Saturday, January 07, 2017
Read The Brief Profile Of The New G. O. Of RCCG, Pastor Joseph Obayemi |PoliFocus
Fayose In Fresh Trouble For Alleged Diversion Of N8.877bn Paris Club Refund |PoliFocus
Friday, January 06, 2017
MMM Update: MMM Calls For Mass Publicity Ahead Of Expected January 13 Resumption|PoliFocus
Contempt Case: Monarch Withdraws Case Against Oluwo |PoliFocus
Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi , before the Osun State Magistrates ’ Court.
Oba Adeoye confirmed the withdrawal of the case to our correspondent on the telephone on Thursday.
With this , the case is expected to be struck out tomorrow (Friday )which is the next adjourned date but the Magistrate, Mr . Olusola Aluko , has vowed to see the case of contempt against the Oluwo to the end.
The monarch said he decided to withdraw , the case following several appeals from prominent persons from within and outside the state.
He said, “ It is true that I have withdrawn the case . I had to do that to honour prominent personalities, who have been begging me to do so . The governor also intervened and some notable people in the country .
“ These are the people, who God has given this country to and it will look as if I have an ulterior motive if I insist on going ahead with the case .”
Oba Kadiri had accused the Oluwo of sponsoring hoodlums , who vandalised his shopping complex among sundry criminal allegations.
Governor Rauf Aregbesola had on Tuesday at an inter- religious service held to commence the New Year made a veiled appeal to the Oluwo Oke to drop the case .
Aregbesola said , “ Oluwo Oke, Awo ni n gba ‘wo nigbowo. B ’ awo ‘ o ba gba ‘ wo ni gbowo, awo a te. ”
The Yoruba adage means that the initiated ones do assist one another if not they would be subjected to ridicule.
The governor repeated this for about four times and the Oluwo Oke later went to give the governor a piece of paper after which the governor said the monarch had acceded to his demand .
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Fayose Commissions "Operation Flush" To Combat Crime In The State, Releases Hotlines To Call To Report Cases |PoliFocus
Thursday, January 05, 2017
#EPL: Nigeria's Dele Alli's Brace Sinks High-flying Chelsea |PoliFocus
"The Root Of Christmas Celebration Is Demonic”- G. O. of MFM, Pastor D.K Olukoya Claims |PoliFocus
Corruption: French Trial Of Equatorial Guinea Leader’s Son Postponed Until June 11 |PoliFocus
EFCC Arraigns Katsina Permanent Secretary For Fraud |PoliFocus
The accused person who is a permanent secretary in Katsina but currently without portfolio allegedly obtained the sum of N2,500,000 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira Only) while he was attached to the office of the Deputy Governor of Katsina State from the complainant under the pretext that the then Deputy Governor's office would award the complainant a contract for the supply of fertilizer to all the Local Government areas in Katsina State.
Saulawa obtained the money under the guise that it is for the purchase of bidding documents. It was further alleged that after obtaining the money from the complainant, the accused person cut contact with the complainant.
Investigation into the alleged fraud by the EFCC revealed through one Kabiru Dan-Asali who disclosed in his statement that he was present at the time the complainant, Musa Baba gave one Nasiru who is a boy to the complainant, the sum of N2,500,000 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira Only) on behalf of the accused person.
The accused person also confirmed this in his voluntary statement he made to the EFCC. Despite all this, the accused person pleaded not guilty to the chargewhen it was read to him in court.
In view of his plea, prosecution counsel, Sa'ad Hanafi Sa'ad requested the court for trial date and also asked that the accused person be remanded in prison custody.
However, cousel representing the accused person Bashir Mohammed, moved a bail application praying the court to admit his client to bail pending the determination of the case.
Hanafi objected the bail application on ground that the accused person if granted bail, would likely jump bail because he had once dishonored the administrative bail granted to him by the EFCC.
He added that instead of admitting the accused person to bail, the court shall order for a speedy trial of the matter.
The charge read that "You Sule Yusuf Saulawa while being the permanent secretary with the office of the Deputy Governor, Katsina State, sometimes in 2015 in Katsina, within the Judicial Division of the High Court of Katsina State with intent to defraud falsely obtained from one Alhaji Musa Baba, the Chairman of Many Agro Allied and Chemical Company Nigeria Limited and Diamond Fertilizer Nigeria Limited the sum of N2,500,000 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira Only) by falsely representing that the Office of the Deputy Governor of Katsina State would award him contract for the supply of fertilizer to all the Local Government areas in the state and asked him to purchase a bidding documents which would be given to him as soon as he writes a proposal offering best price to the State Government which he did, but which you knew all to be false and you thereby committed an offense contrary to section 1 (1) (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under section 1 (3) of the same Act".
Justice Tukur remanded the accused person in prison custody and adjourned the matter to January 6, 2017 for ruling on bail application and commencement of trial.
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