Court docks Gabam for alleged misappropriation as SDP chairman reacts

The Magistrate Court successful Wuse Zone 2, Federal Capital Territory, on Tuesday docked the embattled erstwhile Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Shehu Gabam, for alleged fiscal misappropriation and different charges. 

The lawsuit between between Gabam and the existent Chairman of SDP, Sodiq Abubakar, are contained successful lawsuit record No. DCC/10/2026, earlier the FCT Chief Magistrate Court.

Gabam, alongside Chukwuma Uchechukwu, were arraigned connected six-count charges bordering connected fiscal misappropriation astatine SDP amounting to implicit N35 million, forgery, and span of trust. 

However, Gabam astatine the proceeding pleaded not blameworthy earlier the justice of the Magistrate Court, Amauche Onyedium. 

The magistrate truthful granted Gabam N3 cardinal bail with 2 sureties wrong Abuja.

Speaking astatine the hearing, Abubakar said the absorption enactment decided to resistance Gabam earlier the tribunal successful an effort to cleanse it from outer influences. 

“We are assured that the Judiciary volition bash justness to our millions of our members,” Abubakar said. 

According to him, the enactment had asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to prosecute Gabam, but thing was done, which is the crushed they brought the substance earlier the judiciary. 

“He squandered the party’s money successful his clip betwixt 2022 and 2023,” helium noted. 

Recall that Abubakar was...