Justice Peter Kekemeke of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, has granted go away for the legal case in opposition to the factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, to be reopened.
The court docket granted the appliance by the Inspector-General of Police to name extra witnesses, regardless of having earlier closed its case.
Turaki is standing trial on a one-count cost marked CR/647/2025, filed by the Inspector General of Police (IGP).
The cost alleges that on or about he, Turaki, gave false data to the police, the offence which is punishable underneath Section 140 of the Penal Code Law.
The Defendant had pleaded not responsible. He was earlier granted bail within the sum of N100 million with one surety who should be a SAN of 20 years post-call or a lawyer of 40 years apply, after the court docket vacated a bench warrant issued in opposition to him for failing to look for arraignment.
The prosecution closed its case on June 18, 2026, after calling a single witness and advised the court docket it was glad with its case. However, by means of its counsel, Usman Aliyu, the prosecution later filed an utility searching for go away to reopen the case.
The defence counsel, Abdulaziz Ibrahim, SAN, had opposed the appliance, urging the court docket to dismiss it with substantial prices, arguing that the prosecution had didn’t justify the reversal after closing its case.
In his ruling at this time, Monday, Justice Kekemeke granted the prosecution’s utility.
The matter has been adjourned to twenty seventh January, 2027 for continuation of trial with the extra witnesses.
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