The highly anticipated arraignment of former Benue State
Governor, Gabriel Suswam, by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged money laundering
and corruption charges before the Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja failed to
take place.
Some journalists and lawyers who had besieged the court
premises on Wednesday following a
statement from the EFCC about the planned arraignment were disappointed after
waiting for several hours without any action.
Although the anti-graft agency had filed a nine-count charge
of money laundering of N3.1 billion against Suswam allegedly committed when he
was the governor of Benue State from 2007 to 2015, the case file was, however,
yet to be assigned to a Judge of the court for adjudication by the Chief Judge
of the Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta.
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