Loan Scam: Court clears Saraki, bars Police from interrogating him

Ahmed Mohammed, the presiding judge over former Governor of Kwara state, Bukola Saraki's case in Abuja Federal High Court has cleared the ex-governor of all the allegation about bank loan scam being investigated by the Special Fraud Unit of the Nigerian Police since 2012.

Mr. Saraki, a Senator representing Kwara Central, had instituted a fundamental human rights suit, praying the court to bar the Inspector General of Police or any agent of the Nigerian Police Force from arresting or interrogating him over the allegation of fraud.

According to information on the SFU’s website, Mr. Saraki’s case had root in loans given to Joy Petroleum Limited, Skyview Properties Ltd, Dicetrade, and Limkers Nigeria Ltd by the defunct Intercontinental Bank under the management of Erastus Akingbola.