The PUNCH gathered on Sunday that the plan to earlier arraign Saraki was frustrated by the restraining order granted against the EFCC by Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Saraki had filed a fundamental human rights suit before Justice Taiwo who granted an ex parte order restraining the commission and five other agencies of the Federal Government from continuing its investigations of corruption allegations against him. But a senior EFCC operative confided in our correspondent in Abuja that “Saraki’s arraignment cannot be stopped by any court order,” noting that the commission had strongly protested against the restraining order to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Abdul Kafarati. The source said, “We have already protested against the restraining order to the Chief Judge. The EFCC said this in reaction to a report stating that Magu sought Saraki’s assistance for his Senate confirmation in 2016.

Source: Punch July 01, 2019 01:18 UTC