Bauchi State Police Command has arraigned a stalwart
of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Umar Mai Fata, before the
Chief Magistrate Court 11 for allegedly making a false accusation in a Radio
program against the state Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed.
The police prosecutor Inspector Ayuba Danladi on
Thursday filed the suit on behalf of the state commissioner of police.
He told the court the Mai Fata alleged that Bala
took the sum of N1 billion from government coffers to fund the recent
governorship election in Bayelsa state where he served as Chairman of the PDP
campaign committee.
During the sitting, counsel to the respondent
Barrister Usman Bappha asked the court to give him five minutes to go out and
bring some legal documents for their defense.
However, after 30 minutes when the lawyer failed to
return to the courtroom, the prosecutor urged the court to adjourn the hearing
until when the defense counsel is around.
In her ruling, the presiding Magistrate, Safiya Doma,
adjourned sitting to December 23, 2019, and also ordered that the accused person
be remanded in prison till the next adjourned date.
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