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Sylvester Oromoni: Detained Dowen College Students Granted Bail

December 21, 2021December 21, 2021 - by Precise Post - Leave a Comment

A Magistrate court has granted bail to five students of Dowen College, charged with the murder of 12-year-old, Sylvester Oromoni. The students were granted bail to the sum of one million each by the Yaba Chief Magistrates Court. The Lagos State Police Command had charged the students with conspiracy and homicide. The presiding magistrate, Olatunbosun Adeola, after hearing the bail application from the defendants’ counsel, ordered the defendants to produce two sureties each in like sum. According to Adeola, one of each of the defendants’ sureties must be their parent and must swear an affidavit of compliance. She further stated that the international passports of all the affected students must be submitted to the court, their residence must be verified by the prosecutor and they must stay within 2km of their residence at all times. Defence counsel, Miss Ifeoma Eson, Mr A.E. Amah, Mr Godwin Omoaka (SAN), Mr Eze Ajibo represented Begue and Mr Micheal Ayinla were in court for the minors. The students had been remanded in a juvenile home over the death of their schoolmate who was allegedly …

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EFCC arrests 15 suspected internet fraudsters in Abia

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 - by Precise Post - Leave a Comment

The Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said its operatives have arrested 15 suspected internet fraudsters. The commission said the suspects were arrested during a sting operation on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, at different locations in Aba, Abia State. The Head, Media and Publicity of EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The statement read, “Specifically, the suspects were arrested at No. 214b, Aba-Owerri Road and Cherubim Owo Osisioma and Intercontinental by Nwanyi Motors, Umuode Osisioma, Aba, Abia State following intelligence on their alleged involvement in internet fraud. “The suspects are: Ezekiel Udo; Anyanwu Odinakachi, Emeka Agu, Lawrence Chinaza Michael, Ifeanyi Okorie, Nestor Akobunu, Frank Ogu, Ezekiel Samuel Uche, Inegbu Onyema Uche, Azukaogi Ogiegbe, Okoro Uchechukwu, Victor Ehiudo, John Chiemela, Lucky Nwoko and Ugochukwu Emmanuel Okafor. “They were arrested alongside three (3) vehicles: Lexus RX350 Sports Utility Vehicle, GLK Benz SUV and Lexus ES33O SUV. “Others are: forty three (43) phones of different brands and models; seven (7) walkie talkies; two (2) digital …

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Igboho: Court faults reports of judge’s disappearance

August 18, 2021August 18, 2021 - by Precise Post - Leave a Comment

The Federal High Court has faulted reports one of its judges handling the case involving the detained 12 associates of the Yoruba nation’s advocate, Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho), Justice Obiora Egwuatu has avoided signing their release warrant. Some media reports had indicated that the judge, who earlier granted the detainees bail, has suddenly become unavailable to sign their release warrant after the detainees met the bail conditions. In a statement on Tuesday, the court faulted the lawyer to the affected Igboho’s associates for failing to approach the available vacation judge on learning that Justice Egwuatu was not immediately available. Parts of the statement read: “It should be stated that Hon. Justice A.R. Mohammed has been on ground, attending to matters at the court, but lawyers to the applicants unfortunately did not take the bail bonds for the judge to sign.“The general public should please, disregard the insinuations in the publications as there is no reason for a judge, who granted bail to the applicants to disappear after the bail has been perfected. “Journalists are hereby advised to always reach the …

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DSS fails to produce detained Igboho’s associates in court

July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 - by Precise Post - Leave a Comment

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned the suit brought by 12 detained associates of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho. The court, on Thursday, took the decision to adjourn till Monday because the Department of State Services failed to produce the detained aides as earlier ordered by the court. Justice Obiora Egwuatu also ordered that the DSS should grant the lawyer to the detained aides access to his clients. The counsel to the DSS, I. Awo, informed the court that the DSS has no intention of disobeying the court’s order. However, he stated that there were facts that were necessary for the court to be aware of regarding the matter. Awo said some of the names on the court order were different from the names of the persons they had arrested on July 1, 2021 at Igboho’s house. The counsel to the applicants, Pelumi Olajengbesi, alleged that the DSS had given the applicants new names as there are discrepancies in the spelling of their names. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/647/2021, Justice Egwuatu had …

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Court grants ex-JAMB Registrar, Ojerinde N200m bail

July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

Abuja (Precise Post) – A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail at N200million for a former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Adedibu Ojerinde, who is charged with alleged diversion of about N5.2billion public funds. Justice Obiora Egwuatu admitted Ojerinde to bail in a ruling he delivered after listening to arguments from lawyers to the defence and prosecution. Justice Egwuatu noted that bail is at the discretion of the court, adding that there is no evidence before him why the defendant should not be admitted to bail. He ordered the defendant to produce two sureties in like sum, whom must be residents of Abuja and show evidence of tax payment. One of the sureties, the Judge held, must be a Professor of a university while the other must own landed property with title documents in Abuja, which must be verified by the court along with operatives of Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC). He said, in addition, the Professor, must provide documented evidence of professorship, letter of appointment and staff identity …

