Nigeria, March 4 -- This was disclosed in a statement by the spokesperson of the Commission made available to The News Chronicle on Wednesday.

Abubakar is being prosecuted in suit No. HC/ADSY/127C/2022 Federal Government vs. Umar Abubakar before the Chief Judge of Adamawa State, Justice Hafsat Abdulrahman.

At the resumed hearing on March 2, 2026, prosecution counsel, Lorngee Terkuma Solomon, presented the Commission's final witness, Isah Abdullahi Gaude, an ICPC investigator and member of the investigative team.

Gaude told the court that Abubakar was arrested during a sting operation in April 2022 in Jimeta, Yola, following a petition alleging he demanded N1 million from one Kabiru Musa with a promise to secure him employment in the I...