by Admin | May 23, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confiscated 18 houses in an estate allegedly belonging to Alhaji Aliyu Usman, an associate of the embattled former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.). Usman and two companies linked to him- Leaderettehe Nigeria Limited and Nordeen Global Resources – were among 300 others listed among those who allegedly received contracts from the Office of the National Security Adviser while he was still in office. The anti-graft agency said Musa allegedly diverted N897m he received from the ONSA fund and allegedly used it to build the estate. The inscription, ‘EFCC, Keep Off!’ was spotted on the 18 terrace houses in the estate which is located at Mbora District, Abuja. A statement by EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren also said Usman allegedly used part of the money to buy a three bed-room flat at OAU Quarters Wuse 2 Abuja. EFCC said, “The EFCC is investigating the involvement of Aliyu Usman, who is linked with Leaderettehe Nigeria Limited and Nordeen Global Resources for their involvement in the monumental fraud that allegedly took place in the Office of the National Security Adviser during the regime of the embattled Col. Sambo Dasuki. “The two companies allegedly received about N897m from the arms deal funds from ONSA and diverted part of the money in the construction of an estate with 18 unit blocks of flats at Mbora District Abuja and another for the purchase of a three bed-roomed flat at OAU Quarters Wise II Abuja. source: daily...
by Admin | May 23, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Court of Appeal has fixed July 5, 2017 to hear the appeal filed by Patience, the wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, to challenge the interim order of the Federal High Court in Lagos which temporarily froze her Skye Bank account with a balance of $5.9m. Patience’s lawyer, Mr. Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN) and Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), who disclosed this on Monday, therefore, urged Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court to suspend further proceedings in the case pending the outcome of the appeal. Ozekhome, who represented La Wari Furniture and Bath Limited, whose Ecobank account with a balance of N2.4bn was also frozen, argued that it would be disrespectful for Justice Olatoregun to proceed with the case after the appeal had been entered and the appellate court had issued a hearing notice. “The appeal in this matter has been entered and going by Rule 5 of the Court of Appeal Rules, this court ceases to exercise jurisdiction to proceed in this matter. It will amount to an illegal judicial voyage if this court embarks on the proceedings in this matter,” Ozekhome contended at the Monday proceedings. Consequently, Justice Olatoregun, in a short ruling, adjourned the case till September 24, 2017 to give the parties time to “ventilate their views in the appellate court.” She held, “I have seen the hearing notice issued by the Court of Appeal. I believe it will be in the interest of justice for parties to ventilate their views at the Court of Appeal. I will, therefore, adjourn this case until the 20th of September.” Justice Olatoregun, who had on April...
by Admin | May 22, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it will stage an anti-corruption walk on Tuesday to further encourage Nigerians on the need to shun corruption. A statement from the EFCC’s head of media and publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, said the walk will hold simultaneously in 10 states of the federation where the commission currently has offices. According to the statement, the walk which will be led by the acting EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, is part of activities to mark the second year of this administration’s fight against corruption. The ruling All Progressives Congress led by President Muhammadu Buhari will on May 29 attain its second year since the party assumed leadership of Nigeria, and began its plan to fight corruption in the country. According to the statement, the EFCC, says it will involve various stakeholders from major sectors of the economy in the rally. “The EFCC walk against corruption is expected to feature stakeholders from diverse sectors including the organized labour, youth organizations, women groups, civil society organizations, and lots more. The exercise is expected to hold simultaneously in all the cities where the EFCC currently have offices. These include Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Enugu, Gombe, Ibadan, Benin, Maiduguri, Kano and Kaduna. “In Abuja, the walk is expected to take off from the EFCC head office in Wuse 2, with brief stop at the Unity Fountain where invited groups are to join the procession,” the statement said. source: premium...
by Admin | May 22, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A principal staff of the Federal Neuropshychiatric Hospital, Enugu is presently cooling off in police custody over alleged job scam. The Staff, Mrs. Stella Achalla, the secretary to the Medical Director of the Hospital, is currently being detained at the Enugu Area Command, alongside her alleged accomplice, one Mrs. Stella Egotanwa. She was whisked away from the hospital premises by 4 pm. on Wednesday by plain cloth policemen. The arrest followed a petition from one of the victims, Mrs. Agbanyim Roseline. In the petition dated 20th April, 2017 and addressed to the Area Commander, Area Command Headquarters, Enugu, the victims claimed that “one Mrs. Stella Achalla, a staff of Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, fraudulently duped me and collected the total sum of three hundred and seventy thousand naira (370,000.00) from me on three different occasions for the purpose of securing job for my cousin, Mr. Agbanyim Uchenna in their hospital. “Sometime in November 2015, Mrs. Achalla Stella contacted me though a friend, Mrs. Loveth Mbah and demanded initially the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand naira, (N250,000) for the job, but dramatically twisted and demanded extra one hundred thousand naira (100,000) claiming that Uchenna is a graduate and that those paying N250,000 for employment are NCE holders and below. “I complied and she promised that appointment will come out in the early month of 2016, but we waited patiently for over a year and nothing happened.” She further stated in the petition that by December 2016, “she came up with another trick and demanded another fifty thousand naira, (N50,000) meant for preparing the appointment letter which...
