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  • IPOB: Again, Court adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s trial

    An Abuja Federal High Court has again adjourned the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, till March 1.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that the matter which was scheduled for hearing today was adjourned again at the instance of the court to the new date.

    TheNewsGuru.com recalls that Nnamdi Kanu is currently standing trial before the Justice Binta Nyako-led court on an 11 –count charges bordering on terrorism, treasonable felony and publication of defamatory materials.

    Kanu is facing the charges alongside three others, namely: Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi.

    Justice Nyako recently took over the trial of Kanu following the withdrawal of the former trial judge, Justice John Tsoho of the same court over allegation of bias leveled against him by the defence team of the pro-Biafra agitator.

  • Recession: ‘I stopped releasing in my wife to avoid her getting pregnant’

    A 36-year-old seamstress, Sherifat Adetunji, on Friday pleaded at a Lagos Island Customary Court that her marriage should be dissolved on ground that her husband was no longer ejaculating inside her during sex.

    The mother of two said that her 10-year-old marriage was blissful until five years ago when things started changing.

    She lamented that her husband could go a year or more without making love to her and that when he did he would not ejaculate inside her.

    “My husband has been starving me sexually, sometimes he will not touch me for a whole year and when he did, he would not release inside me.

    “I have complained severally about my dissatisfaction over his attitude towards our sexual life, but has refused to change,” she said.

    “My husband brought a man to pass the night in our house and that in the middle of the night they performed some rituals since then I have been growing lean.

    “He did not show any concern about my state of health or why I was growing lean every day,” Sherifat said.

    She, therefore, prayed the court to dissolve the marriage and give her the custody of their two children, Alia, 8, and Kismat, 5.

    Her husband, Monsuru, 38, a trader, told the court that he thought his wife was happy in their marriage because they hardly quarrelled.

    He said he was surprised when she packed out of the house and brought him to court for the dissolution of their marriage.

    He admitted his sexual behaviour, saying that it was due to the current economic recession so as to prevent his wife from getting pregnant.

    “I stopped making love to her regularly and releasing in her because of the present economic situation in the country so that she does not get pregnant.

    “The man she said I brought home was a distant relation who had no place to pass the night.

    “The reason why my wife is reducing in size is because she does not give herself rest of mind, she is always worried about one thing or the other,” he said.

    He urged the court to dissolve the marriage as he was no longer interested in the marriage because she had packed out of their matrimonial home.

    The Court President, Mr.Awos Awosola, said that marriage institution could only work if the two were in agreement.

    “Marriage is for two people, not one; your wife should also have a say in the home.

    “Since she has complained severally that you are starving her sexually, you should have made amends.

    “If you do not want to get her pregnant you can always use a condom,” he said.

    Awosola urged the two parties to maintain the peace and adjourned the case to Feb. 16 for further hearing.

     

  • She targets my scrotum each time we fight, man tells court

    She targets my scrotum each time we fight, man tells court

    A 75-year-old businessman, Moshood Adedapo, has approached an Igando Customary Court in Lagos to end his marriage to his wife, Balikis, for allegedly grabbing and twisting his scrotum.

    Adedapo told the court on Thursday that his wife, Balikis, with whom he had three children in their 20-year-old marriage, was threatening to kill.

    “Whenever my wife and I are fighting, she will quickly grab my testicles and start twisting them.

    “She will not leave my two balls until I beg and cry.

    “Last week, she came to my room while I was fast asleep and grabbed my scrotum, saying I will not escape this time.

    “I was crying and shouting for help, neighbours rushed to rescue me, but still my wife refused to let go until I struggled to bite her hands and she released them.

    “It was after 20 minutes, I was able to regain consciousness; my two balls have suffered in the hands of my wicked wife.

    “Please, dissolve the marriage because I may not be lucky next time,” he pleaded with the court.

    The petitioner said his wife had vowed never to honour court’s proceeding.

    “My wife went to my friend’s house and told him that I am sleeping with his wife which is not the truth.

    “The relationship my friend and I had built for a very long time, my wife came to add sand,” he said.

    He also accused Balikis of always cursing their children and those curses were affecting them.

    He said that his wife always accused him of threatening her life.

    “Anytime Balikis sees rat, cockroach or wall geckos in the house, she will be running helter-skelter, accusing me of sending them to attack her,” Adedapo said.

    He described his wife as a troublesome person.

    “My wife always fight with my tenants, friends and family; fighting is in her blood and she does not get tired,” he said

    He begged the court to end the marriage that he was no longer in love with her and that he did not want to die now.

    The Court’s President, Mr Adegboyega Omilola, ordered the petitioner to produce evidence in order to continue with the case since the respondent refused to honour the court’s invitation.

    Omilola adjourned the case to April 4 for judgment.

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  • He batters me for refusing to worship idol with him – woman tells court

    He batters me for refusing to worship idol with him – woman tells court

    A fashion designer, Mrs Omotolani Alele, on Wednesday told an Idi-Ogungun Customary Court, Agodi, Ibadan that her husband beat her each time she refused to worship his family idol.

