Juliana Francis Blog: January 2016

Thursday, January 28, 2016

PEF Scam: Court Defers Ruling on George Uboh

Justice S. E. Aladetoyinbo of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Abuja on Thursday, January 28, 2016 adjourned for ruling on a case involving George Uboh, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 3-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust involving the sale of Police Equipment Fund (PEF) vehicles, as counsel to both parties adopted their final written addresses.

The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu today visited the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu in his office at the Commission’s head office in Abuja.

Our correspondent gathered that he had dipped his finger into Esther’s private parts and was about to penetrate her when a man was drawn to the scene by the woman’s wailing.

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a diploma holder, Samuel Onochie, for allegedly sexually assaulting a pregnant woman, Esther (pseudonym), in Jakande, in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state.

Dasukigate: How We Laundered Money for Metuh - Witnesses

More witnesses were presented by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, January 28, 2016 before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to testify in the ongoing case of alleged money laundering involving the National Spokesperson of the People’s Democratic Party,PDP, Olisa Metuh and his company, Destra Investment Limited.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, January 28, 2016 arraigned the duo of Aku Ben Aku and Philips James Aliku alongside their company, Al-Aminu Oil and Gas Limited, before Justice Sulaiman Aliyu Tukur of the High Court of Kaduna State, Kaduna on a five -count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N14, 602, 600.00 (Fourteen Million, Six Hundred and Two Thousand, Six Hundred Naira).

Police arrest woman for selling baby for N300,000

The police in Bayelsa State say they have apprehended a woman for selling her three-month-old baby.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has granted the Publisher of ThisDay Newspapers, Mr. Nduka Obaigbena, an administrative bail.

‘Enugu murder victims are tricycle riders’

http://newtelegraphonline.com/enugu-murder-victims-tricycle-riders/

Association of Tricycle Riders otherwise called Keke riders’ union has identified the three bodies reportedly exhumed from the foundation of a building in Enugu as its members.

Protesters storm court as killer cop’s absence stalls hearing

http://newtelegraphonline.com/protesters-storm-court-killer-cops-absence-stalls-hearing/

An Ebute-Meta Magistrates Court in Lagos presided over by Mrs. Folashade Botokun yesterday put on hold proceedings in the murder case involving Corporal Museliu Aremu, who allegedly killed a mother of four, Mrs. Comfort Idongseit Ekpo. Neither Aremu nor his defense counsel appeared during the sitting yesterday.

Cultists rape, initiate girls

http://newtelegraphonline.com/cultists-rape-initiate-girls/

Police dismiss cop for defiling girl, 9

Police in Ebonyi State have arrested suspected cultists said to be members of German Arror, who abducted two girls, dragged them into the bush, initiated them into their cult group and forcibly had carnal knowledge of them.

Teenagers remanded over minor’s gang-rape

http://newtelegraphonline.com/teenagers-remanded-minors-gang-rape/
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court yesterday remanded four boys, three of them teenagers, in prison custody for alleged gang-rape of their 14-year-old neighbour.

Pastor defiles 11-year-old in brothel

http://newtelegraphonline.com/pastor-defiles-11-year-old-brothel/

The General Overseer (GO) of a church (name withheld) located at Oworonshoki area of Lagos State has been accused of raping an 11-year-old girl.

$330,000 Scam: Court Warns Augunos Okoro Against Stalling Trial

Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja on Wednesday warned a Lagos hotelier, Augunos Okoro, standing trial for duping a German businessman the sum of $330,000( Three Hundred and Thirty United States Dollars), against acts and devices aimed at stalling his trial.

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 varied the bail conditions for the embattled National publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 arraigned Chinyere Ekanem, a former Customs Officer and Asuka Ebiye before Justice Maryann E. Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja on a 16-count charge bordering on criminal conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of N40 million( Forty Million Naira).

NIGERIA POLICE FORCE MOURNS THE DEATH OF FORMER IGP SUNDAY ADEWUSI

· Opens Condolence register at FHQ, Abuja.

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase, on behalf of the entire officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force, announces the news of the death of former IGP Sunday A. Adewusi, GCON, NPM, who passed away at the National Hospital, Abuja on Tuesday 26th January, 2016, and expresses deepest condolences and sympathy to the families and loved ones of the late IGP.

IGP LEAVES FOR ITALY: DRUMS UP SUPPORT FOR NIGERIA POLICE FORCE

In continuation of efforts aimed at sourcing requisite support towards the advancement of the change mantra of President Muhammadu Buhari in relation to the professionalisation of the Nigeria Police Force, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase has embarked on a four-day official visit to Italy.

N25m scam: Undergraduate bags 24yrs imprisonment

An undergraduate of Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University, Malaysia, has bagged 24 years imprisonment for internet fraud that fetched him N25million.

