A Federal High Court in Kano has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to produce the Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Congress for Kano Central, Abdulkareem Zaura (popularly known as AA Zaura), for arraignment in his fraud-related case.

The presiding judge, Justice Mohammad Nasiru Yinusa gave the order today after the prosecution again informed the court that the defendant was absent in court as he was at the last two sittings.

AA Zaura was accused of defrauding a Kuwaiti national of 1.3 million dollars, and was billed for arraignment after the Court of Appeal quashed the earlier discharge and acquittal judgment of the court and ordered his retrial.

Delivering a bench ruling, Justice Yinusa held that the position of the court was that the defendant should be produced and that where that has not been done, the court has the duty to insist that due process be followed.