Mitchell said in the statement: “Two of the suspects were importing the drugs into the country, while one was caught attempting to export the drugs to London
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Alabi of Kurudu village, was arraigned by the police before Justice Umar Kagarko on April 30 on a one-count charge of putting his daughter, a minor, in the family way
Chinnasa, 25, was said to have lured an apprentice, Ifeanyi, 23, to her matrimonial home and just as she had succeeded in undressing the young man with a promise of marathon sex, her husband, Uchenna, accompanied by a friend, Obinna, rushed into the room, armed with a camera
Based on the pleas of the defendants, prosecuting counsel, Ben Ubi, prayed the court to fix a date for trial and remand the accused persons in prison custody.
He said: “ATM fraud cannot be successful without insiders’ connection.
“Customers go to some banks with their ATM cards, but they cannot withdraw money as their cards will be held up in the machine
According to Williams, one of the recent clashes between two rival cult groups was because a girlfriend to a girl in another faction gave her phone number to a rival gang member at a party
The Prosecutor, Inspector George Nwosu, said that Onwumere stole the sum paid to his friend, Kingsley Eze, for a contract he executed
They are: Sunkanmi Odewale – 200 level Mechanical Engineering student of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State; Olowofola Tolu – 300 level Economics student of Lead City University, Ibadan; Ekundayo Damilola – 300 level Computer Science/Economics student, Lead City University, Ibadan; Adelabu Kolawole – HND II Purchasing and Supply student of The Polytechnic, Ibadan; Bankole Oluwaseyi Fisayo – OND II Marketing student of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree
Meriti said the accused took a 15-year-old girl from the custody of her parents against her wish and without the knowledge of the parents and had carnal knowledge of her without her consent
Counsel to the EFCC, Emmanuel Egwuagu, from Godwin Obla’s Chambers, did not oppose the bail application but asked the court to fix a date for trial
The proprietor, who lives at Ejigbo area in Lagos, was arraigned on a two-count charge of obtaining by false pretence and stealing
Gwahemba, who sentenced Emmanuel after he pleaded guilty to stealing the motorcycle, said that he gave him an option to pay a fine because he was a first time offender
Matepo said: “Following the DPP’s advice on the above case, it has been duly established that the defendant has no case to answer
Oyokomino, who was cross-examined by the defence counsel, Agbara Okezie, testified that the responsibility of the unit was to provide forensic evidence and not to charge suspects to court
The Chief Magistrate, Caroline Nwoha, on May 7, remanded the lawmaker in the Auchi Medium Prison
A member of the victim’s family, Francis Ejiekwu, said the boy had complained of a chest pain and was invited by the pastor who also runs a medicine store
Nwaka sentenced the accused to three months each for conspiracy and burglary, and six months for stealing, but said that they would run concurrently
The British-born son of Nigerian parents was charged with the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old British soldier who served in Afghanistan, and was remanded in custody until the next hearing at the Central Criminal Court on June 28
They had pleaded not guilty to the charges and the court admitted them to bail in the sum of N10 million each with two sureties in like sum, one of whom must not be less than an officer on Grade Level 14.
Justice Baba-Yusuf, fixed the date, after Attang’s (fifth accused) counsel, Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, pleaded with the court for a short adjournment
The source said that Yusuf, who was his late mother’s favourite child, demanded for unspecified amount out of the money for private use but she turned down the request