Newspointer Sep 28, 2024
By Sani Mu’azu
As the saying goes, One day for the thief and one day for the owner, Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested a former governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, over alleged N27bn fraud.

NIGERIAN NEWSPOINTER gathered that Ishaku, who left as the 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 confided told NIGERIAN NEWSPOINTER 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.
“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 said.
Another source said he was detained after he could not provide satisfactory explanations to financial impropriety that happened under his watch.
When contacted, the spokesman of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the development to our correspondent but declined further comments.
Our Correspondent reports that Ishaku’s arrest is coming on the heels of ongoing face-off between the commission and the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, who was said to have stolen N80.2bn.

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