Two notorious kidnap and cult group kingpins have been arrested by the Enugu State Police Command. This was disclosed in a statement by the command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, on Wednesday. Amaraizu said that the police recovered two suspected stolen motorcycles and a tiger generator. According to him, the arrest is part of the ongoing onslaught against criminal elements in nimbo and Adani axis of Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of the State. He gave the names of the suspects as Jonathan Okeagu and Simon Enejere all of Umuasa village in Ugbene Ajima community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area. He added that his arrested was aided through intelligence information. “Further intelligence information gathered by the operatives revealed that the suspect, Jonathan Okeagu had once been arrested and charged to court. “He was later remanded in prison custody for various offences ranging from cult related issues to other vices. “He was also suspected to be having ser...
Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, yesterday walked out Major Daniel Ehicheoya of the Nigerian Army Directorate of Legal Services, a representative of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Yusuf Tukur Buratai. This occurred at a hearing into a petition on compulsory retirement by Lt. Col. Abdulfatai Mohammed. Mohammed’s case is part of a petition involving 21 other officers: two Major Generals, five Brigadier Generals, eight Colonels and seven Lieutenant Colonels, all compulsorily retired in June 2016. The lawmakers expressed displeasure that Buratai, despite his insistence that the letter inviting him must be signed by Chairman of the Committee, did not appear. The Chairman, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, said “I was called two weeks ago that the Chief of Army Staff said I must sign the letter to him personally. ”So how come he is not here? It is an insult to us. When invitation letters are signed, it is by the Clerk, but he insisted I...
Justice Babs Kuewumi of a Federal High Court in Lagos will on December 12, hear a motion seeking to set aside the conviction of four firms allegedly used to launder $15.5 million belonging to a former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan. The motion was filed by a lawyer, Amajuoyi Azubuike Briggs, who is standing trial alongside Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, an aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan and one, Adedamola Bolodeoku, for allegedly concealing the total sum of $15,591,700.00 which they knew formed part of the proceed of an unlawful act, through various banks in Nigeria. The four firms pleaded guilty to laundering the money upon their arraignment alongside the trio by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The firms; Pluto Property and Investment Company Ltd, Seagate Property Development and Investment Company Limited, Trans Ocean Property and Investment Company Limited and Avalon Global Property Development Company, pleaded guilty through their repres...
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