Documented cases of fraud, corruption, and financial misconduct by Gombe State government officials and agencies during the 2003–2011 term. Sources linked on each card.
1
Total cases
0
Convicted
0
Ongoing
1
Dismissed
Govt response:
DismissedPoliticised
Allegation
The EFCC prosecuted Goje over alleged misappropriation of about ₦25 billion in state funds during his 2003-2011 tenure, alongside a separate allegation that he diverted and laundered ₦6.6 billion belonging to Gombe State between 2007 and 2011, and forged a document authorising a ₦5 billion loan.
Outcome / Status
The EFCC arraigned him on 18 October 2011 over about ₦5 billion of Gombe State funds. Nineteen of the 21 counts were struck out in March 2019. On 7 June 2019 the Attorney-General of the Federation took over the prosecution from the EFCC under the constitutional power to take over and discontinue prosecutions, and withdrew it by nolle prosequi; the court struck the case out in July 2019. Nothing was tried to verdict in the roughly eight years the case ran.
Administration's response
Goje did not concede the allegations; his allies characterised the case's resolution as tied to his political support for the Buhari administration.
Change history
6 Oct 2026Corrected — outcome — Removed a clause linking the withdrawal to the Senate-presidency race. The sources raise that only as speculation and no reason beyond the Attorney-General's constitutional power is documented.
6 Oct 2026Corrected — outcome — The case ended in 2019 when the Attorney-General took it over from the EFCC and withdrew it. Status changed from prosecuted to dismissed (charges dropped).
6 Oct 2026Corrected — status — The case ended in 2019 when the Attorney-General took it over from the EFCC and withdrew it. Status changed from prosecuted to dismissed (charges dropped).