The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission charged Gwarzo alongside an Executive Commissioner in the Commission, Zakawanu Garuba, with five counts of alleged misappropriation to the tune of about N115 million and conferment of corrupt advantage on a public officer before Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf.The defendants, on Feb. 7, through their counsel, Abdulhakeem Mustapha, SAN, and Robert Emupkoeruo, informed the court of their intention to file no-case submission.
He informed the court that the no-case submission he prayed for was brought pursuant to Sections 302 and 303 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act , 2015. Specifically, he urged the court to uphold the no-case submission by the first defendant as well as discharge and acquit him of the charge against him.
He, then, urged the court not only to uphold the no-case submission but also discharge and acquit the second defendant. He said that what was approved and collected was severance benefit when the first defendant never retired from SEC.
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