A 23-year-old robbery suspect has vowed to leave robbery if only Governor Akinwunmi Ambode would give a loan to start a business.

Mexico City (CNN)Karla Jacinto is sitting in a serene garden. She looks at the ordinary sights of flowers and can hear people beyond the garden walls, walking and talking in Mexico City.

Senator Godfrey Chukwuka Utazi, Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes has again reiterated the commitment of the 8^th Senate towards ensuring that Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, enjoys improved funding to effectively combat graft of all shades in the country.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 presented another witness in the ongoing trial of the spokesman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, and his company Destra Investment Limited, before Justice O.E Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on January 26, 2016 presented more evidence against a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, who is being prosecuted on a 23-count charge bordering on money laundering and diversion of funds, before Justice Adebukola Banjoko, of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Gudu, Abuja.

Money Laundering: Ex-Gov Ohakim’s Son Allegedly Threatens Prosecution Witness

An unimaginable drama, on Tuesday, January 26, 2016, stalled the cross-examination of prosecution witness, Abu Sule in the case involving a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, as prosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, revealed how the accused’s son, Emeka Ohakim, had allegedly went on the trail of the prosecution witness.

Money Laundering: How Dariye Siphoned N1.2bn Plateau’s Ecological Fund - Witness

The trial of a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 23-count charge bordering on money laundering and diversion of funds, continued on January 25, 2016 with the anti-graft agency presenting its witness before Justice Adebukola Banjoko, of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Court, High Court, Gudu, Abuja.

The trial of the Spokesperson of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh and his company, Destra Investments Limited commenced on Monday, January 25, 2016, before Justice O.E Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja with the prosecution, EFCC, presenting two witnesses.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, January 22, 2016 arraigned the duo of Shehu Mustapha, Registrar Litigation, Adamawa State High Court and Barrister Binanu R. Esthon, former Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Yola Chapter before Justice B.B Aliyu of Federal High Court sitting in Yola, Adamawa State on a 4-count charge bordering on conspiracy and criminal diversion of funds to the tune of N60million (sixty million naira).

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed fresh 22 charges against an ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, and 12 others.

The Divisional Police Officer of Vunokilang Police Station in the Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Okozie Okereofor, and 60 villagers were killed on Sunday when gunmen, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, invaded four communities in the local government area.

In most of his adult life, Clement Abanara Millions, 42, had never known anything other than war, blood and money.
After the late President Umaru Yar’Adua’s administration granted amnesty to Niger Delta militants, Millions became confused as to what to do with his life.
For a man who was used to violence, he decided to join a gang which specialised in bank robbery.

Oyindamola Ojelabi, the eight-year-old sister of a Nursery 1 pupil, Michael Ojelabi, who was abducted on Wednesday, says she knows the captor of her four-year-old brother.

Gbenga Adefuye, the son of Adejoke Adefuye, a 65-year-old woman, who was killed by cult members in the Bariga area of Lagos State, says his mum was on her sick bed when their house was set on fire during a cult clash on Saturday.

For years, soldiers attached to Giwa Barracks, Kingsway Road Ikoyi, Falomo, Lagos State, have been using some shoe cobblers as unpaid labourers. Countless times, these soldiers would order the cobblers to leave their work and follow them into their barracks to do menial jobs.

Twelve-year-old Rofiat Azeez still looks petrified as she narrated the experience of how some men stormed their home, slapped and tore off her dress.

A mother of four has revealed how five policemen, attached to Anti-Kidnapping Squad, Enugu State Police Command, stormed her home and allegedly tortured her.

Arms deaL: Soldiers seek trial of Okonjo-Iweala, Dasuki

http://newtelegraphonline.com/soldiers-seek-trial-okonjo-iweala-dasuki/

…petition ICC

FG to ex-NSA: You can’t stop your trial

Some soldiers tried for mutiny, cowardly behaviour and sundry offences before the courts-martial instituted by the Nigerian Army have petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the arms procurement scandal.

A policeman attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), SUCO Road, Abattoir, Agege, Lagos State, has disappeared after beating a housewife black and blue.

Seven arrested for Bariga cult war

http://newtelegraphonline.com/seven-arrested-bariga-cult-war/

Police in Lagos have arrested seven persons in connection with a bloody clash which claimed lives of residents among them a woman who was burnt along with a house.

A 56-year-old man, Kehinde Olatubosun, has told police in Lagos that he made N10,000 daily begging at popular Ikeja roundabout with fake prescription sheet.

‘NSCDC officials pushed me from a storey building’

http://newtelegraphonline.com/nscdc-officials-pushed-storey-building/

A legal practitioner, Mr Olalekan Adedeko, is battling for survival in the hospital over injuries he allegedly sustained during a scuffle between him and men of the National Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

A teenager has revealed how he was raped several times while in Kirikiri Prison.

