{"id":19676,"date":"2020-01-03T16:07:37","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T16:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=19676"},"modified":"2020-01-03T16:07:37","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T16:07:37","slug":"efcc-obtains-court-order-to-detain-shehu-sani-for-14-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-obtains-court-order-to-detain-shehu-sani-for-14-days","title":{"rendered":"EFCC Obtains Court Order To Detain Shehu Sani For 14 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Asource in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said that the anti-graft agency has obtained a 14-day detention order against a former lawmaker, Shehu Sani.<\/p>\n<p>Sani is being accused of extortion by Sani Dauda, owner of ASD Motors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the new allegations raised by the complainant against the former senator, we have obtained a court order to keep him in custody for two weeks to enable us carry out a thorough investigation into the case,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>The complainant said he gave Sani $10,000 in November 2019, which he said the former lawmaker promised to pass on to EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu.<\/p>\n<p>Dauda also accused Sani of asking for N4m to be given to Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Tanko.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe complainant claimed that Shehu Sani asked him to bring N4m which would be given to a judge by the CJN to ensure that the case by one Abubakar against the ASD boss did not see the light of the day,\u201d the source added.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the EFCC had asked Dauda to prove his allegations against Sani for it to be able to prosecute the former lawmaker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asource in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said that the anti-graft agency has obtained a 14-day detention order against a former lawmaker, Shehu Sani. 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