Isintume-Agu said that the arrest was made possible after the unit received a petition from the Regional Security Office of the US Consulate General in Lagos over the activities of the suspect
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Wilcox, a former Managing Director of Ibom Power Company and LYK Engineering Company, is standing trial alongside Prince Johnson Adebami and Uche Uwechia on a 21-count charge bordering on the offence
He said: “The Nigerian Navy destroyed 1,556 illegal oil refineries, 103 barges, 69,606 auxiliary equipment and 1,443 large wooden boats
Arowolo, 31, was arraigned on December 21, 2011 on a charge of unlawful killing of his wife by stabbing her several times, but pleaded innocence of the crime
The Prosecutor, Sergeant Atteh Effiong, told the court that the offence was reported at the Life Camp Police Station on November 26 by the mother of one of the boys
Colonel Idris Lawan, the Commander of Operation Thunder Storm, supervised the tankers’ destruction, which was witnessed by an official of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation
Jinadu, who resides at the Ilogbo area of Ojo, appeared before an Ojo Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos, on a two-count charge of obstructing the police from performing its duty and assault
The accused, who resides at the Ijegun Area of Lagos, is facing three-count charge of sexual assault, stealing and obtaining by false pretences.
The trial judge, Justice Lateefat Okunnu, fixed the date on Thursday due to Arowolo’s absence in court when the prosecution and the defence earlier adopted the addresses
About 20 gunmen attacked bureau de change shops in the market, killing and injuring about 10 people while they stole an undisclosed amount of local and foreign currencies
“Some of the suspects have been prosecuted while others are still under investigation. The vandalised products recovered from them have been handed over to appropriate authorities,” the statement said
The Magistrate, Emmanuel Adekunte, ordered that the three accused persons be remanded in Oba Prisons and adjourned the case till February 7 for mention
The Magistrate, Y.B. Okusanya , said the accused should remain in custody, pending advice from the Office of the State Director of Public Prosecutions
The court sentenced Samuel Bassey, Nkeiru Nwaigwe and Ifeanyi Igube to death after they were found guilty of committing the offence on November 26, 2008 at the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria Junction at Ngwo, Enugu
According to eyewitnesses, the assailants broke into his residence in Odomolasa area of Ilese-Ijebu at about 1am on Wednesday, shot the lecturer and carted away some personal and household items
Justice U. N. Agomoh convicted the accused and sentenced him to two years imprisonment on each of the two-count charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
One of the charge reads: “That you Ukiri Emonena Blessing, (m), on or about the 2nd day of July, 2007 at Port Harcourt, Rivers State, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did transfer the sum of Twenty Million Four Hundred and Twenty Three Thousand Seven Hundred Naira (N20,423,700.00) from your United Bank for Africa (UBA) account number 00030550002674 to UBA Stockbrokers Limited using UBA cheque number 01290571 which money you derived from the judgement sum in favour of Samuel Onowighose paid by the Central Bank of Nigeria on the 3rd day of April, 2007 into your Diamond Bank account number 632010000025 with the aim of disguising the origin of the money and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 14(1)(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2004 and punishable under section 14(1) of the same Act
The sponsor of the bill, Hon. Rabiu Idris from Funtua Local Government, had earlier said that the amendment was to ensure that rapists received severe punishment to serve as deterrent to others
Delivering judgment, Justice Mabel Omovie said that the prosecution had proved its case beyond all reasonable doubts
Goni, a bricklayer resident in Dutse Alhaji, Abuja, also said that he committed the crime because he needed money to settle his parents’ house rent of N50,000, which had expired