{"id":12060,"date":"2013-04-12T19:11:53","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T18:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=12060"},"modified":"2013-04-12T19:11:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T18:11:53","slug":"n25billion-fraud-you-must-face-trial-in-gombe-court-tells-danjuma-goje","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/n25billion-fraud-you-must-face-trial-in-gombe-court-tells-danjuma-goje\/","title":{"rendered":"N25Billion Fraud: \u2018You Must Face Trial in Gombe\u2019 Court Tells Danjuma Goje"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Federal High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State and presided by Justice Babatunde .O. 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