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EFCC arrests former Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku over N27 billion fraud
Operatives of the EFCC, have arrested a former governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, over alleged N27bn fraud.
It was learnt that Ishaku, who left the as governor of the State in 2023 after spending 8 years, was picked up at his Abuja residence in the early hours of Friday.
Impeccable sources within the commission told Daily Trust that the former governor was still in the anti-graft agency’s custody as at when filing this report Friday night. One of the sources revealed that at least 15-count charges have been filed against Ishaku and he would be arraigned in court soon as evidence against him have been compiled.
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“Yes, he’s in our custody right now. We have been investigating him covertly since he left as the State governor. There a lot of financial malfeasance he perpetrated,” the source told Weekend Trust.
Another source said he was detained after he could not provide satisfactory explanations to financial impropriety that happened under his watch.
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