Names of former governors whose corruption cases are to be reopened; Saraki included..

The Attorney General of the Federation,

Abubakar Malami, last week sent a letter to the ICPC requesting for the

case files of former governors that have been investigated for

corruption.
According to media sources, some of the former governors

whose corruption cases are to be reopened include Senate President

Bukola Saraki who was a two term governor of Kwara state, Orji Uzo Kalu

of Abia state, Ahmed Yerima of Zamfara state, Godswill Akpabio of Akwa

Ibom state, Gbenga Daniel of Ogun state, George Akume of Benue state,

Saminu Turaki of Jigawa state, Chimaroke Nnamani of Enugu state, Sule

Lamido of Jigawa state, Lucky Igbinedion of Edo state, Boni Haruna of

Adawa state, Peter Odili of Rivers state, Martin Elechi of Ebonyi, James

Ibori of Delta state, and others.
The letter

by the attorney general states that the Federal government in its power

will prosecute governors whose cases of corruption have long been

investigated but have not being tried.
This

will be the third case against Saraki as he is already standing trial

for alleged false asset declaration while he was governor of Kwara state

and also for alleged forgery of Senate standing rules.

Names of former governors whose corruption cases are to be reopened; Saraki included..