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Ese Oruru: Appeal Court Affirms Yunusa’s Conviction, Reduces 26 Years’ Sentence
A Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt has affirmed the conviction and sentence of Yunusa Dahiru over the abduction and rape of Ese Oruru in Bayelsa State.
The three-member panel unanimously upheld the convict’s sentence to five years for count 2 and seven years for counts 3, 4 and 5, respectively, but said they were to run concurrently from the date of his arraignment on October 25, 2018, and not consecutively as earlier awarded by the high court.
Consequently, the panel awarded 7 years jail term for the convict instead of the 26 years he was earlier to spend.
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Following an appeal by Abdul Mohammed (SAN) seeking the quashing of the conviction and sentence, Justice Ridwan Maiwada Abdullahi agreed with the submission that the trial court was wrong to have exceeded the years prescribed in the counts in the exercise of its discretion.
Dahiru was on May 21, 2020, sentenced by a Federal High Court in Yenagoa presided by J.E. Nyangi for kidnapping 14-year-old Oruru in 2015.
He was awarded a cumulative term of 26 years term for five-count charges in the offences of conspiracy, abduction, seduction into illicit intercourse, sexual exploitation and unlawful intercourse with Ese Rita Oruru.
The court found that Dahiru, who was a tricycle operator in Yenogoa, had taken Ese to Kano on August 12, 2015 without her parents’ consent and had unlawful carnal knowledge of her for months within the period when she became pregnant and delivered.
Daily Trust
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BREAKING: Court acquits Ex-AGF Adoke
BREAKING: Court acquits Ex-AGF Adoke
A former Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke, has been acquitted of money laundering charges by an Abuja Federal High Court.
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, upheld Adoke’s “no case” submission against the money laundering charges.
In 2017, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged Adoke and Abubakar Aliyu, a property developer, with laundering about N300 million.
While the EFCC acknowledged before Ekwo that it was a mortgage taken by Adoke from Unity Bank, it alleged before Justice Kutigi that the money constituted a bribe from the sale of an oil block by Malabu Oil & Gas Ltd in 2011.
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On March 28, 2024, Kutigi dismissed the charges against Adoke and others, citing contradictions and criticizing the EFCC for a four-year trial.
Justice Ekwo, on Friday, ruled that the EFCC failed to provide evidence to prove the essential elements of the offence against Adoke, acquitting him of the charges.
However, Ekwo mandated Aliyu, the second defendant, to open his defence, stating that he has a case to answer.
BREAKING: Court acquits Ex-AGF Adoke
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Army releases Delta traditional ruler detained over slain 17 soldiers
Army releases Delta traditional ruler detained over slain 17 soldiers
The Nigerian Army has released a Delta State traditional ruler, Clement Ikolo, arrested over the murder of 17 soldiers in Okuama community.
He was released on Friday during a briefing by the Director of the Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu.
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BREAKING: Tension in Benue as riot police take over APC secretariat
BREAKING: Tension in Benue as riot police take over APC secretariat
Anti-riot Police forces have assumed control of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Secretariat led by Comrade Austin Agade in Makurdi, the capital of Benue state.
This marks the second instance within a month. It’s noteworthy that Makurdi hosts two separate APC secretariats, with Agada heading one and Benjamin Omakolo overseeing the other.
The Agada-led APC State Working Committee (SWC) had scheduled the inauguration of members of the zoning committee for the upcoming council elections at their Secretariat on Friday the 19th.
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In a pre-emptive move, anti-riot police trucks arrived as early as 6 a.m., barricading all routes leading to the Secretariat.
At present, the situation is chaotic, with motorcycle riders, suspected to be aligned with the Benjamin Omakolo-led APC State Working Committee, occupying the area. Chief Of Staff Paul Biam has characterized this faction as the authentic APC.
Governor Hyacient Alia previously issued a ban on all political activities and public gatherings in Benue State, and it appears this directive remains in force.
BREAKING: Tension in Benue as riot police take over APC secretariat
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