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BREAKING: Alleged N5.2b fraud: Court remands ex-JAMB Registrar, Ojerinde

July 6, 2021July 6, 2021 - by Precise Post - Leave a Comment

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that a former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Adedibu Ojerinde be remanded in prison custody. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a ruling on Tuesday, ordered that Ojerinde be kept in a correctional facility pending the hearing of his bail application, scheduled for July 8. Justice Egwuatu gave the ruling after Ojerinde, dressed in white native attire, was arraigned on an 18-count charge, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/97/2021, in which he was accused, among others, of complicity in the diversion of public funds estimated at over N5.2billion. The prosecuting agency – the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission(ICPC) – said Ojerinde committed the alleged offences, contained in the charge, from 2003 when he served as the Registrar of the National Examination Council (NECO) till 2021. Ojerinde pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him. His lawyer, Peter Olorunnishola (SAN), subsequently informed the court about a bail application he filed and served on the prosecution. Olorunnishola however sought time to react to the counter-affidavit filed by lawyer to the …

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Expose 400 BDC operators funding Boko Haram, Ndume tells FG

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 - by Precise Post - Leave a Comment

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has called on the Federal Government to expose all the over 400 Bureau De Change operators recently arrested for allegedly funding the activities of Boko Haram insurgency in the country. Ndume, who is representing Borno South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, made the call in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Sunday. The Senator whose senatorial district is currently under the siege of the Boko Haram terrorists, also demanded an open trial of all the suspects. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, had last month, said the Nigerian Government had arrested some Bureau De Change operators who were facilitating the transfer of money to Boko Haram terrorists. He had said some Nigerians transferring money to the sect from the United Arab Emirates were working with the BDC operators. He had said, “Bureaus de change are facilitating money to terrorists. We have already worked with the UAE. “Convictions have been achieved of Nigerians who are transferring money to Boko Haram terrorists and this …

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False Information: Court Remands Three Whistleblowers in Prison

March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Chris Udochukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday remanded three false whistleblowers in the Kuje Custodial Centre for false and misleading information. The case was brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Office, The EFCC which disclosed this in a statement released via it’s official twitter handle, said the charge reads: The charge reads, “that you Theophilus Omambala sometime in 2021 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, gave false information to officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that monies were stashed at the residence of one Audu Innocent Ogbeh ocated at Lugbe District of the FCT, which information turned out to be false, untrue and misleading and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 39(2) (b) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Establishment Act (2004)”. The statement reads in full: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Office, on Thursday March 18, 2021, arraigned the trio of Theophilus Omambala, Lawal Umar and Alexander Danjuma before Justice Musa Usman of …

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Martins Idakpini, Soldier Arrested for Criticising Buratai Granted Bail After 7 Months in Detention

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Chris Udochukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – After seven years in detention, Martins Idakpini, a lance corporal arrested and for criticising Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, has been granted bail. Tope Akinyode, the soldier’s lawyer who confirmed the development, said a court martial sitting in Sokoto ordered that Idakpini be released on bail. Court martial is a judicial process used to try members of the armed forces accused of offences. “Court martial grants bail to Lance Corporal Martins Idakpini. The court sitting in Sokoto made the order today after I argued the bail application,” Akinyode said, in a statement issued on Thursday. “Idakpini was arrested for criticising army authorities. He’s been detained for 7 months without access to his family.” Idakpini had been arrested and detained in Abuja following a video made in June 2020, in which he accused Buratai of poorly managing the fight against insurgency. In July, a federal high court in Abuja had ordered the army to grant Idakpini access to his wife, lawyer and relatives. The court had also prohibited the military from further violating …

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N139m Fraud: Court Adjourns Trial of Businessman, Two Others To Feb 3

December 6, 2020December 6, 2020 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Francis Etuko Abuja (Precise Post) – Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday, December 4, 2020, adjourned further hearing in the N139m fraud trial of Osita Ojeah, his company, Homeland and Overseas Limited, and Anthony Nwosu to February 3, 2021. Precise Post recalls that the defendants are standing trial on a two-count charge bordering on stealing and conspiracy to steal to the tune of N139,000,000.00(One Hundred and Thirty-nine Million Naira). This was contained in a statement released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission via it’s twitter handle @officialEFCC. One of the counts reads: “Osita Ojeah, Anthony Nwosu and Homeland and Overseas Ltd., on or about the 3rd of February 2016 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly stole and converted the sum of N139,000,000 property of Virgin Forest Nigeria Limited.” They pleaded “not guilty” to the charges, prompting the Court to fix December 4, 2020 for the hearing of their bail applications. At today’s sitting, counsel for the 1st and 2nd defendants, G.C. Ugochukwu, and counsel for the …

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Ndume Leaves Kuje Prison as Court Orders His Release

