by Admin | Mar 10, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A 200 level student of Lead City University, Ibadan, Moshood Owolabi, is to die by hanging for stabling his fellow student to death. Delivering judgment on Wednesday, Justice Adegboye Gbolagunte of an Ibadan High Court sentenced Owolabi to death by hanging for causing the death of one Seun Kolawole, two years ago. Owolabi of the Physical and Health Education Department caused the death of Kolawole by stabbing him with a bottle. Gbolagunte said the counsel prosecuting the case, Mr A. Olawale, a Deputy Director in the Oyo State Ministry of Justice had proved the case beyond reasonable doubt. The judge said that the evidence before him showed that the accused committed the offence as charged. He ruled that the accused should be sentenced to death by hanging to serve as a deterrent to others. Gbolagunte advised parents to always monitor their children to prevent them from misbehaving. Olawale had earlier told the court that the convict stabbed Kolawole with a broken bottle in the neck, following a misunderstanding between him and the deceased. He said that the injury sustained as a result of the stabbing resulted to the death of Kolawole. Olawale said that the incident happened on Jan. 12, 2014 at toll-gate area of Ibadan. The offence is punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code Cap. 38 Vol. II Law of Oyo State 2000....
by Admin | Mar 10, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A security guard, Muhammed Useni, 19, has been arraigned before a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court for allegedly torturing a sex worker. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Useni was brought to court on a charge of assault, occasioning grievous harm. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty and was granted N20, 000 bail with one surety in the like sum. Magistrate Omolaja Kazeem said the surety must be a family member of the accused and must be gainfully employed. Prosecuting Inspector Philip Osijiale told court that the accused had on February 28 at about 4:20a.m., at Avalon in Lekki, Lagos, unlawfully assaulted one Miss Folashade Kolawole. He alleged that the accused flogged Kolawole with a horse whip, inflicting serious bruises on her. The prosecutor said Useni beat the complainant to pulp, claiming that she used his duty post to solicit customers after his warning failed to make her leave the spot. “Useni claimed that he caught her there again with one of her numerous customers, which led to the whipping.” Osijiale said that the offence contravened Section 171 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. The section prescribes three years imprisonment for the offender, if found guilty. The case was adjourned till March...
by Admin | Mar 10, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today arraigned the trio of Giwa Useni John, Pius Iorye Uganden and Nancy Uganden before Justice O. A. Otaluka of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court sitting in Lugbe, Abuja on a 5-count charge of bordering on issuance of dud cheque and criminal breach of trust to the tune of N30 million. John and his co-accused allegedly in 2013 paraded themselves as members of the Federal Government Ad-hoc committee on the sale of the Federal Government of Nigeria Houses in the FCT with the intention to defraud innocent people of their hard earned money. The offence is contrary to Section 8 (a) (b) (c) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud related offences Act 2006, and punishable under section 1(3) of the same Act. One of the counts read: “That you, Engr. Pius Ioryue Uganden ‘M’, Mrs Nancy Uganden ‘F’ on or about 31st December, 2103 at Wuse, Abuja which is within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court dishonestly issued a cheque number 10547802 of Access Bank Plc in the sum of N30,000,000.00 to one Mr. Philip Chukwueke knowing that you had insufficient funds for your victim to withdraw, you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 1(1) (a) (i) of the Dishonoured Cheques Offences Act, Cap D11, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.” The accused persons pleaded not guilty to the charge. Upon his plea, counsel to EFCC, Rimansomte Ezekiel asked the court to fix a date for trail and remand the accused in prison custody pending trial. Justice Otaluka granted bail to the accused person...
by Admin | Mar 9, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A former Governor of Adamawa State, James Bala Ngillari, was yesterday sentenced to five years in prison by a Yola High Court for fraud he committed while in office. The presiding judge, Justice Nathan Musa, said he relied on section 58 sub-section (5) of the Adamawa Bureau for Public Procurement (BPP) Law which provides that any state officer that contravenes the law is liable to a minimum of five years imprisonment without an option of fine. “The court’s hands are tied by this law, so I cannot do otherwise. The only thing is to give you the minimum sentence of five years, you will serve in Yola main prison,” the judge said. This conviction is a major boost to the anti-corruption campaign. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had suffered a credibility crisis for not being able to successfully prosecute former or serving top public officers for corruption and sending them to jail. They had either been set free because of poor prosecution or plea bargain that enabled them to go home to enjoy their loot. Ngillari was found guilty of 17 criminal charges relating to the award of contracts without due process levelled against him by the EFCC. He was sentenced to one year each on five out of the 17 charges brought against him, former Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Ibrahim Andrew Welye, and erstwhile Commissioner for Finance, Jonathan Lamorde. The two were discharged on the grounds that they merely acted on instructions from the convict. The former governor awarded a N167.8 million contract for the supply of 25 units of Toyota Camry...
by Admin | Mar 9, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI “I am guilty as charged,” a rapist, 27-year-old Samuel Adedeji told a Lagos court on Tuesday. Adedeji, a factory worker, had entered a guilty plea when he was hauled up before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on a charge of rape. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Taiwo Akanni, remanded Adedeji, who resides at Nkem Igborosun, Mowo via Badagry at Kirikiri Prison pending sentence at the next date of adjournment. Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. Clifford Ogu, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Feb. 8 at his apartment. According to him, the accused lured the 20-year-old woman into his apartment with a promise to assist in securing a job for her. “Immediately the girl entered the room, Adedeji shut the door and raped her.” The offence contravened Section 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that sexual assault by penetration carries life imprisonment. The case has been fixed for March...
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