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N17.5m Scam:EFCC Arraigns Taraba Civil Service Commission
Chairman

Chairman of the Taraba State Civil Service Commission, Dr. Yuguda Manu
Kaigama was on Thursday, June 18, 2009 arraigned before a state high court 5
sitting in Jalingo by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for
alleged conspiracy, obtaining by false pretences and forgery.

The top state official who was recently suspended from office was arraigned on a
37 count charge over offences punishable under the EFCC Advance Fee Fraud
and Other Related Offences Act 2006 and penal code laws of  Northern Nigeria.
He was accused of obtaining from some Taraba state local government chairmen
sums of money totaling about N17.5 million, an amount the accused said was to
settle some officials of the EFCC for purported petitions against them.  

When the case came up, the 37 count charges were read to the accused who was
also joined with a co-accused, Yakubu Danjuma Takun (now at large)  alleged to
have conspired with the accused person to commit the crime. Yuguda who was
the only suspect in court pleaded not guilty to all the charges read to him.

In view of the not guilty plea by the accused, counsel to the EFCC , Sylvanus
Tahir applied for a  date to enable the prosecution commence trial and also
applied that the accused person be remanded in prison custody pending
commencement of trial.

Counsel to the accused, E. A. Effiong objected the remand of the accused in the
prison custody. The Judge after listening to both counsel adjourned the case to
Wednesday 24th June, 2009 for hearing and ordered that the accused be
remanded in Jalingo prison custody.



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