    Omotolani, who lives at Ojoo area of Ibadan, had approached the court for dissolution of her five-year-old marriage on grounds of brutality and threat to her life by her husband, Anthony.

    The hearing in the case began on Feb. 1 and was adjourned till Feb. 8 for the defendant to produce their marriage certificate.

    The plaintiff had refuted the claim of her husband that they were legally married.

    However, at the resumed hearing of the case today, the husband failed to produce the marriage certificate.

    In her testimony before the court, Omotolani had said that the union, blessed with a three-year-old child, had been a regrettable one due to daily ill treatment from Anthony.

    “My husband asked me to join him to worship his family idol several times but l refused, and this made him to beat me always.

    “His parents did not want him to marry me but we came together since he claimed to love me but he changed.

    “He even took the only child of the union from me and cannot really say where he kept my child.

    “I pray the court to grant my request for divorce; I am not ready to worship any idol and l don’t want die young due to his constant beating,’’Omotolani pleaded.

    The defendant did not object to the petition.

    The Court President, Mukaila Balogun, consequently upheld the request of the petitioner and dissolved the union.

    He held that the evidence before the court proved that both parties were not ready for amicable resolution of their conflict.

    He gave the custody of the child to the plaintiff and directed the defendant to pay N4,000 monthly for the upkeep of the child.

     

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  • Seun Egbegbe to appear in court today

    Seun Egbegbe to appear in court today

    Lagos Police PPRO, Dolapo Badmus has confirmed that embattled movie marketer, Seun Egbegbe would appear in court today, 8th of February. The popular socialite is presently in police custody for N6m fraud he attempted with his associate on February 2nd.

    According to Dolapo Badmus, “The N6m fraud is a different case from the one he’s going through now, but he will appear in court. I don’t determine what happens in court, the police would produce him in court for that and he will be taken back,” the Lagos Police PPRO said.

    Recall that Seun was mobbed and arrested in November 2016 when he tried stealing nine iPhones at the popular Computer Village in Ikeja. He is presently in custody of the police at Area H command in Ogudu, Lagos.

  • He ‘sleeps’ with his daughter, urinates around the house, wife tells court

    He ‘sleeps’ with his daughter, urinates around the house, wife tells court

    A civil servant, Blessing Ilo, on Tuesday told a Nyanya Customary Court, Abuja, that her husband has been having canal knowledge of his biological daughter.

    Ilo testified in a divorce petition she filled against the husband, James Akpan.

    “All the while I was living with my husband and that little girl of 12 years, I don’t know that my husband was always having sex with her when am out of the house.

    “I would not have suspected anything because when my husband brought the little girl into the house, he told me that she was one of his children from another woman.

    “Also, the girl was still a child that no sane man will lust after,” she added.

    The petitioner told the court that on a particular occasion, the little girl confessed to the police that her father usually tie her hands before having sex with her.

    Ilo said that she had to move out of her husband’s house because he was always messing up the house, especially when he was drunk.

    “My husband always urinate around the house whenever he is drunk; sometimes on the bed or on the floor of the room.

    “Worst of all, one day he woke up in the night and went straight to the kitchen, opened the bucket of drinking water and urinated into it,” she said.

    She also said her husband does not provide food for the family, adding “not even his child’s school fees.”

    The petitioner begged the court to dissolve the marriage and grant her custody of the only child of the union.

    The respondent was not present in court.

    The judge, Jemilu Jega reiterated that the respondent was served on three different occasions but refused to appear in court.

    He adjourned the case till Feb. 9 for judgment.

  • N190m Fraud: Court fixes March 1 for adoption of addresses in Oronsaye’s case

    N190m Fraud: Court fixes March 1 for adoption of addresses in Oronsaye’s case

    An FCT High Court, Maitama, on Tuesday adjourned till March 1 for adoption of addresses in a case of alleged breach of trust and diversion of N190 million filed against Mr Steve Oronsaye.

    TheNewsGuru.com recalls that Oronsanye was former Head of Service of the Federation and was also the Chairman, Presidential Committee on Financial Action Task Force, set up by former President Goodluck Jonathan.

    He was docked for breach of trust and diversion of N190 million meant for the committee he chaired.

    The judge, Justice Olasumbo Goodluck, adjourned the matter after listening to the submissions of counsel in the matter.

    The prosecuting counsel, Mr Faruk Abdullahi, informed the court that he just filed reply to the no case submission filed by the defence.

    The defence counsel, Mr Peter Erivnode reminded the court that the no case submission was made since Dec. 9 and duly served on the prosecution and it was almost two months now.

    He said that the prosecution realising that the matter was for adoption today decided to file its reply this morning.

    Erivnode told the court that this was a clear indication that the prosecution was not prepared to pursue this matter diligently.

    “ In this circumstance, we pray the court to grant us an adjournment to enable us study what was in the reply,“ he said.

    The prosecution called six witnesses to prove its case and also closed its case on Nov. 15.

    On Dec. 9, the defence opened its case by filing no case submission, saying that the prosecution does not have any case against the defendant.