November 27, 2020November 27, 2020 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

Abuja (Precise Post) – Senator Ali Ndume representing Borno South has been freed from Kuje prison following the bail granted him by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, over his suretyship for Abdulrasheed Maina believed to have jumped bail. It was gathered that the presiding judge, Justice Okon Abang in a ruling on Friday, November 27, said he chose to grant the senator bail based on his record of good behaviour before the court, notwithstanding that the other grounds of his bail application failed. Justice Abang granted bail to Senator Ndume pending the hearing and determination of the Borno South Senator’s appeal filed at the Court of Appeal to challenge Monday’s order sending him to jail for his inability to produce the fleeing Maina. The terms of the bail granted to Ndume shows that the presiding judge ordered the senator to produce one surety who must be a resident of Abuja and present evidence of ownership of property anywhere in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Justice Abang said the surety must also depose to an affidavit of means …

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Finally, Police Bow to Pressure, Arraign 72-year Old Journalist in Court

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Our Reporter Abuja (Precise Post) – Finally, the Nigeria Police Force, on Monday, bowed to pressures from Nigeria Union of Journalist s (NUJ) and various group across the country and arraigned a 72-year old Journalist, Pa. Oga Tom Uhia in Court. Recall that Pa. Uhia, Publisher of Power Steering Magazine, has spent 30 days in secret detention, on the order of the Minister of State for Power, Jeddy Agba, over alleged “injurious” publication against him in July 2020. The Police filed a 15-count charge bothering on defamation and injurious falsehood before an FCT High Court, in the Gudu District, Abuja. Counsel to Pa. Uhia, Barrister Alex Oketa, had filed a fundamental human rights enforcement suit against Mr. Agba, the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Anthony Ogbizi, who is said to be the uncle of the Honourable Minister, and others, before Justice Peter Affen at an FCT High Court, Maitama. The proceeding was, however, stalled last week, due to absence of the Judge, hence, a new date of 10th November, 2020. During the arraignment of Pa. Uhia in Gudu on …

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Truck Driver Who Allegedly Swerved Into Osinbajo’s Motorcade Gets N50,000 Bail

February 8, 2020February 8, 2020 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Our Reporter Abuja (Precise Post) – Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ikeja, Lagos, has granted a 43-year-old truck driver, Abubakar Musa, bail in the sum of fifty thousand naira (N50,000) for allegedly driving recklessly and swerving into the motorcade of the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. Musa, who resides in Oshodi, Lagos, is charged with reckless driving and obstruction on a public road. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Samuel Mishozumu, alleged that the defendant drove his truck with registration number LND 976 XF in a reckless manner on the public highway and obstructed the convoy of the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo. “The defendant, who refused to adhere to the signals, drove the truck into the convoy, dividing it into two, despite efforts made by the convoy officers to clear the road,” he said. Mishozumu told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Jan. 19 at about 10. 15 p.m. on the Oshodi Apapa Expressway, Oshodi, Lagos. The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of sections 19(1) …

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Shehu Sani Gets N10m Bail Over Alleged Extortion

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By simon Akwu Abuja (Precise Post) – Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday granted Ten Million naira (N10m) bail to Senator Shehu Sani. Sani who represented Kaduna Central, in the 8th senate was accused of collecting money in the name of the EFCC acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu. A source familiar with the arrest told journalists that Mr Sani was arrested following a leak that he collected money from a popular Kaduna businessman to give Mr Magu. Following a conflict between him and his former in-law, a famous Kaduna car dealer, Sani Dauda, was said to have been approached by Mr Sani to help him get EFCC to dig up alleged crimes of his estranged in-law. A top source at the EFCC, who asked for anonymity as he was not authorised to speak on the matter, said Mr Sani collected $10,000 from Mr Dauda. But a source in Kaduna said Mr Sani returned the money to Mr Dauda after the deal leaked and the businessman was invited by EFCC to make a statement. Since his alleged extortion, Sani has been …

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Maina Appears In Court In Wheel Chair For Bail Application

November 7, 2019November 7, 2019 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

Abuja (Precise Post) – Former Chairman, Pension Reform Task Team (PRTM), Abdulrasheed Maina, was, on Thursday, wheeled into Court 6, Federal High Court, Abuja, where his bail application is expected to be taken. Maina, who was dressed in light green colour caftan, was in a wheel chair. The former chairman of PRTM was looking pensive and sickly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Maina was on October 25 arraigned alongside a firm, Common Input Property and Investment Ltd, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice Okon Abang. He was arraigned on a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering, operating fictitious bank accounts and fraud. NAN reports that while Maina is the 1st defendant in the case, the company is the 2nd defendant. On Monday, the court adjourned till Tuesday to take his application seeking an abridgment of time to hear his bail application earlier fixed for Nov. 19 and also for continuation of evidence by the prosecution’s first witness. However, when the matter was called on Tuesday, Maina was not in court. He was said …