Batun kwangilar yankan ciyawa ta N544m, EFCC ta sake Gurfanar da tsohon sakataren gwamnatin tarayya Babachir Lawal.
A ranar Litinin din da ta gabata ne Hukumar Yaki da Yiwa Tattalin Arziki Tu’annati (EFCC) ta sake gurfanar da tsohon Sakataren Gwamnatin Tarayya, Babachir Lawal, da wasu mutane shida, kan zargin kwangilar yankan ciyawa na Naira miliyan 544.
Wadanda ake tuhumar, a ranar Litinin din, sun musanta aikata laifin a lokacin da aka karanto musu tuhume-tuhume 10 na zamba a gaban Mai Shari’a Charles Agbaza na Babban Kotun Babban Birnin Tarayya, Jabi, Abuja.
Sake gurfanar da shi, wanda shi ne karo na biyu tun lokacin da aka fara shari’ar, ya biyo bayan rasuwar tsohon alkalin kotun, Mai Shari’a Jude Okeke, a ranar 4 ga Agusta, 2020.
Lawal, tare da kaninsa, Hamidu Lawal, Suleiman Abubakar, Apeh Monday, da kamfanoni biyu – Rholavision Engineering Ltd da Josmon Technologies Ltd – an fara gurfanar da su a gaban marigayi Justice Okeke a ranar 13 ga Fabrairu, 2019.
Lauyan da ke gabatar da kara, Offem Uket, ya gabatar da karar ne a ranar 18 ga Maris, 2019, lokacin da ya sanar da cewa ya yi gyara a kan tuhume-tuhume 10, da suka hada da damfara, karkatar da sama da N544m, da hadin baki na aikata laifi.
Wannan ci gaban ya sanya bukatar sake gurfanar da wadanda ake tuhumar, wadanda kuma suka ki amsa laifin da ake tuhumar su da shi.
Shari’ar ta gudana a gaban mai shari’a Okeke tare da hukumar ta EFCC har yanzu tana kiran shaidunta lokacin da alkalin ya mutu.
Bayan rasuwar alkalin, an sake tura shari’ar zuwa ga Mai Shari’a Agbaza wanda a gabanta aka sake dage shari’ar don farawa a ranar Litinin.
Bayan wadanda ake tuhumar ba su amsa laifin da ake tuhumar su ba a ranar Litinin, lauyoyin da ke kare su sun roki alkalin da ya ba wa wadanda suke karewa ci gaba da jin dadin belin da tsohon alkalin ya riga ya bayar.
Baya ga Cif Akin Olujinmi (SAN), wanda ya wakilci tsohon SGF, sauran lauyoyin da ke kare wadanda ake kara su ne Mista Sunday Ameh (SAN), Napoleon Idenala, Ocholi Okutepa, da Marcel Oru.
Alkalin ya sanya ranar 20 zuwa 22 ga watan Janairu don shari’a.
Hukumar ta EFCC ta yi zargin, tare da wasu a cikin tuhume-tuhume 10, cewa wadanda ake tuhumar sun damfari kudaden cinikin kwangilar ciyawa na sama da N500m wanda Lawal, kamar yadda SGF na wancan lokacin, ya yi zargin an ba wa kamfanonin da yake da su.
