Tag: Yunusa
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Just in: Court sentences Yunusa, abductor of Ese Oruru, to 26 years in prison
A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital has convicted Yunusa Dahiru for the abduction of Ese Oruru. Justice Jane Inyang sentenced Dahiru to 26 years in prison in a judgment she delivered on Thursday. The police in March 2016, arraigned Dahiru on a five-count charge bordering on abduction, kidnapping, unlawful carnal…
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Corruption trial: Court lacks jurisdiction to try Justice Yunusa’s case – Lawyer
The defence in the corruption trial of Justice Mohammed Yunusa, a judge of the Federal High Court, said on Friday that an Ikeja Special Offences Court lacked the jurisdiction try the case. The defence counsel, Mr Robert Clarke (SAN), made the assertion at Friday’s proceedings on the two preliminary objections filed by the defence before…