The Yobe State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday conceded the Economic and Financial Crime Commission's report of examination concerning the affirmation that the state's Resident Electoral Commissioner, Abu Zarma, was paid off by Governor Ibrahim Gaidam, in the wake of the April 11, 2015 decision.
EFCC's examiner, Christopher Odofin, told the tribunal on Wednesday that however, his group's examination had yet to be finished, it had been found that Gaidam's Aide-de-Camp, Zakari Deba, really paid N15m into Zarma's record yet that the REC taught his bank to invert the exchanges.
Odofin said piece of the suggestions, which the commission had come to was that Deba, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ought to be indicted.
The Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship hopeful in the state, Adamu Waziri, had documented their request before the Justice Mojisola Dada-drove tribunal, looking for the invalidation of the April 11 survey, which they asserted was defaced by appointive acts of neglect and degenerate practices.
The solicitors had affirmed and tendered displays of how N15m was professedly held up in two tranches by Gaidam's Aide-de-Camp, Zakari Deba, into Zarma's record with Diamond and Zenith banks.
Odofin, an exploring officer joined to the Economic Governance Team 7 of the EFCC, told the three-man board that the N15m was really stopped into Zarma's two records with Zenith and Diamond banks, yet that the lodgments were turned around a few days after the fact, when the REC challenged.
Odofin showed up before the tribunal in light of a subpoena coordinated at the EFCC Secretary, Emmanuel Aremo.
The EFCC agent, who said he was a piece of the researching group taking care of the case, said however the activity had not been finished up, the group had made significant revelations and had likewise made a few suggestions.
He said his group found that on April 8, three days to the April 11, 2015 governorship decision, Deba (Gaidam's ADC and the fifth respondent to the race appeal) brought about a Diamond Bank's Assistant Branch Manager (Damaturu), Bamaji Mohammed Kukawa to pay N7m and N8m into Zarma's records with Diamond and Zenith Banks individually.
Odofin included that April 9, Zarma griped to both banks, in composing, that wrong stores were made into his records, to which the banks' administration's requested that he issue weighs in the sums saved, to empower them to turn around the exchanges.
He said their examination additionally uncovered that Zarma just as composed, on April 29 to the Chairman of INEC, griping about the odd money stores into his records.
"From our examination in this way, we found that there was clear and deliberate endeavor by Deba and Kukawa to fiscally impel Zarma to get support.
"We prescribe that Deba and Kukawa be indicted for endeavoring to pay off Zarma," he included.
Odofin said the conclusion and proposals contained in the report were taking into account their discoveries to far.
He said the agents did not suggest Zarma for indictment.
The tribunal deferred till Thursday for further procedures.
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