The prosecutor, DSP Raymond Akhaine, told the court that the accused conspired to kill Quadri Busari, 32, on August 3, at Isheri-Oke
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A statement from Ebere Amaraizu, the spokesman of the Enugu State Police Command, on Friday said the victim, Faith Omoboriowo, was rescued unhurt
However, in an interview, the suspect denied the crime and claimed that his friend, Alhaji Ahmadu Nakase, a spiritualist, based in Gombe State, was the one who used the account to defraud the minister
The prosecutor, Sergeant Iyabo Johnson, told the court that the accused committed the offence sometime in 2011
The Chief Magistrate, S.O. Solebo, remanded the accused at the Ikoyi Prisons pending a legal advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions
He urged the management and staff of ICPC to remain steadfast in the fight against corruption and continue with the good work they were doing
Uyabeme said they were kidnapped around Ekpoma and Igbanke towns in Edo State and were being taken them to an unknown destination in Delta State when the police intercepted them
Chidiebere fled to Dubai after defrauding a Nigerian businesswoman of $2 million
Describing the suspects as “inter-state criminals” who indulge in manufacturing of guns as well as servicing foreign ones for hoodlums, the Secretary of the Taskforce, Paul Robertson, said 12 single barrel guns, one double barrel gun, an expended cartridge, iron pole, device suspected to be a fabricator and one hand-saw were recovered from the home of the suspects when searched
Eyewitness accounts claimed that the trigger happy cop, simply identified as Haruna, was in the company of three of his colleagues and the four of them had gone to effect the arrest of the bike rider for flouting traffic rules
Yahaya said the affected officials were found guilty of inflating money meant for the payment of compensation to owners of lands acquired by the government for development projects
The prosecutor, Sergeant Al-hassan Jubril, told the court that the accused was arrested at Okekere area of Ilorin while boarding a cab with the children
Friday Ibadin, Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of the task force, said this while parading the suspects and items recovered from them at Arepo on Monday, adding that they were arrested on Sunday night
Magistrate Fatima Malo, however, gave the convicts an option to pay N1,000 fine each
Chukwu explained that the court was convinced with the submissions of counsel to accused applicants that they (accused persons) would always be in court to stand trial when granted bail
The Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Katsina, said that anybody that has the knowledge of the whereabouts of any criminal elements but failed to report it would be treated as an accomplice
The accused was arraigned on a four-count-charge of causing hurt by means of poison with intent to commit homosexual and unnatural offence
Items recovered from the hoodlums were one double barrel gun with 10 expended cartridges and some weeds suspected to be Indian hemp
She said that the retired captain was being detained over an alleged N40 million fraud.
The police spokesperson said that the suspect claimed to be a relative of the retired navy officer
Segun Adodo, a 35-year-old friend of Timothy, was also sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for being an accessory after he was convicted of attempting to conceal the murder by secretly disposing of the corpse by the roadside