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  • 40 Boko Haram terrorists die in prison

    Forty four of the 58 Boko Haram terrorists captured recently by Chadian forces have died in prison.

    Reports said the detainees took a lethal substance that produced ‘a heart rhythm disorder’.

    Youssouf Tom, the public prosecutor announced this to the N’Djamena High Court on Saturday, the Chadian news platform, alwihdainfo.com reported.

    All the detainees were arrested by the army during the offensive against Boko Haram in Lac region.

    They were brought to N’Djamena as part of the counter-terrorism investigation.

    “As of the 14th of this month, following the fighting against the Boko Haram sect in the Lake Chad region, 58 men were taken prisoner and brought to N’Djamena for judicial investigations,” said the prosecutor.

    “Thursday morning, a new drama was announced to us by the jailers that 44 of the prisoners died in their cells,” he added.

    “40 were buried, the other four bodies were turned over to a medical examiner who made an autopsy report.

    “The report reveals that there was a consumption of a lethal substance having produced a heart rhythm disorder in some, severe asphyxiation in others, ” said Youssouf Tom.

  • Truck driver bags 9-years imprisonment for crushing man to death

    Truck driver bags 9-years imprisonment for crushing man to death

    An Abeokuta High Court on Thursday sentenced a truck driver, Oyelami Adewale, to nine years imprisonment for driving dangerously and killing one Tunde Abdul.

    Delivering judgment, Justice Patricia Oduniyi convicted Adewale on a two-count charge of dangerous driving and murder

    Oduniyi held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubts.

    She held that the evidence presented by the prosecution was tenable and therefore, sentenced Adewale to seven-years imprisonment for the first count of causing death through dangerous driving.

    Oduniyi also sentenced the convict to another two years for the second count, for driving dangerously in the public high way.

    She, however, said the jail sentence was to run consecutively.

    The prosecuting counsel, J.O Mafe, said the convict committed the offence on Aug. 15, 2015 at Km 34 Alapako area on Ibadan/Lagos expressway off Ogun Federal highway in Abeokuta.

    Mafe said the convict who was a truck driver, drove his truck with reg. no. Osun PRN 123 XA recklessly and hit Abdul which caused his untimely death.

    He said the offence committed contravened sections 316, and 319 of the Criminal Code, laws of Ogun 2006.

  • Samuel Eto’o sends birthday message to Ronaldinho in prison

    Samuel Eto’o sends birthday message to Ronaldinho in prison

    Samuel Eto’o posted an emotional birthday message to Ronaldinho as the Brazilian football legend spent his 40th birthday in a Paraguayan jail.

    Ronaldinho was arrested this month in Paraguay after allegedly producing a false passport to enter the country and has been held behind bars pending a court case that has been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

    Together at Barcelona, Samuel Eto’o and Ronaldinho won two Champions League titles, four La Liga, one Copa del Rey and two Supercopa de Espana titles and formed a tight bond

    Ronaldinho, who during his playing days starred for Barcelona and AC Milan, clocked 40 on Saturday and four-time African Player of the Year Eto’o took to his Instagram page to wish his former teammate a happy birthday.

    “Happy birthday my brother,” Eto’o said in the video.

    “Hello brother, I have no words, brother. I don’t even know what to say, we are talking to see how we can encourage you,”

    “You are my brother, my friend. I can’t imagine what you’re going through. I can only ask you to have strength and to pray a lot.

    “I hope that all this can be solved soon, because you were frankly a good person and a good friend. From here, the black loves you very much and you can count on me for everything you need.

    “What I can do, I will do. And if I can’t do it, I’ll ask a friend for the favour.”

  • Hollywood mogul Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison

    Hollywood mogul Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison

    Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison by a judge in a Manhattan court on Wednesday following his recent rape and sexual assault conviction.

    The disgraced Hollywood mogul could have faced a minimum sentence of five and a maximum sentence of 29 years behind bars.

    Judge James Burke, who presided over the trial, heard statements from Weinstein and the two women he was convicted of assaulting before handing out the sentence.

    A jury found the once-powerful producer guilty on February 24 of a criminal sexual act for forcing oral sex on former production assistant Mimi Haleyi in 2006 and of the third-degree rape of aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2013.

