Ibrahim Magu |
Justice Binta Nyako of Federal High Court in Abuja, has withdrawn from
the 19 suits challenging the status of the acting Chairman of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The suits were filed last year in respect of the validity or otherwise of Magu remaining as the Acting Chairman of the EFCC.
Justice Nyako’s decision was in connection with the ongoing trial of
the judge’s husband and former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako;
and her stepson, Senator Abdulaziz Nyako, bordering on corruption
charges before another judge of the court, Justice Okon Abang.
Justice Nyako announced her withdrawal from the suits in the court on
Tuesday, saying that her decision was influenced by EFCC’s repeated
formal requests to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice
Adamu Abdu-Kafarati, demanding the re-assignment of the matters to
another judge of the court.
She adjourned the case sine die (indefinitely) pending when the Chief
Judge would re-assign the cases to another judge after withdrawing on
Tuesday.
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