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A Federal High Court sitting in Gombe State on Friday
remanded an area court judge, Umar Y. Gwani, for alleged
fraud.
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC,
which filed the case, accused the judge of collecting
money from the public through false pretence and
conspiracy.
The counsel to EFCC, Zarami Mohammed, said the
accused conspired with two others to sell plots of land
belonging to Gombe State government to the public
through false pretence.
He said the judge failed to contact the Ministry of Land
and Survey and Local Government Area before selling the
plots of land to the public.
He also said the judge later had denied receiving payments
for the eight or nine plots sold for N7 million.
The accused judge appeared before the Federal High court
on a four- count charge.
Speaking to journalists after the hearing, his counsel,
Mukaan Kingsley, said that he was surprised to see that
the listed count charges were different from what
transpired in court