The Speaker of LAHA, Obasa is currently going interrogation In EFCC HQ, Tinubu to appear in court within 42 days over Alpha Beta fraud.

BREAKING: Lagos high court summons Ex-Governor Bola Tinubu to appear within 42 days over Alpha Beta fraud.

The Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, hon. Mudashiru Obasa is currently at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja under going interrogation.  He arrived the EFCC office at 10:00 am. He came in company of his lawyers who were asked to stay at the reception while he is being grilled. 

Operatives of the ICPC has also extended an invitation to him for an interview.

EFCC secures Court order to freeze 3 bank accounts belonging to Lagos Assembly Speaker, Obasa.

#ObasaGate The hit is coming from every angle Tinubu not left out. The end is near.

Man, 46, Arraigned Over Theft Of Yams in Ekiti State.

A 46-year-old man, Idris Hammed, has been arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, chief magistrate court for allegedly stealing tubers of yam.

The police prosecutor, Inspector Monica Ikebuilo, informed the court yesterday that Hammed committed the offence on August 9, 2020, in Omuo-Ekiti.

Ikebuilo alleged that the defendant stole 100 tubers of yam valued at N100,000, the property of Oluwagbemi Oluwasegun, another 400 tubers of yam valued at N500,000, belonging to Olorunfemi Omotosho.

The prosecutor also alleged that on July 15, 2020, in Omuo-Ekiti, Hammed stole 42 tubers of yam valued at N100,000, the property of Michael Tominiyi, as well as stole 205 tubers of yam valued at N185,000, belonging to Famoriti Ajayi.

Ikebuilo asked the court for an adjournment to enable her to study the case file and present her witnesses.

Hammed pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Chief Magistrate (Mrs) Adefunmike Anoma granted him bail in the sum of N20,000, with one surety in like sum and adjourned the case till September 7, 2020, for hearing.

Fake lawyer appearing for a client have been convicted and sentence to three years imprisonment

A fake lawyer, Adedeji Ebenezer 

Oluwagbenga who was arrested on the 5th of August 2020 at Itori Chief Magistrate Court where he was appearing for a client have been convicted and sentence to three years imprisonment on 12thAugust 2020.

Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi,  the State Police Public Relations Officer, made this known in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Thursday. 

The convict was arraigned before Chief magistrate B.A Somorin on one count charge of unlawful and illegal appearance as a lawyer knowing full well that he is not.

 He first pleaded not guilty but later changed his plea to guilty when he was confronted with evidence.

The Chief magistrate there and then sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor without option of fine.

The convict was arrested during a court season at Itori Chief Magistrate court when his conduct does not in any way in tandem with the practice of somebody who has been called to the bar which was also noticed by the magistrate himself.

He was subsequently detained at Ewekoro police station from where he was transferred to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for diligent prosecution.

COVID-19: Five to get death sentence for obstructing mobile court

The Suspect

A Magistrate Court, sitting in Chediya, GRA, Zaria, has declared that five persons arraigned before it may get a death sentence or life imprisonment for obstructing the sitting of a mobile court enforcing the COVID-19 movement restriction.

According to the Magistrate, Mustapha Dahiru Isah, his court lacks jurisdiction to hear the case, but the offence was an attempt to commit homicide, which penalty was “life sentence or the death penalty.”

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The court, therefore, ordered the remand of the suspects, Alhaji Bello, Ibrahim Adamu, Sadam A. Mohammed, Basiru Abdullahi and Habibu Bello, in the Nigerian Correctional Service facility pending an advice from the Kaduna State Ministry of Justice on the next line of action and adjourned the matter to September 19, 2020.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Inspector Abdullahi Rilwanu, on behalf of the state commissioner of police, said on 31st of May, 2020, Lamido Abubakar Esq, Magistrate of the mobile court, reported to the Area Command Office of the Nigeria Police in Zaria that the suspects, all of Maraban Gwanda, Sabon Gari, Zaria, had chased him away as the Magistrate of the mobile court stationed in the area.

Inspector Rilwanu also told the court that Magistrate Abubakar told the police that the suspects had attacked him and his auxiliary staff with clubs where he sustained injuries on his finger and leg.

The suspects, according to the prosecutor, also damaged parts of the Hilux bus attached to the court, saying that the acts were a criminal conspiracy, attempt to commit homicide, causing hurt, and obstruction of public servants from performing legitimate duties.

The offenses, according to him, contravened sections 59, 222, 199, 228 and 317 of the penal code of the Kaduna State laws 2017 as amended.

‘Suspects randomly picked’

Some relatives of the suspects, seen at the court premises by our correspondent, however said that their brothers were “randomly picked without any investigation.”

They said, on condition of anonymity, that the fracas happened when hundreds of motorists protested the death of a 70-year-old driver as members of vigilante attached to the court arrested him and attempted to arraign the deceased before the mobile court.

“So, our relatives were just picked because their houses were close to where the mobile court was stationed.

“Actually, those that chased away the Magistrate of the mobile court were motorists plying the Zaria-Kano express road, as their colleague died in the hands of the vigilantes attached to the court.

“They are doing this to us because we are villagers and we have nobody to stand by us.

“Allah is fully around.

“We are appealing to all well-meaning Nigerians to intervene for our relatives to have justice,” one of them said.

