The Federal High Court sitting in Jos has decided to throw out the N5 billion fraud trial filed against Senator Danjuma Goje on orders of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami who is acting on the instruction from President Muhammadu Buhari.
SaharaReporters had exclusively reported a deal facilitated by President Muhammadu Buhari which required Goje to give up his Senate Presidency aspirations for Buhari’s favourite, Ahmed Lawan in exchange for his case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to be withdrawn.
Goje is accused of stealing N5bn between September and November 2010, after forging a document titled, ‘Resolution authorizing His Excellency the Executive Governor of Gombe State to acquire a loan of with Ref. No: GM/HA/RES/VOL. 1/17.
The Nolle Prosequi by Malami came after the trial judge was summoned to sit at 6pm on Thursday evening.
At the hastily conducted sitting in Jos, one Niyi Akintola SAN represented Goje while prosecution was represented by one Paul Asika from the Ministry of Justice, according to SaharaReporters.
The case will therefore be discontinued at the orders of the Attorney General of the Federation. (SR)