Tag: Courtroom
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Sowore: Reps order immediate investigation of DSS’ court invasion
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, called for an investigation into the invasion of an Abuja Federal High Court by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). The lower legislative chamber directed its relevant committees to probe the alleged DSS invasion of the court. Minority Leader of the House, Ndudi Elumelu raised the matter…
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DSS denies making attempts to rearrest Sowore in courtroom
…Explains why he (Sowore) was rearrested …says co-defendant, Olawale Bakare not rearrested The Department of State Services has rebutted what it called “serial misinformation” about what transpired in the courtroom of Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu on Friday, with the agency categorically denying that its men tried to arrest Saharareporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore inside the court. In…
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Panic as judge shoots self in courtroom
A chief judge on Friday at a provincial court in southern Thailand shot himself in the chest but survived. Khanakorn Phianchana, the chief judge at Yala Provincial Court, was seriously injured and was rushed to the hospital after he shot himself with his own handgun in a courtroom. After having delivered a verdict on a…