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BREAKING: Court Grants Rep Ikwechegh N500,000 Bail For Assault

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  A Kuje Magistrate Court on Wednesday granted bail to a House of Representatives member for Aba North and South, Alex Ikwechegh, in the sum of N500,000. Ikwechegh was arraigned for allegedly assaulting a Bolt driver, Stephen Abuwatseya, outside his Abuja residence. The Counsel to the bolt driver, Deji Adeyanju, confirmed to PUNCH Online, that Ikwechegh, the defendant in the matter will be arraigned Wednesday by noon time before the court. The lawmaker went viral in a video on social media for allegedly assaulting the bolt driver. In the video, the lawmaker could be heard threatening the driver and assuring him that he could make him disappear without a trace. Details shortly…

Couple Arraigned In Court Over Alleged Abuse Of Two Toddlers In Adamawa

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  A 28-year-old woman, Fatima Abubakar, and her husband, Abubakar Yuguda, have been charged to court by the Adamawa State Police Command for alleged criminal conspiracy and cruelty to persons. The arraignment followed the arrest of the couple by the police over the allegation of continuous physical abuse of two minors in their custody The victims, identified as Hafsat Abubakar, aged two, and Usman Abubakar, four years old, are siblings. Thenewsbearer learnt that the couple, residents of Sanda, Makama B Ward in Yola South Local Government Area, were reported by concerned neighbours regarding the continuous physical abuse of two minors, as they were frequently subjected to severe maltreatment by Fatima, their stepmother, before their rescue by the police. It was gathered by Thenewsbearer that after their arrest, both suspects confessed to the crime and were promptly charged to Chief Magistrates Court 2, Jimeta. The police spokesman, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, said in a statement that the Commissioner of Police, Morris Dankombo, reiterated the command’s commitment to protecting vulnerable members of the society, especially children, and ensuring that perpetrators face justice. He urged the public to always promptly report any incident of abuse to police.

Court Jails Two Brothers, 33 Others For Internet Fraud In Ibadan (PHOTOS)

