Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) failed to arraign the governor-elect of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, on Monday following the absence of the judge.
The FCT High Court did not sit as Justice Yusuf Haliru was attending to election petition duty in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Mohammed was elected governor on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He was expected to be arraigned on Monday on fresh six counts of false declaration of assets and giving EFCC false information.
The planed arraignment of Mohammed before his swearing-in has generated controversy among the populace.
But EFCC’s counsel, Wahab Shittu, told journalists outside the court that the body “is an anti-corruption agency, it does not play politics. It exists to serve the public.”
On the arraignment, he said: “It is a matter that was ongoing before another judge who has now been elevated to the Court of Appeal.
“Just a week ago, the registry of this court sent us a notice that today has been fixed for the re-arraignment of the defendant. It was not at the instance of the court.
“You know when a case is transferred to another court, it starts de novo (afresh).”
