The arraignment followed the re-arrest of the accused, who had jumped an administrative bailed earlier granted him by the EFCC
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The defence counsel, Allens Agbaka, told the court that the EFCC would not be able to produce its star witness, Remi Cime, a Dutch national, who is the victim of scam
The EFCC counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, further led the second witness, Eriyo Amadiayagbon David, who was a Personal Assistant to Michael Igbinedion in evidence
The police spokesman alleged that the rape suspect lured the girl, who was hawking groundnuts, to his apartment and had carnal knowledge of her
Edo, who was led-in-evidence by the Attorney-General of Lagos State,
Ade Ipaye, said that Osokogu was murdered in Room 1C of Cosmilla
Hotel
Achibong explained that over nine suspects have been convicted by the
Federal High Court while several cases are still pending in the court
“The National Assembly should enact a law that will make the offence punishable with at least 15 years imprisonment,’’ he said
The accused are, Bulama Kolo, Musa Maina, David Cassidy, Tunani Sonani, Mustapha Kayode and Okponwasa Imariabie, all male
On June 18, the Federal Government dropped charges against eight of the accused, and said that it would prosecute the remaining seven.
The witness said that the police later discovered that the accused persons had carefully planned and executed the murder of Osokogu, who they met on Facebook, a social networking site.
They had pleaded not guilty to the charge but the trial judge, Justice Ibrahim Buba, ordered the accused to be remanded at the Ikoyi Prisons pending their bail application
The IGP, who was accompanied by the Minister of State for Works, Alhaji Bashir Yuguda said on Thursday that they visited the village on the instructions of President Goodluck Jonathan to sympathise with the people over the sad incident
He said that government had directed all the 27 Local Government Councils in the state to provide security for both students and teachers in schools
He said other weapons recovered from them were two horse magnum pump action guns, one English-made cut-to-size double barrel gun and 107 live cartridges
The prosecutor, Insp Fola Takunbe, told the court that Oladimeji committed the offence on Jan.12, at 10 .00 a.m when the owner released her truck to him on the basis of trust
The commandant said three trucks with registration No EKY 699 XH, XA 995 KMR and JJJ450 XA were recovered from the suspects
The victim, Malam Lawan Saminu, who spoke to NAN at Gombe Divisional Police Office, said the suspects came with knives and cutlasses and asked him to give them money and other valuables, which he did
He mentioned the case of a particular woman, who secretly took her daughter to the place, because she did not want her husband to know that their daughter was pregnant.
The accused allegedly issued the cheque as refund of the contract fee he collected from the complainant to execute a road and bridge construction work for the Rivers state Government. The complainant was awarded the contract by the Rivers state Government in 2008 but sub- contracted it to Chukwu for which he was paid N5m vide an Intercontinental bank cheque No. 01445 dated the 5th May, 2009. However, the accused failed to execute the contract but offered to refund the mobilisation after all effort to get him to mobilise to site failed
The Comptroller of the Command, Salleh Otham, who made this known to
the News Agency of Nigeria in Badagry, Lagos State on Wednesday, noted that the arrests were made at Ashipa area in Seme