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  The Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of two siblings, Samuel Adedeji Adeboye and Charles Adedamola Adeboye and thirty-three (33) others for internet fraud before Justices Ladiran Akintola, Bayo Taiwo and O.S. Adeyemi of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan. The 33 convicts are: Oluwadamilola Michael Omotayo, Boluwatife Ajewole Alaran, Michael Damilare Badaru, Oyewole Ismail Oluwatayo, Mudashiru Oluwatobi Oyebamiji, Ebuka Michael Oluwatobi, Azeez Hammed Ademola, Adelayi Adetunji Wellington, Isaac Ifeoluwapo Oke, Muraina Toheeb Adeola, Hammed Ismaheel Ayomide, Adedayo Opeyemi Ogundele, Ajose Oluwaseun Alaba, Bolarinwa Tobi Samuel, Alabi Ayomide, Omodayo Obatomiwa Adedayo, Asoro Taiwo Oluwafemi and Sebili Ibrahim Sunday. Others are: Seun Ebenezer Anjorin, Adewale festus Prosper, Adubi Oluwatimileyin Abiola, Lawal Qwwatullah Opeyemi, Jegede Boluwaji Victor, Waris Tomiwa Atanda, Adebayo Adeoye Okikiola, Opeyemi Uthman Adeleke, Michael Olalekan Akintola, Abdulazeez Taiwo Adisa, Ebuka Ogbonna Emmanuel, Augustine Chukwuka Okoh, Ayomide Temitope Adekunle, Edunjobi Toheeb Ayobami and Abdulganiyu Sakiru Adebayo. They were prosecuted on separate one-count charge each that bordered on impersonation, obtaining by false pretence, retention of proceeds of crime and possession of fraudulent documents. The charge against Samuel Adedeji Adeboye reads: “That you Adeboye on or about the 8th day of June, 2024, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, with intent to defraud, falsely represented yourself as James Jonathan to Wendy Rose, which representation you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence of impersonation contrary to Section 484 of the Criminal Code Law of Oyo State, 2000.” The charge against Charles Adedamola Adeboye reads: “That you, Charles Adedamola Adeboye sometime in July, 2018, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, aided an internet fraudster, one Olowooye David (at large) by helping him and other internet fraudsters to receive funds, which form the proceed of obtaining money by false pretences, wherein you benefitted the total sum N200, 000.00 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira), thereby committed an offence of aiding the commission of felony: obtaining money by false pretence contrary to Sections 7 (b) and 419 of the Criminal Code Law Cap 30, Laws of Oyo State, 2000.” All the defendants pled “guilty” to the charges when they were read to them, prompting prosecution counsel, Modupe Akinkoye, Oluwatoyin Owodunni, Chidi Okoli, Sanusi Galadanchi, Lanre Suleiman, Shamsuddeen Bashir and Mabas Mabur to pray the court to convict and sentence them accordingly. Justice Akintola convicted and sentenced the Adeboye brothers to one year imprisonment each, with N100, 000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) option of fine for Adedeji and N30, 000.00 (Thirty Thousand Naira) for Adedamola. He convicted and sentenced Omotayo, Alaran, Badaru, Oluwatayo, Oyebamiji, Oluwatobi, Ademola, Adeola, Alaba, Samuel, Sunday, Anjorin, Abiola, Opeyemi, Victor, Atanda, Okikiola, Adeleke and Akintola to one year imprisonment each or to pay a fine of N100, 000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira), N50, 000.00 (Fifty Thousand Naira), N150, 000.00 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira), N50, 000.00 (Fifty Thousand Naira), N250, 000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira), N50, 000.00 (Fifty Thousand Naira), N200, 000.00 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira), N200, 000.00 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira), N200, 000.00 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira), N200, 000.00 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira), N200, 000.00 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira), N120, 000.00 (One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira), N100, 000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira), N50, 000.00 (Fifty Thousand Naira), N500, 000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira), N50, 000.00 (Fifty Thousand Naira), N50, 000.00 (Fifty Thousand Naira), N50, 000.00 (Fifty Thousand Naira) and N50, 000.00 (Fifty Thousand Naira), respectively. Also convicted and sentenced by Justice Akintola are, Oluwafemi and Prosper who both got six months jail term or to pay a fine of N100, 000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) each. Others are: Wellington and Adedayo who both got six months community service or a to pay a fine of N100, 000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) each; Ismaheel Ayomide, who bagged six months community service without option of fine and the trio of Oke, Ogundele and Alabi Ayomide, who bagged three months community service or to pay a fine of N50, 000.00 (Fifty Thousand Naira) each. Justice Taiwo convicted and sentenced Adisa to five months imprisonment or to pay a fine of N150, 000.00 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira), Okoh got four months jail term while Emmanuel bagged five months community service without an option of fine. Justice Adeyemi on her part slammed Ayobami with one year community service and three months community service each for Adekunle and Adebayo, all without option of fine. Besides their sentences, all the convicts forfeited items recovered from them to the federal government. Ademola, Oyebamiji, Adeola and Alaba forfeitured four Lexus cars; Victor and Samuel forfeited two Toyota Camry cars, Ayobami forfeited a Mercedes Benz car while Sunday forfeited an Acura car, being proceeds of their crime.  

Court Bars VIO From Halting, Seizing, Or Imposing Fines On Motorists

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  A Federal High Court in Abuja has barred VIO, from stopping vehicles on the road, seizing or taking possession of vehicles, and levying fines on drivers. The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Nkeonye Maha, held that no law empowered the VIO to stop, impound, confiscate, seize, or impose fines on motorists for any form of violation. The judgement followed a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1695/2023, which was filed by a public interest lawyer, Mr. Abubakar Marshal. Justice Maha, while granting reliefs that were sought by the plaintiff, specifically restrained the Respondents, either through their agents, servants, and or assigns, from impounding and confiscating vehicles or imposing a fine on any motorist as doing so would be wrongful, oppressive and unlawful. The court also issued an order of perpetual injunction restraining the respondents, whether by themselves, agents, privies, allies or anybody acting on behalf of the 1st Respondent (Directorate of Road Traffic Services), from further violating the rights of Nigerians to freedom of movement, presumption of innocence and right to own property without lawful justification. Justice Maha held that only a court of competent jurisdiction could impose a fine or sanction any motorist who was found to have acted in breach of any extant law. It declared that the 1st to 4th Respondents in the matter, which are under the control of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (5th defendant), are not empowered by any law or statute to stop, impound, or confiscate vehicles and or impose fines on motorists.

