Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Again, Ex-Gov. Shema’s Corruption Trial Stalled Over S’Court Appeal

The corruption trial of a former governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shehu Shema could not resume today October 24 at the Katsina State High Court as the defendant through his counsel informed the court that he had approached the Supreme Court to upturn the Court of Appeal decision which threw out his application challenging the competence of the charge against him. Shema is being prosecuted alongside three others, Sani Hamisu Makana, Lawal Ahmad Safana and Ibrahim Lawal Dankaba for allegedly diverting public funds to the tune of over Eleven Billion Naira to their personal use during his tenure…