     

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  • Court fixes Feb. 21 for ruling on ex-gov Shema, EFCC case

    Justice Ibrahim Bako of the Katsina High Court, has fixed Feb. 21, for ruling on whether the court has jurisdiction to try the suit filed by the EFCC against former Katsina State governor, Ibrahim Shema.

    TheNewsGuru.com recalls that Shema was arraigned by the EFCC before the court for alleged financial misappropriation during his tenure.

    Shema was arraigned together with a former commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs, Sani Makana, a former ALGON Chairman, Lawal Dankaba and former permanent secretary, Lawal Safana.

    The defence counsel, Joseph Daudu, SAN, has earlier filed a motion in the last sitting challenging the jurisdiction of the court to try his client.

    During Tuesday’s proceedings, he raised same issues, saying that the court has no jurisdiction to entertain the case because the charge was filed by a Federal Government agency.

    “It is a serious constitutional problem for a federal government agency to take over the state in prosecution of criminal cases,’’ he contended, and prayed the court to strike out the case for want of competence.

    Daudu also filed another application seeking the court to restrain the EFCC from further arresting of his client.

    However, the prosecution counsel, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, argued that the EFCC has right to try the case before the court.

    He said that EFCC was a coordinating agency saddled with responsibility of investigation, enforcement and prosecution of matters relating to alleged financial crimes.

    The Judge adjourned the case to Feb. 21, for ruling on the issue of jurisdiction raised by the defence.

    However, there was a mild drama took place at the court premises when EFCC operatives attempted to re-arrest Shema, claiming that his administrative bail had lapsed, but his lawyers come to his defence.

     

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  • Fani-Kayode seeks out of court settlement for N26m scam

    Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode on Monday, asked the Federal High Court Abuja, to adjourn his case to allow him explore other options of settlement aside from going on trial.

    Counsel to Fani-Kayode, Mr Ameh Raji (SAN) who made the application on his behalf said that since the sum of money involved was only N26 million, he believed that there were other options of settlement.

    Raji added that moreover, he was new on the case and would need some time to go over the facts of the case to enable him defend his client effectively.

    “My Lord, I am just coming into the case and so I crave your indulgence to enable me familiarize myself with the case.

    “Secondly, looking at the facts of the case and the money involved, I believe that there are other options we can explore.

    “The case involves the sum of N26 million and the law allows you to explore the option of plea bargain and so many other options rather than go through trial,” Raji said.

    He said that if the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was amenable to plea bargain, the defence would take the option.

    The prosecuting counsel, Mr Johnson Ojogbane said he was not opposing the application.

    Ojogbane, however, asked the court to take cognizance of the fact this was the second adjournment at the instance of the defence and asked for a definite date to commence trial.

    The judge, Justice John Tsoho adjourned the matter till March 14 for commencement of trial.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Fani-Kayode was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice Tsoho on a fresh five-count charge bordering on money laundering.

    The ex-aviation minister was accused of allegedly collecting N26 million from the Office of the Former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki and using same for media campaign.

    Count two of the charge read that;” You Femi Fani-Kayode, converted N26 million cash paid from the office of the National Security Adviser for the purpose of media campaign when you ought to have reasonably known that the said funds formed part of an unlawful act contrary to section 15 (2) (b) of the Money Laundering Act.”

    Following the argument of his bail application by the counsel who represented him on that day, Mr Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN), he was admitted to bail in the sum of N50 million and one surety in like sum.

    TheNewsGuru.com recalls that Fani-Kayode is facing another 17 -count charge of money laundering before the Lagos division of the court.

     

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  • Olubadan stool: Court adjourns hearing till Feb 24

    Olubadan stool: Court adjourns hearing till Feb 24

     

    The legal tussle over the throne of the Olubadan of Ibadanland over the weekend took another dimension as an Ibadan High Court adjourned the case filed by the Seriki Chiefs against Oba Saliu Adetunji to February 24.

    The Seriki Chiefs that include Chiefs Adebayo Oyediji, Olalekan Fakunle, Rashidi Abinupagun and Gabriel Kofoworola, had gone to court to seek an enforcement of the 1989 judgement that the Seriki line be included in the lines to produce the Olubadan of Ibadanland.

    At the resumed hearing of the case, counsel to the claimants, Mr. Abideen Adediran urged the court to fix a date for hearing for the case which he said was instituted in 2007.

    According to him, the case was adjourned at the last sitting at the instance of the defendant’s counsel, lamenting that while he is in court, the defendant’s counsel, Mr. Michael Lana, apart from not present in court, did not send anyone to represent him.

    He said, “It is quite unfortunate that the defendant has continued to use every ploy to prolong this case. We started this case in 2007, which is 10 years ago and we are yet to move beyond this stage, what this means is that the defendant want to delay the case as long as possible”.

    Justice Oladiran Akintola who presided over the case,however, said the court will give the defendant another chance, stating that rather than give a date for hearing, he will agree on a short date for the mention of the case again.

    He then adjourned the matter till February 24 for mentioning, noting that whether the defendant appear on that day or not, the court will go ahead to fix a date for the hearing of the case.