The protesters held placards with inscriptions such as “Is Matawale above the law?”
“Although corruption cannot just evaporate like that, you can see today that, unlike before, people are now being held accountable for whatever they do.”
The defendant allegedly abused his position as attorney to Landmark University, to cheat and defraud his client.
“One of such accounts was created in the name of the permanent secretary, Mr Adesola Olusade. Another bore the name of the executive secretary, FCTA.”
Mr Ikuforiji said his trial was based on a petition by an unknown person, alleging that he stole about N7 billion from the parliament.
“All the cases that people thought would be swept under the carpet will be revisited by God’s grace.”
“Anyone found acting contrary to this advisory shall henceforth be treated as an impersonator and dealt with accordingly,” EFCC said.
Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date on Wednesday after Ms Alison-Madueke’s lawyer, Benson Igbanoi, and EFCC’s counsel, M.D. Baraya, regularised their processes in the suit.
Then Governor Abdullahi Ganduje suspended Mr Magaji.
Governor Abba Yusuf has directed all the 19 commissioners-nominees to comply with the Code of Conduct rules.
