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Sections News Editorial/Opinion Cover Choice Arts & Life Business Politics Sports   Subscription Form Click here          Daily Independent Online.         * Friday, July 23, 2004. ICPC charges PDP chieftain to court over N1m bribe By Chinedum Nnadozie Special Correspondent, Minna   The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has been dragged the National Vice Chairman, North Central zone of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Magaji, to a Minna High Court over an alleged bribery. Magaji was arraigned before Justice Munira Azukogi for offering a bribe of N1 million to Justice Ahmed Bima, a high court judge in Suleija. A two-count charge was slammed against Magaji on July 22. But the court could not seat because Justice Azukogi had travelled out of town. The charge read in part that: “You Magaji on September 3, 2000 at Suleija corruptly offered to give the sum of N1 million to Bima in order to show favour to the defendants in suit No. NSHC/NB/25/2000 between Aliyu Halilu Danloro and four others versus Ishaq Jikantoro, while the case was pending before the court. “By attempting to offer the bribe, you, Magaji has committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 9(1) (b) of the ICPC Act.” Thesecond charge against Magaji was that he corruptly gave N500,000 to Justice Bima at Suleija to seek favour from the defendants in the same case in another attempt to distort justice in a case he (Magaji) is deeply involved. According to detailed ICPC charge analysis, Magaji was said to have entered the chambers of Bima with a polythene bag containing N500,000, which he dropped and drove away without Bima’s consent. The matter was reported to the state Grand Khadi who directed that the money be deposited to the United Bank for Africa Minna branch. Not disturbed by the attempts to make him subvert the course of justice, Bima delivered judgment against the Niger State governor and favoured Ishaq Jikantoro in the emirship tussle. Not satisfied by Bima’s judgment, an appeal was made to the Supreme Court where the case was still decided in favour of the candidate and against the Niger State government.       Copyright� 2002. All Rights Reserved Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.independentng.com e-mail: [email protected]

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