by Admin | Jul 9, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Deputy Superintendent of Police rtd, Christopher Archibong who was arrested for raping a nine-year-old girl has been remanded in Prison custody in Calabar, Cross River State by the order of Magistrate Ochinke Disclosing this to DAILY POST in Calabar on Saturday, the lawyer handling the matter, Barrister James Ibor, who is also Executive Secretary of Basic Rights Counsel Initiative, said the suspect was remanded in Prison custody on Friday for raping the minor. Ibor said the Magistrate ordered that the case file be transferred to Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for advice. He disclosed that there were several attempts to compromise the investigation but was thwarted by his organization. “There were many attempts to compromise investigations but were thwarted by Basic Rights Counsel Initiative with the support of Cross River State First Lady, Linda Ayade, Stella Odey, Safe Child Africa and CPN”. How Abacha killed Yar’Adua, Abiola, planned to eliminate me too – Obasanjo He said the accused will remain in prison custody pending the advice of the DPP as the matter has to be transferred to High Court. Daily Post had recently reported that the state commissioner of Police Hafiz Inuwa had paraded the Deputy Superintendent of Police rtd, Christopher Archibong for allegedly raping of a 9 year old girl. The suspect was paraded alongside 62 other suspects by the Commissioner. He said the suspect (Rapist) committed the crime on May 31, 2017 in Calabar. Inuwa said that Archibong, 55, lured the victim into his uncompleted building to park woods and later defiled her after threatening to kill her spiritually if she resisted. On May...
by Admin | Jul 9, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A son-in-law of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Prince Goodwill Edward, is now lying critically ill in a hospital in Calabar, after he was shot by unknown gunmen in his residence in the Cross Rivers State capital on Friday. Edward is the Special Adviser on Youth Affairs to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State. He was attacked at his State Housing Estate home in Calabar. The severity of his injuries could not be immediately ascertained neither was the name of the medical facility he was rushed to. Edward who hails from Abi local government area of Cross River State, married Jonathan’s daughter in a very lavish and publicized wedding in 2014. Police Commissioner Hafiz Inuwa confirmed the incident although he said the matter was yet to be officially reported to the police. He also said the Friday attack was the “third or fourth” attempt on Edward’s life. “As at now I’m talking to you there is no official report about it. We are not going to wait until the matter is reported,” Inuwa said. “We are the police, we know our responsibility. Even if they have a reason for not reporting, we are not going to sit down until the matter is reported. “We have the responsibility and will investigate and by the grace of God we will go after those responsible.” Asked if he knew why the matter had not been officially reported to the police, he retorted: “How can I know why they have not come to report? I am a new person in the command. I did not even know that this had happened...
by Admin | Jul 9, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Professor Steve Nwabuzor, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Federal University Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has received a letter containing a threat to his life. Professor Nwabuzor’s plight, SaharaReporters learned, is connected to his nomination as a member of a panel set up by Ms. Gbemisola Saraki, Chairperson of the institution’s Governing Council, to investigate employment racketeering allegedly carried out by Professor Seth Accra-Jaja, incumbent Vice-Chancellor of the University. Jobs were given out despite a subsisting embargo on employment. In recent times, the University has been a hotbed of crises, which are largely fuelled by tribal sentiments. Various Ijaw groups, including Ogbia Brotherhood and Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), have disrupted academic and non-academic activities of the institution on account of their belief that the university was established exclusively for the Ijaw people by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. SOURCE: SAHARA...
by Admin | Jul 8, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A former governor of Jigawa State, Senator Saminu Turaki, was arrested on Tuesday by agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He was picked up at an Abuja venue holding a public presentation of a book on Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari, the first regular combatant officer in the Nigerian Army. Before the arrest, Mr. Turaki had been declared wanted for failing to present himself for trial since 2011 on a 36-count charge of corruption before the Federal High Court, Dutse. The court had issued a warrant directing the Inspector General of Police or his officers, as well as the EFCC, to arrest the former governor and bring him to court. Justice S. Yahuza gave the order after Mr. Turaki consistently failed to attend his trial. But attempts to execute the warrant failed, as Mr. Turaki remained elusive. On May 19, 2016 operatives of the EFCC, acting on a tip-off, stormed the 16 Denis Osadebey Street Asokoro, Abuja home of the former governor, but he slipped through their hands. Mr. Turaki faces multiple charges bordering on criminal conspiracy, stealing, money laundering and misappropriation of public funds. SOOURCE: SAHARA...
by Admin | Jul 5, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Kwara State Police Command arrested nine persons for organising Indian hemp (Igbo)festival in Ilorin over the weekend. Vanguard gathered that the suspects, whose names could not be ascertained at the press time, were of secondary school age. It was also gathered that the suspects had circulated posters informing intending members about the event and rebuffed calls by prominent citizens and organisations to call it off. Sources at the Adewole Divisional Police Station, Ilorin, told journalists yesterday that the culprits were rounded up in Aiyetoro and Asa-Dam area of Ilorin. Sources added that the suspects will soon be charged to court as the Police complete investigations on their involvement in the act. Contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police Ajayi Okasanmi, confirmed the incident. Okasanmi said: “I just received the report and I cannot confirm the number of those that were arrested. “The incident happened within the jurisdiction of the “D’ Division under Adewole Divisional Police Station, Ilorin.” Okasanmi, however, reiterated that the Command will continue to ensure crime prevention to make the residents live in peace and harmony. SOURCE: THE...
by Admin | Jul 5, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered an interim forfeiture of the sums of N500m and $500,000 said to have been looted from the Paris Club refunds made by the Federal Government in favour of the 36 states of the federation. The sums of money, said to have been recovered from two firms, First Generation Mortgage Bank Limited, and Gosh Projects Limited, were allegedly linked to Governor of Zamfara State and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Abdulaziz Yari. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission alleged that the sums of money were fraudulently diverted from the NGF’s bank account on the instruction of Yari. The commission also alleged, in an affidavit filed in support of its ex parte application seeking the interim forfeiture of the sums of money, that the N500m was diverted to offset Yari’s personal loan obtained from the First Generation Mortgage Bank Limited. It also alleged that the second firm, Gosh Projects Limited, utilised most of the proceeds of the alleged loot, transferred to it for the purchase of building materials for Yari’s 100-room hotel project in Lagos. Gosh Projects was also said to have used part of the looted funds for the purchase of treasury bills and transfers to offshore accounts. Our correspondent learnt on Tuesday that Justice Nnamdi Dimgba made the interim forfeiture order of the sums of money to the Federal Government in a ruling delivered on June 30, 2017. The judge also ordered that any person(s) or body with interest in the funds must, within 14 days of the publication of the interim order of forfeiture in any national...
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