by Admin | May 22, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A 36-year-old Charles Abam, a fraud suspect, who is now being held at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, for attempting to defraud the children of President Muhammadu Buhari, was at one point in his life, a police sergeant. According to Abam, after being jobless since 2003 when he lost his job as a policeman, he found out he could make a lot of money by defrauding influential Nigerians. The suspect allegedly got hold of the phone number of a prominent chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, whom he contacted by impersonating Mrs. Daisy Danjuma, wife of Gen. T.Y. Danjuma. Through the APC chieftain, he was able to contact some members of the First Family, setting in motion a con that was supposed to net him millions of Naira. The indigene of Ndukwa East, Delta State, told investigators after he was tracked down and apprehended by the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, that he quitted his police post in 2003 after being enticed by a chance to travel abroad. He said, “When I had an opportunity to travel out of the country I left my duty post and went on to process my documents, but I was defrauded and I lost all my money. “I went back to my police job but I was told that I had been declared a deserter. I begged to be reinstated but was not taken back. I then began to look for work. I also applied for a bank security job but did not get it.” A source at the IRT said that in April 2017, Abam sent an SMS to...
by Admin | May 22, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Police in Delta said they had recovered corpses of four of its officers allegedly killed by suspected militants on May 15. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Mr Andrew Aniamaka, confirmed the recovery to newsmen on Thursday in Warri. “The militants will be fished out, as investigation is ongoing on the matter,” he said. The deceased policemen were allegedly killed by the militants along the Benin river. The victims were simply identified as Aghoro (Commander), Sagay, Andrew and Mejer and their bodies have been deposited at both Sapale General Hospital and Central Hospital, Warri. Their vandalised boat has also been taken to Abiugborodo community under the care of some soldiers. A reliable source said that the policemen were invited by the militants to come and collect money to pave way for them to carry out their illegal bunkering. They were said to have ventured into the journey at about 2:30 a.m. on that fateful day without a back- up patrol boat. “Only one, Mr Ugbo on board the boat swam to safety with bullet wounds and is currently recuperating at an undisclosed hospital,” the source said. Reacting to insinuation that the police were on illegal patrol when they got killed , Aniamaka said: “We expect sympathy and to commiserate with the institution that lost four of its men inside the deep. “We do not deploy our men to go and be collecting money from militants. Whatever duty they were on, we are investigating the matter. “I am reflecting on how insensitive and callous certain persons can be especially on issues relating to the...
by Admin | May 21, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI Ogun State Police command has smashed a six-man kidnapping gang who lured a man, Femi Olatunji, from his home in Isheri area of Ogun State to Igbokoda, Ondo State, where they snuffed life out of him, after they had collected ransom. The suspects were Fadeni Henry, Lebile Olatunji, Ehuwa Oririe, Olotu Tosin, Oluwole Ohunayo, and Peter Omogbemi. The leader of the gang, 23-year-old Fadeni Henry, was said to struck a relationship with the victim on the social media, and he lured him to their base in Igbokoda on Friday 12th May,2017. Parading the suspects last Friday at the headquarters of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Abeokuta, the state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, said the wife of the victim had reported the kidnap of her husband to the police on Friday 12th May, 2017. He said immediately, the command’s detectives, men of the Anti-kidnapping unit and Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad were deployed. Iliyasu said it was later discovered that Henry and other members of his gang had lured the victim, who was a surveyor, from his Isheri home to Igbokoda, on that fateful Friday. He said based on this information received about the notorious kidnap gang, on Friday 19th May, 2017, operatives of the FSARS, stormed their hideout at Igbokoda, and the hoodlums engaged them in a gun battle which lasted for about two hours. source: the...
by Admin | May 21, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Nigerian Army may have begun an internal search for soldiers and officers suspected to be engaging in political meetings, a top military source has revealed. The source told Sunday Punch that some arrests may have been made, but that the information was being kept as top secret so as not to add to the public tension. Some other sources who spoke to our correspondent on Saturday also noted that the establishment of an army unit in Daura, Katsina State, on Friday, named Muhammadu Buhari Forward Operation Base, by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, was an effort to fortify the president’s hometown and a public pledge of loyalty. On Tuesday, Buratai, in a tense language, had warned officers and soldiers to steer clear of politics, as information had reached him that some officers were involved in political meetings for “undisclosed reasons.” The army chief had advised officers and soldiers interested in politicking to resign from the service, as any officer caught would be severely penalized. Three days after the alert (Friday), Buratai went to Daura, where he inaugurated the army unit, and paid a courtesy call on the Emir of Daura, Dr Faruk Umar. The details of the meeting have yet to be known. The army chief, at the ceremony, had said the establishment of the unit was to enhance security in parts of 1 Division, which Daura town fell under. Also, the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, said, “The establishment of the new unit was part of the implementation of the Nigerian Army approved Order of Battle 2016 (ORBAT...
