Justice Peter Kekemeke of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, has granted go away for the prison case in opposition to the factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, to be reopened.
The courtroom granted the applying by the Inspector-General of Police to name further witnesses, regardless of having earlier closed its case.
Turaki is standing trial on a one-count cost marked CR/647/2025, filed by the Inspector General of Police (IGP).
The cost alleges that on or about he, Turaki, gave false data to the police, the offence which is punishable beneath Section 140 of the Penal Code Law.
The Defendant had pleaded not responsible. He was earlier granted bail within the sum of N100 million with one surety who should be a SAN of 20 years post-call or a lawyer of 40 years observe, after the courtroom vacated a bench warrant issued in opposition to him for failing to seem for arraignment.
The prosecution closed its case on June 18, 2026, after calling a single witness and advised the courtroom it was happy with its case. However, via its counsel, Usman Aliyu, the prosecution later filed an software looking for go away to reopen the case.
The defence counsel, Abdulaziz Ibrahim, SAN, had opposed the applying, urging the courtroom to dismiss it with substantial prices, arguing that the prosecution had didn’t justify the reversal after closing its case.
In his ruling at the moment, Monday, Justice Kekemeke granted the prosecution’s software.
The matter has been adjourned to twenty seventh January, 2027 for continuation of trial with the extra witnesses.
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