<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>AMINA ADAMU AUGIE, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment):</strong> The Appellant was still in office as Governor of Taraba State when a Petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission <strong>[EFCC], </strong>dated <strong>12/6/2006, </strong>opened a can of worms, which ultimately led to his arrest by the <strong>EFCC </strong>on <strong>6/6/2007, </strong>about a week after he left office.</p><p style="text-align: justify">In the Petition written by a Law Firm on behalf of the widow of one Usman Abubakar Biu, <em>&quot;the MD/Chief Executive Officer&quot; </em>of Al Usab International Ltd., who died during the execution of a contract awarded to the Company to rehabilitate the Wukari Water Project; it was alleged that his brother, Sulaiman Abubakar, who continued with the contract, fraudulently withdrew the sum of N135,794,608, paid to the deceased&#x27;s Company by the Taraba State Government.</p><p style="text-align: justify">The said Sulaiman Abubakar was arrested, and his narration of how the said sum, paid into the Company&#x27;s bank account, was later withdrawn and shared out to Taraba State Government Officials, including the Appellant, le…</p>