by Admin | May 20, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered the remand of 29-year-old security guard, John Eboh, over alleged sexual assault on a 16-year-old girl. The defendant was arraigned on a four-count charge, bordering on unlawful and indecent assault, unlawful sexual intercourse, among others. The prosecutor, Sgt. Kehinde Omisakin, had told the court that the offences were committed on May 1, at about 6. p.m., at Consolidated Hallmark Insurance PLC, Obanikoro Road, Lagos. Advertisement She said that the teenager, who was hawking kerosene, was unlawfully detained and assaulted by Eboh. “He took her inside one of the office rooms and started squeezing and fondling her breasts before having sexual intercourse with her,” she said. The offences contravened Sections 135, 144 and 172 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. Magistrate A.T. Elias adjourned the case until May 24, for hearing and ruling on the bail application. source: today...
by Admin | May 20, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A top official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been indicted for alleged corrupt practices. Documents showing purchases that the official, one of some retired Police officers recalled by EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, indicate that the commission may have been involved in some shady deals. It was gathered that the three officials who mostly lead crucial operations, are John Odoh, Hamza Abdullahi [Principal Detective, Superintendent level 12], Abubakar Aliyu Madaki. Abubakar Madaki retired as a Superintendent of Police in December of 2013 from the EFCC where he was assigned. Madaki was called back by Magu months after he was appointed as head of the EFCC. During Madaki’s initial stay at the EFCC and in his second arrival, he allegedly acquired choice properties across the country worth billions of naira. According to sources, he allegedly acquired a N450million house in Wuse 2 and another house for his lady friend in Wuse zone 4, worth N200 million. Superintendent Madaki also allegedly acquired lands in Nasarawa state worth over N10billion. In January 2014, he allegedly purchased over 300.56Hectares in Angwan Sa’aka, Karu Local Government Council, Nasarawa state. It is also said that in the same January 2014, Madaki allegedly purchased over 60.59 hectares in Angwan Chediya, Karu LGA in Nasarawa state. In February 2010, he allegedly purchased over 61hectares in Angwan Monday, Karu LGA, Nasarawa state. In June 2016, Madaki allegedly purchased over 34.38hectares in Angwan Sarkin Mada along Angwan Chero Road, Karu LGA, Nasarawa state. On August 2016, he allegedly purchased over 16.96hectares at Gunduma along Madubi road, Karshi development area, Karu, LGC, Nasarawa state....
by Admin | May 20, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Judge ordered that the funds should be forfeited to the Federal Government, as no one came forward to claim it. Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Lagos, yesterday ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of N449, 597, 000 found in an abandoned Bureau De Change shop in Victoria Island, Lagos, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The forfeiture order was made following a motion on notice filed and moved before the court by the anti-graft agency. The Judge ordered that the funds should be forfeited to the Federal Government, as no one came forward to claim it. The Judge had earlier on April 19 ordered the temporary forfeiture of the money and adjourned till yesterday for one Mohammed Tauheed, who was joined as respondent in the suit, and any other interested party to appear before him to give reasons why the money should be finally forfeited to the Federal Government. Yesterday, counsel for the EFCC, Idris Mohammed, told the Judge that the interim order of April 19 had been advertised in the newspaper on May 11, so as to bring the case to the notice of Tauheed and any other interested party. He added that apart from the newspaper publication, Tauheed was also served with the motion on notice and urged the Judge to order the final forfeiture of the money, since neither Tauheed nor anyone else came forward to claim it. Justice Aikawa, in a short ruling, granted the application. He ruled: “This court ordered, among others, the respondent (Tauheed) and any other interested party to show cause, within 14...
