Former Governor of Jigawa State, Senator Saminu Turaki was Tuesday afternoon arrested by agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja.
The 53-year-old was picked up at the venue of the public presentation of a book on Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari, the first regular combatant officer in the Nigerian Army.
Prior to the arrest, the EFCC has had to declare Turaki wanted for failing to present himself for trial since 2011 on 36-count corruption charge before the Federal High Court, Dutse.
The court had issued a warrant directing the Inspector General of Police or his officers and the EFCC to arrest the former governor and bring him before the court.
Justice S. Yahuza gave the order after Turaki consistently failed to attend trial.
But attempts to execute the warrant failed as Turaki remained elusive.
On May 19, 2016, EFCC operatives acting on a tip-off had stormed the 16 Denis Osadebey Street Asokoro, Abuja home of the former governor but he slipped through their hands.
Turaki faces multiple charges bordering on criminal conspiracy, stealing, money laundering and misappropriation of public funds.
The Ahmadu Bello University graduate of actuarial science was governor of Jigawa State from 1999 to 2007.
He was elected to the Senate in 2007 as representative of Jigawa West, failing to win re-election in 2011.
