2. Gabriel Suswam
The immediate ex-governor of Benue state was arraigned by the EFCC, before a court in Abuja on Wednesday, November 4. He was charged with with fraud totaling over N3billion.
What seemed a mere baseless accusation tends to have gathered momentum, as Janet Aluga, the Benue government house accountant has disclosed that she took millions of naira to the ex-governor’s lodge in Makurdi. Aluga noted that she took the sums to him from the ministry of finance, without following due process.
Channels TV reports that at a hearing of Suswam’s case on Tuesday, December 8, Junaidu Sa’id the prosecuting witness and a detective with the EFCC, said an investigation by his team revealed that the ex-governor requested that shares owned by the Benue Investment and property company be sold off to the sum of N10billion.
A Federal High Court in Abuja, has earlier granted the embattled ex-governor bail to the sum of N100 million with one surety who is not less than a director, grade level 12.
Suswam said on Wednesday, December 9, that he is ready to face the EFCC, but disclosed that he will not appear before a probe panel that was set up in Makurdi.
The people of Benue state and indeed Nigerians will be keeping an eye on the Suswam case, to know what the final verdict will be.
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