn Fraud: Witness Reveals How Ex-Governor Used SURE-P Funds for Politics

A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the former Katsina State Governor, Ibrahim Shehu Shema, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before Hon. Justice Hadiza Rabiu Shagari of the Federal High Court sitting in Katsina State, today revealed to the court how the Shema allegedly used funds meant for the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Program, SURE-P, for politics. Led in evidence by counsel to the EFCC, Ofem Uket, the witness, Nasiru Salisu Ingawa, who testified as PW1, told the court how the Shema allegedly conspired and systematically defrauded the program from it…

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