Goje
A Federal High Court, sitting in Jos, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of former Governor of Gombe State, Senator Danjuma Goje, for refusing to appear before the it and answer charges of N25billion fraud slammed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The EFCC has hinted in a Facebook post that Goje may be arrested on Wednesday (today) if he failed to show up in court.
The post read, “A Federal High Court, sitting in Jos, Plateau State, on October 4, 2016 (Tuesday) issued a bench warrant against former Governor of Gombe State, Danjuma Goje, for refusing to show up in court. The warrant is however to take effect by 8am on October 5, 2016, if he fails to show up in court again.”
Goje, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, is accused, among other things, of illegally awarding a N1bn contract for the supply of dictionaries to secondary schools while he was governor of Gombe State.
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