    The verdict was celebrated as a turning point by the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment that Weinstein’s crimes had helped spread.

  • BREAKING: Olisa Metuh gets 7 years prison sentence

    BREAKING: Olisa Metuh gets 7 years prison sentence

    The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh to seven years imprisonment.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court on Tuesday in Abuja convicted and found Olisa Metuh guilty on seven counts filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

    Metuh was arraigned by the Federal Government in 2016 over allegations of unlawfully receiving N400m from the office of the then National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd).

    Mr Metuh was prosecuted by the EFCC, alongside his company, Destra Investment, on a seven-count charge of diversion of the money received when Sambo Dasuki was the National Security Adviser.

    He was sentenced to 7 years in prison on corruption charges regarding his activities preceding the 2015 presidential election which his party lost.

    Justice Okon Abang delivering judgment, convicted Metuh on all the seven counts, including the fraudulent receipt of N400m from the Office of the National Security Adviser in November 2014 and use of the money for political activities of the PDP and for his personal purposes.

    The court also convicted Metuh for transacting with cash sum of $2m without going through a financial institution.

    The judge agreed with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission successfully proved that the transaction violated the anti-money laundering law which pegs the maximum cash transaction an individua undertake outside a financial institution at N5m.

    He imposed sentenced Metuh to seven years imprisonment for counts 1, 2, 4 and 7, five years imprisonment in respect of count 3, and three years in respect of counts 5 and 6.

    He however ruled that the sentences shall run concurrently which implied that he would only spend the highest number of years of jail term, which is seven, in prison.

    The judge also directed Metuh to pay a fine of N375m to the Federal Government.

    He also ordered Destra Investments to pay N25m to the Federal Government.

    He ordered the accounts of Destra in Diamond Bank and Asset Resource Management to be closed and their proceeds forfeited to the Federal Government.

    The judge also ordered the winding up of Destra.

  • Photos: Agba Jalingo regains freedom six months after arrest

    Photos: Agba Jalingo regains freedom six months after arrest

    Six months after he was detained, Publisher of Cross River Watch, Agba Jalingo, has been released from prison custody.

    He was released after meeting his bail condition.

    Jalingo, who was detained for allegedly writing articles criticizing Cross Rivers Governor Ben Ayade, was granted a N10m bail term last week.

    He was first arrested by the police in August 2019 on the orders of the Ben Ayade-led Cross River State Government.

    He was subsequently arraigned for treason and attempting to overthrow the state government due to the highly critical articles he published.

    Due to his long detention, Amnesty International had declared the activist as a prisoner of conscience.

    Last week there were a series of protests staged in Cross River over his detention.

     

    Agba Jalingo

  • Court remands Mama Boko Haram in prison

    Court remands Mama Boko Haram in prison

    A Federal High Court in Maiduguri has remanded Aisha Wakil a.k.a Mama Boko Haram in prison after being arraigned on an amended five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretence and cheating to the tune of N111, 650,000.

    Justice Aisha Kumalia alongside Tahir Saidu Daura and Lawal Shoyade ruled that the suspects who pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charges be remanded in a custodial center while she adjourned the case till February 10, 2020 for the commencement of trial.

    The suspects who were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), were accused of defrauding one Mohammed Umar Mohammed by presenting purported contracts for installation and servicing of 10 pieces of Chison 600A, 2009 version deluxe ultrasound system and the supply of white beans through their non-governmental organisation (Complete Care and Aid Foundation).

    The charge read;

    “That you, Aisha Alkali Wakil, Tahiru Saidu Daura, and Prince Shoyade, whilst being chief executive officer, programme manager, and country director respectively of Complete Care and Aid Foundation (a non-governmental organisation) and Saidu Muktar (now at large) sometime in October, 2018 at Maiduguri, Borno State, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court with intent to defraud, induced one Mohammed Umar Mohammed of Nyeuro International Limited to deliver to you 3,000 (three thousand) bags of 50kg white beans worth N65,000,000.00 (Sixty Five Million Naira) under the guise of executing a purported contract of supply of the said beans which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 320(a) and punishable under Section 322 of the Borno State Penal Code Laws Cap 102.”

  • Court tackles DSS boss: Explain why you shouldn’t be sent to prison on ‘Sowore saga’

    The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday asked the Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), Yusuf Bichi, to give a reason why it should not make an order sending him to prison.

