A Federal High Court in Dutse, Jigawa State, has discharged and acquitted Senator Saminu Turaki, former governor of the state of the N8.3bn corruption charges preferred against him by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The former governor and three other companies had been standing trial since May 4, 2007, in a suit filed by the EFCC on 33 counts.
Turaki was arraigned by the EFCC before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal Capital Territory High Court on July 13, 2007.
In 2011, the case was, however, transferred to the Federal High Court, Dutse, after the former governor challenged the jurisdiction of the FCT division of the court.
A new judge, Justice Hassan Dikko, was reassigned to take over the case which was formerly being handled by Justice S. Yahuza before his retirement early in December.
