EFCC arrests Ex-Jigawa governor, Saminu Turaki

A former governor of Jigawa state, Saminu Turaki has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Saminu Turaki, who was a governor between 1999 and 2007 and a senator between 2007 and 2011, “has continuously evaded appearance in court,” the commission had said at the time he was declared wanted in 2014.

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In 2011, the EFCC arraigned Turaki before a federal high court in Dutse, Jigawa state, in connection with a case of alleged criminal conspiracy, stealing, money laundering and misappropriation of funds to the tune of ₦36billion only.

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Operatives of the commission reportedly picked him up in Abuja during the public presentation of a book on Zakariya Maimalari, a senior army officer at the time of the 1966 military coup. The anti-graft agency declared Turaki wanted for failing to appear in court over allegations of fraud.