EFCC failed to arraign detained ex-govs

 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC yesterday says it failed to arraign the three former governors, Gbenga Daniel of Ogun, Alao Akala of Oyo and Akwe Doma of Nassarawa who were arrested last week due to the judges conference in Sokoto.

The judges conference started yesterday in Sokoto.

However, EFCC Spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi said: they will go ahead with the prosecution today in the governor’s respective states.”

He also said: "We are taking them to their respective states because of issues of jurisdiction, giving that they committed the crimes as leaders in their respective states”.


The immediate past governor of Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, picked up by the EFCC, over alleged mismanagement of N25 billion meant for the state while he was the governor will this morning appear before Justice Abbas of the State High Court, Ring Road, Ibadan.

Also, his counterpart from Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel will appear before a State High Court in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, today.

But in case of the third ex-governor, Akwe Doma, arrested at the same time, although he was governor of Nasarawa State, he will be arraigned in Abuja, the Federal Capital territory.

The below was extracted from Vanguard

Though, it had been publicized that the ex-governor who is being for allegedly mismanaging N25billion meant for the state while he was the governor of the state, will be arraigned today, politicians and journalists who thronged the Federal High Court, Ibadan where the case was to be heard were disappointed as they waited endlessly.

Initially, it was gathered that the case would come up at the Federal High Court, but, when loyalists of the ex-governor did not see him, information filtered in that the case would not be heard at the court because of the on-going Federal Judges Conference holding in Kano, all of them including some security men had to be shuttling between the state High court and the Federal Court.

Vanguard later gathered that the anti graft commission did not perfect filing of necessary papers on the case.

As at 4p.m yesterday, journalists were still waiting for the arrival of the EFCC officials and the ex-governor who were said to be on their way from Lagos.

Many loyalists of the governor were still loitering around the court premises which was heavily fortified by the presence gun-wielding security men as at the time of filing this report.

The PDP Chairman of the faction of Akala in the state, Alhaji Dejo Afolabi had mobilized his party members at Ona Ara at the weekend to wait for the embattled ex-governor who, he said, would come out unblemished after the whole episode.