“Whether the facts upon which the charge against the Applicant in the substantive Suit No. SS/34C/2021 constitutes an economic and financial crime for which the EFCC can prosecute.” From the processes filed before this court in the substantive Suit No. SS/34C/2021 and in this application, the Applicant in this application, is the Defendant in Suit No. SS/34C/2021 between Federal Republic of Nigeria Vs Senator Umar Tafida in which he was accused of committing Criminal Breach of Trust contrary to Section 311 of the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria Cap. 89 Laws of Northern Nigeria and punishable under Section 312 of the same Penal Code. The Applicant is also the Director/Chairman of Hijrah Textiles Company Limited situated at Kalambaina Road, Sokoto, Sokoto State. In its efforts to boost its capacity and extension, the Company approached Sokoto State Government to partner with the Company by taking same percentage of its share equity as an investor to improve the operations of the Company. After series of negotiations and all that need to be done, the Sokoto State Government agreed to purchase 40% share equity holding in the Company leaving 60% equity shares to the Company. Consequent upon their mutual understanding, a memorandum of understanding was drafted and signed by the parties on the 4/5/2017. In 2019 vide a petition captioned “letter of complaint and request for investigation” dated 4/9/2019 signed by one Mansur Isah Buhari and Muhammad Bashir Achida of the Department of Modern European Languages and Linguistics, Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto to addressed to the EFCC Sokoto Zonal Head, the said undersigned requested the EFCC to investigate the office of the Sokoto Commissioner of Commerce and Industries on allegation of misappropriation of public funds for purchasing 40% shares in two (2) companies which they named as Hijrah textiles and IML (Organic fertilizer) Company in 2017. Arguing the Page 12 of 31