An Appeal Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State, on Thursday nullified the indictment of a former Secretary to the Government of Nasarawa State (SSG), Aliyu Tijani, over alleged N248.5million fraud.
The court presided by Justice Ignatus Agube, affirmed the judgment of the Nasarawa State High Court which declared the indictment of Tijjani by the state House of Assembly as illegal, null and of no effect.
Justice Agube held that the House of Assembly did not give the ex-SSG fair hearing to defend himself and therefore voided the recommendation requesting the former SSG to refund N284.5 million allegedly unaccounted for as school projects’ funds when he was a Commissioner for Education in the state.
He further held that the Nasarawa State House of Assembly violated Tijani’s fundamental human rights by denying him fair hearing in arriving at its recommendation.
A Nasarawa State High Court had on August 7, 2020, declared the indictment of the ex-SSG over alleged N284.5 million fraud by the House of Assembly as illegal, null, void and of no effect.
