One of its witnesses, Sanusi Ahmed, who is an operative of the EFCC, told the court that the accused person only registered $10,000 in the Nigerian Customs Declaration Form only for a search to reveal that he had $50,000 on him. He identified the Customs Declaration Form when it was shown to him
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Worse as the case may be, the guard successfully moved the goods, including 18 gate valued, one GL 12 DB Motor 7.5/10 H.P and Filling Machine Bosch, away with the company’s truck with registration number XB 322 SAP
The duo were alleged to have in 2006 informed their members of a 33.32 hectares of land purportedly allocated to the NUJ Chapel by the Nasarawa State Government
The Prosecuting Police Officer, Sergeant Gabriel Ebonyi, told the court that the accused persons had reported at the ‘B’ Division Police Station, Makurdi on June 5 that they were robbed
According to detectives, the woman, who is from Benin Republic, used to assist her husband’s gang to smuggle arms and ammunition through the borders
He gave the suggestion on the sideline of the just-concluded five-day workshop on Corporate Fraud organised by the Police Special Fraud Unit in collaboration with City of London Police
Kwaji said that the armed men stormed Karim-Lamido town at about 8.30pm on Friday and attacked the bank and the police station
The appellant was arraigned before the Sokoto State High Court on one-count charge of culpable homicide punishable with death contrary to Section 221(a) of the Penal Code
The governor, who was miffed that despite government’s warning that landlords should screen their tenants to ensure that their properties are not used by criminal elements, said the buildings used by the kidnap suspects to hold the judge’s wife, daughter and driver would be demolished at the appropriate time
Nkankuk said that the accused and others still at large allegedly strangled Idoko, 27, at midnight in her house
However at the resumed hearing on Monday, Justice Adeniyi Ademola said he could not rule on the bail application brought by the 1st accused person (Teidi) in view of the petition by the defendant to the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Mariam Aloma-Mukhtar, alleging that the court was biased in the handling of his case
The police prosecutor, Mr Steven Kwaza, had told the court that the matter was reported at the Sani Abacha Road Police Station by one Njoku Perpetual on June 25
“Capital punishment, such as hanging or killing is not the solution. You don’t kill people, you are not the owners of life, life is sacred, life belongs to God; capital punishment only widens the circle of violence.
One of the charges reads: “That you Abu Ali Jibia, Akume Surprise, Boglo Babatunde, Umar Mohammed, Nafiu Hussain, Ibrahim Yakubu, Calvin Ajike, Alhassan Oseni, Kenneth Osei, Korlee Uebari, Habourpoint Nigeria Limited, Chidodo Access Oil & Gas Limited and Millennium Jetty and Marine Services Limited on or about the 22nd day of May, 2013 at Liberty Jetty, Marina, Lagos within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court of Nigeria conspired to commit a felony to wit: carry out an act for which a license is required under the Petroleum Act without lawful authority or appropriate licence contrary to section 516 of the Criminal Code Cap 77, Laws of the Federation 1990
Specifically, he allegedly obtained $450 from one Robert Jackson, an American, via Western Union Money Transfer under the false pretence that he was a lady
The office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice filed a six-count charge bordering on terrorism and importation of arms to render support for terrorism acts
According to the judge, the charge cannot be quashed “because the star witness, who also doubles as the victim of Ajudua’s fraudulent activities, chose to withdraw from the case
The convicts committed the offence on April 3, 2002 at the palace of the traditional ruler in Ekiti State
Oyewusi alleged that the accused, who is the only son of the politician, and his accomplices succeeded in carting away jewelries and other valuable items worth millions of naira
He was punished severely as his deeds seriously hurt the physical and mental health of the young girls, as well as damaging the school’s reputation, said the court