National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Prof. Sadiq Abubakar, has explained why a Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, adjourned the alleged financial misappropriation case against the party’s former National Chairman, Shehu Musa Gabam, to August 17, 2026.
DAILY POST reports that Gabam was scheduled to appear before the court on Monday over allegations of financial misappropriation involving more than N34 million.
However, speaking with journalists after the proceedings, Abubakar said the case could not go on because the court did not sit due to unforeseen circumstances.
According to him, the court apologised to the parties before fixing August 17 for the continuation of the prosecution.
“The court announced that it was not sitting because of some circumstances. They apologised and asked us to take another date, which is August 17, for the prosecution of the case to continue,” he said.
Responding to concerns that the matter was taking too long, the SDP chairman insisted that previous hearings had proceeded without unnecessary delays.
He noted that the prosecution team, its lawyers and representatives of Zenith Bank, who had been subpoenaed to produce the party’s bank statements, were present in court before learning that the sitting had been cancelled.
“There wasn’t a time that the court did not sit right from the beginning of the case to date. We were here today with our lawyers as early as 8 a.m. Even Zenith Bank, which was subpoenaed to bring the statement of account, came with the documents, but since the court did not sit, they had
