by Admin | Feb 6, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, who is facing trial over alleged N26million fraud, has begged the Federal High Court in Abuja to allow him to return the money to the Federal Government. Fani- Kayode The former Minister, through his lawyer, Mr Ahmed Raji, SAN, urged the court to allow him to explore out-of-court settlement deal with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which is prosecuting him on a five-count charge. Fani-Kayode was the Director of Media and Publicity in the campaign team of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan during the 2015 election. He was accused of illegally receiving N26m from the detained former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki, retd, before the election to organise media campaign for Jonathan. EFCC maintained the he committed an offence contrary to section 17(b) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011, as amended in 2012 and punishable under Section 17(b) of the same Act. Meantime, at the resumed sitting on the matter on Monday, the defendant prayed for an adjournment to purse settlement options with the anti-graft agency. Raji, SAN, said his client was ready to restitute and save FG and himself the rigours of trial in view of the amount involved in the case. Besides, Raji said he was new on the matter and would need some time to appraise the case-file to be able to properly defend his client. “Secondly my lord, looking at the facts of the case and the money involved, I believe that there are other options we can explore. “The case involves the sum of N26 million and the law allows you to explore...
by Admin | Feb 6, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Oyo State Police command has arrested 175 suspects for various offences committed within and outside the state As a result, local rival cults that have been terrorising some communities within Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, would no longer disturb public peace as their leaders have been rounded up. The State Police Commissioner, Mr Sam Adegbuyi, who made the disclosure, told journalists at the command headquarters Eleyele Ibadan, that the miscreants who were notorious for fatal political and communal clashes, have been on the run for too long despite bounties placed on their heads. Giving account of other arrests made, he said: “54 armed robbery suspects, three kidnappers, 16 burglars, four cultists, two ritualists, (found with decomposing human skull) and two rapists, were paraded while 94 vehicles have been recovered. Mr Adegbuyi noted that the doggedness and courage of the special anti-robbery squad and the cooperation of the people, made the feat achievable. “They terrorised Ibadan metropolis precisely in Idi Aro, Beere, Mapo, idi arere and so on but the police rose to the occasion. In the process, the gang leader of this group popularly known as Ekugbemi {moshood oladokun} was arrested during a gun duel with operatives of the command.” “After several unsuccessful attempts to arrest him (Moshood) in his criminal hide out in Ibadan, he escaped to Agege and later to a riverine area of Ajah in Lagos where he was arrested.” Furthermore, he revealed that another gang leader, Adekola Ademola a.k.a ‘Omo Alaja’ was also arrested on a separate man hunt in Ibadan. For many months, some areas in Ibadan were said to have...
by Admin | Feb 6, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The abduction of a two-month-old baby, Kudus Adebowale, by a customer has unsettled traders at a market in the Badagry Roundabout area of Lagos State. Kudu’s mother, Mrs. Alimat Adebowale, sells biscuits in the market, while the suspected abductor was identified simply as T-girl. PUNCH Metro learnt that T-girl was well known to most of the traders in the market and had lived in the community for over four years until a few months ago when she travelled. T-girl was said to have returned to the neighbourhood last week and went to the market, where she was treated to a warm reception around 9am on Thursday. It was gathered that she approached Alimat, who was breastfeeding the baby, Kudus, and took the child under the guise of playing with him. She reportedly strapped Kudus to her back afterwards and sat on a chair behind his mother, who was busy attending to customers. “Nobody knew when she (T-girl) disappeared from the market with the baby. The mother had looked back to check on Kudus, when she discovered that she had left the market with her child. We called her number, but she didn’t pick our calls. That was when it occurred to us that she had stolen the baby. “I don’t really blame Iya Kudus. She thought the child was in a safe hand because almost everybody here knows T-girl. She would come to buy things here and play with us. She is from Ibadan (Oyo State) and had lived here for more than four years before she travelled some months ago. She came back last week,” a...
by Admin | Feb 6, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Saturday sealed off an estate belonging to the immediate past Governor of Bauchi State, Mallam Isa Yuguda. The EFCC said on its official Facebook page that the action was sequel to an order by Justice J. T. Tshoho of a Federal High Court Abuja for the interim forfeiture of the property. The commission said, “The EFCC has seized a house located at 184 Attahiru Bafarawa Close, beside Fariah suites , old GRA, Bauchi, Bauchi State belonging to a former governor of the state, Mallam Isa Yuguda, pending the conclusion of investigation against him bordering on abuse of office, money laundering and diversion of public funds. “The court had directed the Bauchi State Lands Registry to furnish the EFCC with the copies of all documents including building plan approval in respect of the property.” Yuguda, who last year, dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, served as minister of aviation under former President Olusegun Obasanjo and also served as governor for two terms on the platform of the party Source:...
by Admin | Feb 6, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC), an umbrella organization for over 150 anti-graft groups, has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), to immediately investigate some Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) officials alleged to have been involved in bribe taking during the 2015 general elections. These include Professor Maurice Iwu, former INEC Chairman, state Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) and Administrative Secretaries. The call was made in a petition by CSNAC to the interim EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu. Signed by the coalition’s National Chairman, Mr. Olanrewaju Suraju, the petition said the group observed that the current investigation into the matter is less than far-reaching and called on the EFCC not to spare any of those involved. CSNAC recalled a report in The Nation Newspaper of January 16, 2017, which alleged that not fewer than 200 INEC officials were queried for allegedly collecting bribes during the 2015 elections. “It was reported that about N23.29billion was paid out to INEC officials in a desperate bid to change the results of the election won by President Muhammadu Buhari. “In addition to the above, it was further stated that an investigation conducted by your agency revealed that the money involved came from former Oil Minister Diezani Allison-Madueke,” CSNAC stated. The coalition added that it is aware that the INEC is currently investigating the allegations through a panel it constituted. The panel, headed by National Commissioner, Baba Shettima Arfo, CSNAC explained, has the mandate to probe and apply internal sanctions to officials found culpable and subsequently turn over such officials to the EFCC for prosecution. While CSNAC is in favor of the step,...
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