The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had on Thursday 12th April 2018 summoned former Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Mr. Mark Bako Useni, before Justice Filibus Bitrus Andetur of the Taraba State High Court over N267.49m election bribe.

The former speaker, who was charged together with Hassan A Abubakar and John Danjuma Ali, was affirmed to have gotten the sum of N45m for himself and Arc. Darius Ishaku, the then PDP Gubernatorial candidate in the state, while John and Hassan got N267.46m from the $115m Diezani bribe to manipulate officers working with INEC Taraba State.

Count one of the charges read: "MARK BAKO USENI, being the former speaker and member Taraba State House of Assembly, HASSAN A ABUBAKAR, the Head of Administration at Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and JOHN D. ALI, Retired Public Servant at Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), sometime between March and May, 2015 in Jalingo, within the Jurisdiction of Jalingo Judicial Division of the High Court of Taraba State in such different capacities did engage yourselves in criminal conspiracy to corrupt Public Officers to wit; Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) staff contrary to Section 9 (1) (a) and Punishable under Section 9 (1) (b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000"

The former speaker and the two other defendants pleaded not guilty to....continue reading: http://naijafadablog.com/2018/04/13/efcc-has-charge-ex-taraba-state-assembly-speaker-to-court-over-n267-49m-election-bribe/

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