    The court documents which was shown to journalists on Tuesday by a top court official stated that this was a result of the SSS disobeying its orders to release the detained publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore.

    However, the SSS later on Tuesday released Mr Sowore on the order of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami.

    One of the court documents was titled: “Notice to show cause why the order of your committal to prison should not be made.”

    “Pursuant to Order 35 Rules 1(1) 2 and 3 of the Federal High Court Civil Procedure Rules, Order IX, Rule (13) of the judgement and (enforcement) Rules, Section 308, Section 72 of the Sheriff and Civil Process Act, 2004.

    “Take notice that this Court shall be moved on the…… day of……..2019 to order for your committal to prison for having neglected to obey and willfully flouting and desecrating the orders made on November, 2019,9 per Hon. Justice Ijeoma 0jukwu mandating you to release the Defendants/Applicant and this Court has been informed that as at today, December 17, 2019, the first Defendant/Applicant is still in your custody.

    “And Further take notice that you are hereby required to attend the court on the first-mentioned day to show cause why an order for your committal should not be made.”

    On two occasions, the court had directed the SSS to release Mr Sowore or the agency would be guilty of contempt and its DG liable to be committed to prison.

    “Take notice that unless you obey the direction contained in the order of the Federal High Court of Justice, Abuja made on the 6 November 2019, which ordered you to release the Defendants/Applicants in Suit No; FHC/ABJ/CR/235/2019 forthwith, you will be guilty of contempt of court and will be liable to be committed to prison. A copy of the said order of court earlier served on you is hereby annexed for your on-the-spot reference.

    “This court has been informed that even as at today, Tuesday the 12 November 2019 you are yet to comply with the lawful order of the Federal High Court by refusing to release the Defendants/Applicants namely: Omoyele Stephen Sowore and Olawale Adebayo Bakare (MANDATE), in your custody. You are hereby directed to comply with the court order forthwith or you will be guilty of contempt of court,” the document read.

  • CASE CLOSED: Orji Kalu to remain in prison as court dismisses bail option

    CASE CLOSED: Orji Kalu to remain in prison as court dismisses bail option

    Justice Mohammed Liman of the federal high court has dismissed Orji Uzor Kalu’s application for bail pending determination of his appeal against his fraud conviction.

    According to the judge, the applicant failed to prove exceptional circumstances that would warrant granting bail pending the determination of his appeal.

    Justice Liman said there was no evidence to prove the senator was suffering from chronic diseases Such as diabetes, and hypertension, and that they weren’t contagious.

    The court also rejected Mr Kalu’s argument that there are substantial grounds in his appeal against his conviction, saying it is an irrelevant
    ground.

    Also, the judge ruled that Mr Kalu’s absence at the Senate will no doubt be missed, but that his constituents should have known they were taking a risk of taking a potentially uncertain candidate, when they voted him to represent them as a federal lawmaker.

    The former governor is currently serving a 12 year jail term handed down on him, upon conviction for fraud and money laundering.

    Mr Kalu was convicted earlier in the month, of N7.1bn fraud and sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment, which he has appealed against.

    He has been in prison since the day of his conviction. Last week, his lawyers told the court that he had serious health challenges that the medical facilities in the prison cannot handle.

    He also said that as the Chief Whip of the Senate and the senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, the interest of his constituents would be in jeopardy if he was kept behind bars.

    But counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), opposed the application.

  • 12 killed in prison shootout

    At least 12 people have been killed in an exchange of gunfire in a prison outside Panama City, the Police said on Tuesday.

    Thirteen others were injured, two of them seriously, Panama’s Deputy Police, Chief Alexis Munoz, said.

    The violence at the La Joyita prison, which faces overcrowding and alleged systematic abuses against inmates, was related to rivalry between gangs inside the facility.

    Several weapons were confiscated, including assault rifles, local media reported.

    Rioting in penal institutions is not uncommon in Latin America.

    In Honduras, the government declared a state of emergency in the country’s prisons on Tuesday.

    Prison authorities were replaced by an army commission that will stay for six months, local media reported.

    Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez’s government took the decision following several killings and other violent incidents in the Central American country’s prisons.