Court acquits two former Taraba council chairmen, finance director of fraud charges

The Chief Judge of Taraba authorities and presiding justice of Court No. 1 successful Jalingo, Justice Joel Agya, connected Friday, discharged and acquitted 3 erstwhile officials of Sardauna section authorities assembly implicit allegations of misappropriation of task funds.
Delivering judgement successful Charge No. TRSJ/19C/2020, Agya held that the prosecution failed to beryllium the allegations of fraud against the defendants beyond tenable doubts.

The defendants are Dr. Jedua Ahmed Dawud, erstwhile Executive Chairman of the council; Oliver Wubon, erstwhile Caretaker Chairman; and Joseph Danladi John, erstwhile Director of Finance.

It volition beryllium recalled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), acting connected behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, filed a six-count complaint against the defendants successful June 2020.

The charges included transgression conspiracy, transgression breach of spot by nationalist servants, forgery, and usage of mendacious documents.

According to the prosecution, the defendants allegedly conspired successful 2012 wrong Sardauna section authorities Council to perpetrate transgression breach of spot involving funds meant for superior projects.

The pr...