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Karma Served Piping Hot to Abdulsalam Zaura

It appears karma has finally caught up with Abdulsalam Abdulkarim Zaura aka AA Zaura, the Kano State businessman and politician who was seeking to win a Senatorial seat on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, in February 25th general elections. Zaura who had planned to represent Kano Central District was heavily trounced at the polls.

Thus putting an end to his plans to use his senatorial position to buy himself ‘immunity’ from prosecution for committing fraud. Zaura was accused by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) of duping a Kuwaiti national, Jamman Al-Azmi, of the sum of $1.3 million under the pretext of procuring a real estate for him in Dubai.

The Commission had dragged him before a Federal High Court in Kano on a five-count charge. The court found him not guilty and discharged him on all counts. Dissatisfied, the EFCC filed an appeal and a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of judges, which set aside the judgment of the high court and ordered Zaura to be tried afresh by a different judge.

But each time the court convened to hear his case, Zaura or his counsel were never available together for various reasons, ranging from the frivolous to the very ridiculous. Right from 2020 when Zaura was first arraigned, he perfected the act of dodging the fraud charges by cleverly evading court summons. That was until he was arrested at his home and forcefully presented in court on February 6. Unfortunately, the case had to be adjourned for the umpteenth time to March 1 when Zaura employed a different tactic by changing counsel.

And on the said day, after suffering defeat at the polls, days before, he humbly presented himself in court were he pleaded not guilty, asked to continue with the terms of the bail earlier granted him and the case adjourned again to May 2.

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