EFCC Arraigns Clearing Agent for N6.8m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 arraigned one Hayatu Hamisu Jibiya before Justice Faruk Lawal of State High Court Kano on one count charge for Criminal Beach of Trust.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, January 21, 2016 arraigned one Bright Echefu before Justice S.C Amadi of the State High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers on one-count charge bordering on Issuance of Dud Cheque and Obtaining by false pretense .

N13.5bn Arms Scam: Dasuki’s Lawyer’s Absence Stalls Trial

Proceedings in the trial of Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), a former National Security Adviser, and five others before Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, could not continue on Thursday, January 21, 2016 due to the absence of the counsel to the first defendant, Ahmed Raji, SAN.

A 43-year-old man, Opeyemi Adesina, who allegedly paraded himself as a consultant gynaecologist with the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, says he paid N100,000 to buy the seven forged certificates he used.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 arraigned one Balogun Keji also known as Acclink Maximum before Justice O. A. Ipaye of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on a 4-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence.

Olisa Metuh, the National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, was on Thursday, January 21, 2016, arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a fresh two-count charge bordering on destruction of document.

NIGERIA POLICE FORCE MOVES TO RESTORE CIVIL AUTHORITY IN THE NORTH EAST

· As DIG leads team for scooping and assessment

The Force Management Team has taken a step towards the restoration of civil authority in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, some of the liberated areas in the North East as it deployed the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Department of Operations, DIG Sotonye Wakama, to move with a team of intelligence officers to the area for need assessment and other scooping activities.

Bodies of five kids found in unused freezer in S’Africa

http://newtelegraphonline.com/bodies-five-kids-found-unused-freezer-safrica/

The bodies of five children were found in an unused deep freezer in a rural South African town on Wednesday in what the police suspect was tragic end to a game they were playing.

Killers of former FUTA VC to die by hanging

http://newtelegraphonline.com/killers-former-futa-vc-die-hanging/

Two domestic staff of Prof Albert Ilemobade, a former Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Technology (FUTA) Daniel Ita Effiong and Olayemi Bamitale are to face hangman noose for killing the 79-year professor of veterinary medicine.

Sex starvation: 70-year-old pastor seeks dissolution of 41-year-old marriage

http://newtelegraphonline.com/sex-starvation-70-year-old-pastor-seeks-dissolution-41-year-old-marriage/

A 70-year-old pastor, Caleb Oluwafisibe, on Tuesday pleaded with an Ojo Customary Court in Lagos State to dissolve his 41-year-old marriage to his wife, Titilayo, because he was sex starved.

The police in Lagos have arrested a 39-year-old trader, Chinwe Abasi, for allegedly brutalising a 12-year-old boy, Chinedu Okorie, with hot water in the Apapa area of the state.

Abuja court sends Nnamdi Kanu to prison

http://newtelegraphonline.com/abuja-court-sends-nnamdi-kanu-prison/

Justice James Tsoho, of an Abuja High Court, has finally ended the ordeal of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in the hands of the Department of State Services (DSS) by ordering he be sent to prison.

Tompolo, Ex-NIMASA DG to Face Fresh Charges - EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is set to file fresh criminal charges against Government Ekpemupolo popularly known as Tompolo and a former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi over an alleged scam in the acquisition of a property worth N11, 765, 308, 339.80 (eleven billion, seven hundred and sixty five million, three hundred and eight thousand, three hundred and thirty nine naira, eighty kobo).

A British woman has revealed she was sold as a sex slave in Greece and forced to work as a prostitute for six years after going on holiday to the country with her mother at the age of 14.

EFCC Docks Ex-AMAC Manager for N5m Land Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 arraigned one Muhammed Ishaq, a former Zonal Land Manager, Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, before Justice Bello Kawu of the FCT High Court, sitting in Kubwa, Abuja on an 11-count charge bordering on criminal conspiracy, forgery, obtaining money by false pretence and abuse of office to the tune of N5m ( Five Million Naira).

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today arraigned one Dr M.O Shona of Mos-Metro Hospital, Tudunwada, Sabon Gari, Kano before Justice Nuhu Y. Galandanci of State High Court Kano on one count charge bordering on advance fee fraud.

N2.3billion NIMASA Scam: Fashion Designer Paid N546m for Undisclosed Service

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday commenced trial of a former Director- General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi and five others before Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court Lagos, with a startling revelation of how a fashion designer, Chukuemeka Benjamin was paid N546million for services not rendered by the maritime agency.

This shocking clip appears to show the cruel moment a man humiliated his wife by making her walk naked down the road - after he caught her 'sexting' other men.