Court stops Governor from probing Predecessor’s alleged N312Bn fraud
A High Court in Bauchi State has stopped Governor Mohammed Abubakar from probing his predecessor, Isa Yuguda over alleged misappropriation of N213 billion for major contracts in the state.
The court equally ordered a perpetual injunction restraining governor Abubakar either by himself, agents, or privies from setting up committees, making and any act enabled by the Bauchi State Recovery of Government Funds and Property law Cap 3 of 2007.
The presiding judge, Justice Gurama Mahmood, in a judgement delivered on November 1, 2016, had emphasised that the Bauchi State law is inconsistent with the provision of sections 1, 6, 35, 36 and 44 of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, as to render the sections null, void and ineffective to the extent of its inconsistency with the provision of the constitution.
It will be recalled that Governor Abubakar had set up a committee to audit major contracts awarded by Yuguda in Ministries, Agencies and Departments, MDAs
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