The Department of State Services on Tuesday refused to produce a former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, before a Federal High Court in Abuja, for his ongoing trial on money laundering charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Suswam has been in the custody of the DSS over alleged ongoing criminal investigations since February 24, 2017.
Meanwhile, the EFCC had in the charges preferred against Suswam along with his then former Commissioner of Finance, Mr. Omodachi Oklobia, in 2015, accused the two men of committing money laundering offences involving an alleged diversion of a total sum of N3,111,008,018.51 belonging to the state.
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