AGF took over Goje case, EFCC didn’t withdraw – Prosecutor – TheNigerialawyer

The lawyer prosecuting former Gombe State Governor, Senator
Danjuma Goje, until Friday, Mr. Wahab Shittu, said on Saturday that
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission did not withdraw from
the case as reported in some sections of the medium.

When contacted by our correspondent on Saturday, Shittu said,
rather, it was the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation
in the exercise of its powers under the Constitution that took over
the N25bn fraud case.

He said the EFCC had no authority to challenge the exercise of
such powers of the office of the AGF.

He said, “It was simply a constitutional prerogative of the
Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation in the exercise of
its powers under section 174 of the Constitution.

“EFCC has no authority to challenge the exercise of such
powers.

“So it was the AGF that took over the case, it was not the EFCC
that withdrew.”

The AGF office had on Friday taken over the case of alleged
N25bn fraud filed against Goje from the EFCC.

The EFCC had been prosecuting the former governor for eight
years until Friday.

The handover of the case to the AGF by the EFCC took place at an
emergency hearing before Justice Babatunde Quadri at the Federal
High Court in Jos on Friday.

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