Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

EFCC Seeks Transfer of Shekarau's N950m Fraud Trial Outside Kano

Following the commotion that attended the arraignment of a former governor of Kano State Malam Ibrahim Shekarau at the Federal High Court Kano, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has approached the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court to transfer the matter to another jurisdiction of the Court. ‎Counsel to EFCC Johnson Ojogbane disclosed this today at the resumed hearing of the case. Ojogbane informed the court that the prosecution had applied to the Chief Judge for the matter to be transferred to another jurisdiction. The defendants also through their counsels told the court…