Court Invites Kemi Alao-Akala Over Late Former Gov’s Estate

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  The wife of the late former Governor of the Oyo State, Kemi Alao-Akala, has been invited by the state High Court to appear before it within 30 days. The court ordered her and her co-defendant in a suit number 1/443/2023 filed before the Court over the alleged illegal obtaining of a letter of administration over the estate of her late husband, Adebayo Alao-Akala without the consent of the claimant. The court gave the order while granting an ex-parte motion on an order of substituted service brought before it by Dipo Olasope, SAN, counsel to the claimant, Toyin Alao-Aderinto, against Kemi Alao-Akala and Olamide Alabi, over alleged mismanagement of the estate of late Adebayo Alao-Akala by the defendants and their privies. The service of a writ of summons, a copy of which was obtained by PUNCH Online on Saturday in Ibadan, said, “You are hereby commanded that within 30 days after the service of this writ on you, inclusive of the day of this service, you do cause an appearance to be entered for you in action at the instance of the claimant.” The suit marked I/443/2024 is challenging the actions of the defendants, Kemi Alao-Akala and Olamide Alabi, who have been accused of illegally obtaining a letter of administration from the state High Court on October 6, 2022, in connection with late Alao-Akala’s estate, mismanaging the deceased’s assets and property and further excluding the claimant/applicant from benefitting from the distribution of the assets of the estate of late Alao-Akala, the claimant’s father. Oluwatoyin Alao-Aderinto, the first daughter of the deceased, is seeking the leave of the court to declare as illegal, null and void a letter of administration illegally obtained by the duo of Kemi Alao-Akala and Olamide Alabi from the registry of the state High Court and to also grant an order of perpetual injunction, restraining the defendants, including Kemi Alao-Akala and Olamide Alabi, by themselves, agents or privies or whomsoever is claiming through them, from continuing to sell or dispose any asset (real or personal), belonging to the late former Governor of the state, Adebayo Alao-Akala.

Court Sentences Three To Death For Colonel’s Murder

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  In a significant ruling on Tuesday, the Oyo State High Court in Ibadan sentenced three individuals to death by hanging for the murder of Colonel Anthony Okeyin, the Commandant of the Nigeria Army Secondary School in Apata, Ibadan. The convicted men—Agada Solomon, Taiwo Adeniyi, and Bibisoye Kehinde—were also handed 14-year prison sentences for conspiracy and armed robbery. The convicts were among six defendants charged in connection with the heinous act that took place on December 12, 2016. Justice Ezekiel Ajayi found them guilty on multiple counts, including conspiracy and murder, with the prosecution presenting compelling evidence, including confessional statements and the discovery of the deceased commandant’s phone in the possession of Solomon. Conversely, the remaining three defendants—Ewere Andrew, Udobata Oruza-Uzie, and Ephraim Obi—were discharged and acquitted of all charges. Justice Ajayi noted that the only connection of the sixth defendant, Obi, was that his car was used in the commission of the crime. During proceedings, the prosecution, represented by Mrs. K.K. Oloso, detailed how the defendants allegedly conspired at the Commandant’s quarters and fatally assaulted the 52-year-old Okeyin, inflicting severe injuries and robbing him of a Samsung X4 phone and N45,000 in cash. In addressing the court, defense counsel Mr. F.O. Awonusi appealed for leniency, urging the court to temper justice with mercy, but this plea did not sway the judge. The serious nature of the crimes led to their categorization under multiple sections of the Criminal Code and the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, underscoring the gravity of the offenses committed

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