by Admin | May 20, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The police in Enugu State have arrested two suspected bandits allegedly responsible for the killing of Helen Sunday, the orderly of Enugu State Deputy Governor, Cecilia Ezeilo. A statement by the spokesperson of the command, Ebere Amaraizu, issued in Enugu on Wednesday, said the arrest was effected by the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the command. The orderly was killed by the armed gang on May 9 while she was returning from work. Mr. Amaraizu said that the squad acting on a well-coordinated operation borne out of intelligence information, rounded-up the gang. “The suspects, Emmanuel Onyeabor and Kanu Oti, were arrested a day after the incident at their various hideouts at Lomalinda axis of Independence Layout and Amorji Nike axis of Abakpa, Enugu, after a gun duel which left the suspects fatally injured,” he said. He said that the command had launched a manhunt for some members of the gang who escaped with gunshot wounds. The police spokesperson urged members of the public and hospital operators to avail the police with information about anyone seen with bullet wounds. He said that the suspects who confessed to the crime said that their motive was to rob their victim and not to kill her. He said that the orderly, who was rushed to a nearby hospital by public-spirited individuals, was confirmed dead by a doctor on duty. Mr. Amaraizu said that the police had recovered the deceased’s Infinix cell phone amongst other items from the suspects’ hideouts. (NAN) source: premium...
by Admin | May 20, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI Police toxicology report on the pathological examination carried out on Osun State senator, Isiaka Adeleke, showed the lawmaker was administered with gentamicin shortly before his death contrary to claims by Alfred Aderibigbe, the nurse who administered the drugs, a police official said. Mr. Aderibigbe, who said he was a Chief Nursing Officer at Comprehensive Health Centre, Edunabon, Osun State, had during his evidence before the Coroner Inquest on Thursday, denied administering Gentamicine on the senator while treating him for gout. He said he diluted Hydrocortisone in fluid and gave Metamyzole, Diazepam, Pentazocine and Analgin intramuscular to the deceased. However, a police forensic expert Benedict Agbu, who conducted the examination indicated in the report presented before the coroner on Friday, said that Mr. Adeleke was administered with Gentamicine before his death. The report, which was admitted in exhibit at the coroner, disclosed that Metamyzole, Diazepam, Pentazocine and Analgin were administered on Mr. Adeleke intravenously contrary the claims made by Mr. Aderibigbe before the coroner. The report stated that analyses of the findings in the blood and urine samples taken from Mr. Adeleke’s corpse proved negative result for the presence of chlorinated hydrocarbon herbicides, organo-paosforous pesticide, rodenticides, metallic poison, cyanide and tri-cylic anti-depressants. “The digested food particles were found in the gastric content but no drug particle was found in the exhibit,” the report read in part. “Diazepam, Pentazocine, Analgin, Hydrocortisone and Gentamicine were confirmed in the blood and urine samples submitted. “Metamyzole and its Metabolites 27.2ug/ml, Hydrocortisone 9.25ug/ml, Gentamicin 17.4ug/ml, Pentazocine 4.5ug/ml, Diazepam 12.2 ug/ml, also urine Diazepam concetration 7.1ug/ml. “Fatalities have been reported at the following blood...
by Admin | May 20, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI – The Federal High Court sitting in Osun state ordered that the APC chieftain and the other suspects be remanded in prison – Yinusa Amobi and other officials of the state were arraigned for diverting funds meant for the building of a lecture theatre and other infrastructures. Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly arraigned a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun for alleged diversion of funds. Mr Yinusa Amobi, the chairman of the APC in Osun West senatorial district for stealing and criminal conspiracy after he allegedly diverted N.3 billion public fund with some others. Amobi was reportedly arraigned with top officials of the Osun state College of Education (OSSCE), Ila-Orangun before Justice M A Onyetenu of the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo. The diverted fund, according to the EFCC, was approved for the construction of a lecture theatre and other valuable projects in the institution. Amobi’s co-accused include Akin Latilo, Dr Basiru Gbadamosi, Mr David Olayinka Olojede, Kujeunbola Oluwafemi and the college’s director of works, Mr Ogungbemi. Though they were not in court, they all pleaded not guilty to the charges against them. The anti-graft agency says the alleged offence is contrary to section 1(1)(a) and 8(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006. The offence is also punishable under section 1(3) of the same Act and section 98,99 and 516 of the Criminal Code Act Cap,Laws of the Federation. Justice Onyetenu adjourned the case to May, 31 for consideration of the bail for the accused persons. He however ordered...
by Admin | May 19, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Police Command in Kebbi has arrested a 37-year-old man, Danbaba Umar, in Kaoje, Bagudo Local Government Area, who specialises in exhuming corpses from graves for ritual purposes. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Ibrahim Kabiru, told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday that the arrest of the suspect followed a tip-off. He said Umar was arrested at about 3:30 a.m. at the Kaoje graveyard while attempting to exhume a male corpse for ritual purposes. Advertisement He said the suspect confessed to the crime and revealed that he was sent to commit the act by one, Malam Muhammadu from Sokoto State. A father of ten, the suspect told newsmen that he was a professional driver who was transporting wood planks from Zaria to Sokoto for sale prior to his recruitment for the criminal act. Umar said inadequate money to cater for his family compelled him to engage in the crime. source: today...
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