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EFCC Says Appeal Court Judge Not Under Investigation, Tells Why Agency Visited Residence
on the heels of emerging contrary reports
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is not investigating, Justice Ita Mbaba, the Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Kano division.
The anti-corruption agency’s reaction comes on the heels of emerging contrary reports.
The agency explained that “While it is true that operatives of the Commission visited the property housing Hon. Justice Mbaba, on a Property Verification Exercise, owing to a subsisting matter involving the owner of the property, there is no truth, linkage or nexus with any investigation of the Honourable Justice of the Court of Appeal.”
While providing further explanations that ” Available facts showed that Hon. Justice Mbaba is not the owner of the property and could, therefore, not be the subject of any investigation by the Commission.” the agency insists “We wish to restate that Hon. Justice Ita Mbaba is not under any investigation by the EFCC. The Commission holds the Judiciary in optimum respect and will do nothing to embarrass any officer of the court.”
The property according to information made available by the EFCC is “located on Sheik Yusuf Adam Game street, off Race Cross Road, Nassarawa Government Reservation Area, Kano. “
