The Attorney General of the
Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, had written to the
Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences
Commission, directing the reopening of the cases of the ex-governors.
Senate President Bukola Saraki,
factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ali Modu Sheriff; and
Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, are among 31 former governors whose
alleged corruption cases investigated by the anti-graft agencies are likely to
be reopened soon.
The Punch obtained the list of
the former governors, who were named in the AGF’s letter, on Wednesday.
The list contains the names of
Saraki, a former Governor of Kwara State; Akpabio (a former Governor of Akwa
Ibom State, and Sheriff (an ex-Governor of Borno State). Other former governors
include Orji Uzor Kalu (Abia); Chimaroke Nnamani (Enugu); Saminu Turaki
(Jigawa); Sule Lamido (Jigawa); Joshua Dariye (Plateau); Ahmed Yerima
(Zamfara); Gabriel Suswam (Benue); Martin Elechi (Ebonyi); Danjuma Goje (Gombe)
and Murtala Nyako (Adamawa).
They also include Ikedi Ohakim
(Imo); Obong Victor Attah (Akwa Ibom); Achike Udenwa (Imo); Abdullahi Adamu
(Nasarawa); Gbenga Daniel (Ogun); Jolly Nyame (Taraba); Boni Haruna (Adamawa);
George Akume (Benue); Rashidi Ladoja (Oyo); Attahiru Bafarawa (Sokoto) and
Adebayo Alao-Akala.
Others are Usman Dakingari
(Kebbi); Adamu Mu’azu (Bauchi); Peter Odili (Rivers), and Lucky Igbindedion
(Edo).
Part of the AGF’s letter to the
ICPC, sighted by Punch correspondent on Monday, indicated that the cases
against some of the former governors were investigated some years ago but
charges were never filed against them.
The letter also gave the
Chairman of the ICPC a 14-day ultimatum to “remit the duplicate case files
concerning the politically-exposed persons investigated by the ICPC over the
years” to the office of the AGF.
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