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Kwara Court sentences two sureties over failure to produce suspects
A Kwara State High Court has sentenced two sureties over failure to produce suspects.
The duo sentenced by the court sitting in Ilorin, the state capital, on Friday are employees of the State Government.
They stood as sureties for suspects being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission secured the conviction.
The sureties are Adenigba Olusola of the State Judicial Service Commission and Bisiriyu AbdulFatai of the State Universal Basic Education Board.
Delivering ruling on the applications, Justice Adenike Akinpelu agreed with the submission of the prosecutors, Sesan Ola and Andrew Akoja, that the two sureties should forfeit their bail bond.
The court ordered Olusola to forfeit the recognisance of N5 million and remit the sum of N4.5 million for the first defendant.
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He should pay the sum of N500,000 within three months or be committed to six months in prison.
He is also to forfeit the recognisance of N1 million for the second defendant and remit the sum of N750,000 for the second defendant.
He should pay the sum of N250,000 within three months or be committed to prison for five months.
The court also ordered AbdulFatai to forfeit the recognisance of N3 million and remit the sum of N2 million for the third defendant.
He was ordered to pay N1 million within three months or be committed to six months in prison.
The defendants were arraigned by the EFCC for internet fraud related offences.
Olusola stood as surety for one Amaechi Umenye and Adeyemi Adedeji, while AbdulFatai stood for Dawodu Olusoji.
The two civil servants had made an undertaking to produce the defendants, who are now at large, anytime they were needed by the EFCC.
The trio of Umenye, Adedeji and Olusoji were amongst the 30 suspected internet fraudsters arrested by the EFCC in Offa, Offa Local Government Area of the state sometimes in 2020, while acting on an anonymous petition.
The suspects were conducting some acts of scamming and were popularly known as Yahoo boys.
During the course of investigation, the sureties wrote separate bail applications to the Ilorin Zonal Commander of the EFCC.
They also entered bail bonds and promised to produce the defendants anytime their attention was needed.
The suspects, after their release, however jumped the administrative bail granted them by the commission, while the sureties also could not produce them in court.
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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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