by Admin | Feb 8, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned one Ibrahim Rabiu and five others before Justice M. SHITU of Federal high Court Bauchi on a three count charge bordering on conspiracy, diversion and conversion of good and received a stolen property to the tune of N5.5 million. The Suspects Zakari Isa, Nura Garba, Muhammad wada Ibrahim, Ibrahim Rabiu and one Babawo now at large were arrested by EFCC operatives in Bauchi and Jos following a petition by one Alhaji Umaru Sabo of Pantami quarters, Gombe. The petitioner alleged that on 28 September, 2015 one of the suspects, Nura Garba who pretended to be a truck driver convinced him and he entrusted and gave him a full truck load of 600 bags of rice worth N5,520,000.00 to be delivered from Lagos to Suleja, Niger state. Instead, the suspect connived with other members of the syndicate and fraudulently diverted the said goods to Bauchi, sold same and used the money for personal needs. In his ruling, Justice Shitu adjourned the case to 28/3/2017 for trial. However, he granted bail to all the accuse to two reliable sureties one to be a civil servant of level 12 or a person with landed property with C of O within the jurisdiction of the...
by Admin | Feb 8, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI An FCT High Court, Maitama, on Tuesday adjourned till March 1 for adoption of addresses in a case of alleged breach of trust and diversion of N190 million filed against Mr Steve Oronsaye. Oronsaye, former Head of Service of the Federation, was also the Chairman, Presidential Committee on Financial Action Task Force, set up by former President Goodluck Jonathan. He was docked for breach of trust and diversion of N190 million meant for the committee he chaired. The judge, Justice Olasumbo Goodluck, adjourned the matter after listening to the submissions of counsel in the matter. The prosecuting counsel, Mr Faruk Abdullahi, informed the court that he just filed reply to the no case submission filed by the defense. The defence counsel, Mr Peter Erivnode reminded the court that the no case submission was made since Dec. 9 and duly served on the prosecution and it was almost two months now. He said that the prosecution realising that the matter was for adoption today decided to file its reply this morning. Erivnode told the court that this was a clear indication that the prosecution was not prepared to pursue this matter diligently. “ In this circumstance, we pray the court to grant us an adjournment to enable us study what was in the reply,“ he said. Recalls that the prosecution called six witnesses to prove its case and also closed its case on Nov. 15.On Dec. 9, the defence opened its case by filing no case submission, saying that the prosecution does not have any case against the...
by Admin | Feb 8, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Corporal Michael Olujimi, a policeman attached to the Okitipupa Police Division in Ondo State, is dead after he was shot by unidentified gunmen. The sad incident occurred Saturday, at about 5:30 a.m. Olujimi was heading to the station to resume duty when the gunmen opened fire on him and escaped, immediately leaving him in a pool of his own blood and fighting for his life. He was still alive when help came and he was rushed to the hospital, sadly he did not make it. A witness spoke to Vanguard about the incident, saying; “He was going to the station to resume duty this morning (Saturday) when the incident happened. We met him in a pool of blood and quickly called the station. “He was not dead when we found him and rushed him to an undisclosed hospital. Robbers have invaded this town and I think the police should step up strategies to bring these culprits to book.” The Okitipupa Divisional Police Officer, DSP Oluwole Ojo, when contacted by Vanguard on phone, said that he had not been adequately briefed, hence could not comment on the...
by Admin | Feb 8, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Ajibola Alao, 29, a member of a one-chance gang arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, has disclosed that his failure to heed his late mother’s advice not to steal other peoples’ sweat caused his arrest. Alao was chased and arrested on Thursday afternoon during one of his routine operations in Oshodi after dispossessing their lone passenger of his two phones and the sum of N60,000:00. The suspect, in company of the driver and conductor of their operational bus, a Volkswagen Transporter, with registration number, APP 820 XE, had picked up their passenger, Asotie Benedict, at Ladipo with agreed plan to drop him at Oshodi Under Bridge. But instead, Alao and his accomplices, armed with an alternative plan did not stop at Oshodi Under Bridge for him to alight. Citing the presence of LASTMA at that Bus Stop, they pretended they ascending the bridge towards Oshodi Oke, it was at this point they dispossessed Asotie of his two mobile phones (Blackberry Passport and Samsung) and his wallet containing N60,000:00 before forcing him to alight while the vehicle was in motion. According to Asotie, 24: “After throwing me out in motion, they threw N100:00 fare beside me on the road, perhaps, for me to find my way back home. But, I didn’t give up, I chased the danfo bus…. Fortunately, I sighted RRS vehicle, Response 091 and I quickly alerted them and they chased the vehicle to a halt. They arrested Alao, who took all I had on me but the driver and the conductor abandoned their vehicle and escaped....
by Admin | Feb 8, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The panel constituted to investigate the electoral and other offences perpetrated during the Dec. 10 Rivers Parliamentary re-run election, has alleged that it recovered N111 million from 23 INEC officials. The Chairman of the panel, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Damian Okoro, made the allegation while presenting the team’s report to the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, in Abuja on Tuesday. He alleged that three senior electoral officers collected N20 million each out of the N360 million given to them by Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers, while the remaining officers received N15 million each. Okoro further alleged that there were some cases of misconduct on the part of some electoral officers, who were compromised in the line of duty. “By this investigation, this panel has diligently unraveled what went wrong with the re-run election in Rivers, the details of which are contained in the report. “We discovered that failure of leadership and followership rather than law enforcement was responsible for the political upheaval in the state,” he said. He added that the task given to the panel was challenging because of the tense political and security atmosphere in the state. The chairman said that lawless elements targeted political opponents of their sponsors, and law enforcement agents, especially the police. He attributed some of the violent acts to inflammatory statements by some narrow-minded politicians. “Apart from their utterances, politicians in their desperation for power, also armed thugs who unleashed terror on their opponents,” he said. He said that six police officers, who were indicted, had been tried and dismissed from the force. Speaking, the inspector-general of police, said that...
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