A court hearing for a US teenager accused of masterminding last month’s Twitter hack was interrupted Wednesday with rap music and porn.

A court hearing for a US teenager accused of masterminding last month’s Twitter hack was interrupted Wednesday with rap music and porn.

The hearing which was held via Zoom was to discuss reducing bail terms set for the 17-year-old Tampa resident arrested last Friday over the hack last month of the accounts of major US celebrities.

The 17-year-old was asking for a lower bail amount, after pleading not guilty to the charges.

But the interruptions with music, shrieking and pornography became so frequent that Judge Christopher Nash ended up suspending it for a while, the Tampa Bay Times said.

Judge Working From Home Appears Half-Naked During Live-Streamed Court Hearing

Hackers accessed dozens of Twitter accounts of people such as Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Elon Musk, after gaining access to the system with an attack that tricked a handful of employees into giving up their credentials.

The hack affected at least 130 accounts, with tweets posted by the usurpers duping people into sending $100,000 in Bitcoin, supposedly in exchange for double the amount sent.

Bail for the 17-year-old was set for $725,000 and in the hearing, his lawyers were seeking to reduce it.

After the judge suspended the hearing, and eventually resumed it, hackers went at it again — with interruptions

that disguised their user names as organizations such as CNN and BBC.

In the end, judge Nash ruled against reducing the youth’s bail.

He was arrested along with two others, aged 19 and 22, one of whom lives in Britain, and was charged with cyber fraud.

Court fixes Sept 30 to hear N2bn libel suit against Sowore

Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore

The Federal High Court has fixed September 30 for hearing of a libel suit filed against the 2019 Presidential candidate of African Action Alliance (AAC), Omoyele Sowore.

The suit, filed by Global Integrity Crusade Network (GICN) was premised by two publications by SaharaReporters, a media outlet established by Omoyele Sowore.

The first one was the report alleging that the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami purchased a property worth N300 million in Abuja for his eldest son, Abdulazeez, who got married last month while the second one was on the allegation that the AGF ‘granted approval to a firm standing trial in court for stealing crude oil.’

While the case has been assigned to Justice Taiwo Taiwo, the parties are expected to file and serve relevant processes in the matter before the hearing date.

The group said the publications “are traumatic, damaging and defamatory to Alhaji Abubakar Malami, SAN, and therefore tantamount to violation of his fundamental rights to dignity of human person, private and family life as well as Integrity.

The group, in the suit filed by Barrister Edward Omaha and Barrister Aham Akano want the court to order a retraction of the “libelous publications, tender an apology and award a sum of N2 billion to be severally paid by all respondents to Malami

50-yr-old farmer held in court for raping woman in Benue

A 50-year-old farmer, Gbaeren Aduu has been remanded at the Police Detention Facility on the orders of a Makurdi Chief Magistrate for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a middle-aged woman without her consent.

Police Prosecutor told the court that the victim (name withheld) had on July 1, 2020 reported at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Makurdi in May, 2020 that the incident occurred when she went for treatment of stroke in the house of one Apollos Jiki of Achia, Ikurav- ya, Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State.

The court heard that the said Apollos went and invited one Gbaeren Adu to come and treat the complainant and that on June 20,at about 9pm, Apollos Jiki conspired with Gbaeren Adu and entered her room, held her and forcefully had sexual intercourse with her without her consent.

Prosecution also told the court during Police investigation that the said Gbaeren Aduu was arrested for committing the crime, contrary to section 97 and 284 of the Penal Code Law of Benue State, 2004.

But, the prosecution further told the court that the second suspect, Apollos Jiki is still at large.

When the case came up, no plea was taken.

The prosecution then asked for another date as investigation into the matter was still on.

The trial Magistrate, Mercy Igbadu, ordered that the accused be remanded at the Police detention facility and adjourned the case to September 17, 2020 for further mention.

Court jails man for cyber crime in Ibadan

An Ibadan-based internet fraudster, Babatunde Akintomiwa, was on Wednesday sentenced to 14 months in prison by Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, over impersonation and N400,000 fraud.

Ajoku convicted and sentenced Akintomiwa based on the evidence before her and the plea bargain agreement between him and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

She said that the judgment was in line with the provisions of Section 270 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015 that spelt out how somebody who pleads guilty to an offence should be sentenced.

“I hope that Akintomiwa is remorseful of his actions and willing to contribute positively to society now.

“However, to serve as a warning to others interested in the crime, Akintomiwa is sentenced to 14 months in prison. The sentence starts from the date he was first arrested.

“All the exhibits found in his possession are forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria,” Ajoku said.

Counsel to the Ibadan Zonal Office of EFCC, Mrs Iyabo Daramola, had told the court that the convict was arraigned on a one-count amended charge bordering on impersonation.

Daramola added that the convict committed the crime on April 19, 2019, in Ibadan.

According to her, Akintomiwa operated a fictitious email address to deceive unsuspecting foreigners.

She further said that deceitful information was retrieved from the said email address.

The EFCC prosecutor said that the proceeds of the crime restituted from Akintomiwa included cash of N400, 000, and Alt 8 Infinix phone and many accessories.

She said that the offence was contrary to and punishable under Section 22A (2B) of the Cyber Crime Prohibition Act, 2015.