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FG Charge 4 Suspects Over The Murder Of Imo’s Monarch
Four people are being prosecuted by the Nigerian government for the alleged murder of Basil Njoku, the traditional head of the Amanze Obowo Autonomous Community in Imo State.
Remember that Njoku was murdered on December 17, 2022, following his family’s N4 million ransom payment. Njoku was kidnapped on his way home from the Federal Medical Center, or FMC, in Umuahia.
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Jude Iheme and Chika Madukwe were taken into custody by the police and charged with the murder.
They entered a not guilty plea to the charges of terrorism and unlawful gun ownership, among other offenses.
On the final postponed date, however, the Inspector General of Police, or IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, via his attorney, Simon Lough, requested permission from the court to amend the terrorist charges brought against the traditional ruler’s alleged murders, stating that additional suspects had been captured.
During Friday’s continued hearings, Lateef Fagbemi, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, notified the court—through his attorney, David Kaswe—that the Federal Government had chosen to assume charge of the suspects’ trial.
In line with sections 174 of the 1999 Constitution and 105 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act of 2015, he stated that this was being done.
According to Kaswe, the Federal Ministry of Justice has been instructed to get the case file from the IGP so that it may take the necessary steps.
“I urge my honourable lord to put on hold the arraignment and seek an adjournment to enable me to study the case file to ensure diligent prosecution of the case,” he added.
A Sharia Court in Ningi, the capital of the Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State, has condemned a middle-aged man named Abdullahi Sani from Unguwar Makara Huta to death by stoning on the grounds of his alleged homosexuality.
On May 10, 2024, at a court session, Sharia Judge Abdullahi Aliyu Doya delivered the verdict, finding Sani guilty of the offense as accused.
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The Sharia Judge declared that after hearing several arguments, the court closed the case on Thursday, September 5, 2024, for judgment and sentencing. The case was opened on February 5, 2024.
He clarified that Abdullahi Sani was found guilty and sentenced to death by stoning in line with sections 131, 132, and 133 of the Bauchi State Administration of Criminal Justice, 2001, based on witness testimony and the defendant’s admission of guilt.
Remember that a Sharia court rendered a verdict on July 1, 2022, sentencing three individuals to death by stoning for offenses similar to this one.
More than twenty people have been killed in Bilbis, a community in Zamfara State’s Tsafe Local Government Area, by armed bandits operating in the Northwest zone.
According to information obtained, over seven community members were taken to Tsafe General Hospital after suffering gunshot wounds of varying degrees.
One Ismaiala Bilbis claims that the gunmen broke into the village on numerous motorcycles carrying advanced weaponry and were free to roam for more than three hours.
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“The terrorists, after killing over 20 people, abducted two people,” he said.
He added that although security services received requests for assistance, the terrorists had already departed when the military and other security personnel arrived.
Additionally, some of the residents disclosed that 14 of the deceased were buried early on Friday morning.
Recall that in recent times, villages in Zamfara State’s Tsafe Local Government Area have been subjected to ceaseless attacks by unrepentant terrorists who have persisted in frightening the populace.
Two social media users have been summoned by the Chief Magistrate Court, Wuse Zone 6, for the “criminal defamation” of socialite Dorcas Adeyinka.
Chief Magistrate Emmanuel Iyanna has directed the two defendants, Tolulope Adeoye, also known as Abike Jagaban, and Tolulope Odegbami, also known as Olowosibi, to appear in person before the court on June 4, 2024, to respond to the charges brought against them by the complainant. This directive is contained in the court summons dated May 9, 2024, which our correspondent was able to view.
The complainant accused the defendants of posting her naked photo on social media and making fun of her in a criminal complaint filed by the complainants’ attorneys, led by Pelumi Olajengbesi of the Abuja-based law company, Law Corridor.
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“On the 5th of March 2022, Abike Jagaban shared the complainant’s nude pictures on Youtube, directing her followers to different online platfoms where the complainant’s pictures were/are shared and ridiculed the complainant in the process.
“The video is captioned: ‘Abike Jagaban on Dorcas Adeyinka, aka TMS Blog’.
Because of these activities, the complaint has been subjected to disdain, hostility, and detestation, as some individuals have been observed mocking the complainant in the post’s comment section.
In a different video titled “How Abike Jagaban Bully Dorcas Adeyinka,” Abike Jagaban is shown bullying the complainant as well.
Additionally, the defendants have posted articles on social media claiming that the complainant is to blame for the passing of Folusho Asimiyu, popularly known as “Iya Ibeji,” a person the complainant had previously provided financial support for through her non-governmental organization.
A portion of the lawsuit stated, “These accusations have been made without any proof or connection linking the complainant to Folunsho Asimiyu’s demise.”
According to the complainant, the defendants’ purported acts violated Section 391 of the Penal Code and amounted to criminal defamation.
Magistrate Iyanna directed the complainant in Suit No. CR/93/2024 with Motion No. MN/140/2024 to use their social media handles or pages, @Tolulope Omolara Ghaba (Favebook) and @Princess Tolulope Ajike Olowosibi (Facebook), to serve the defendants with the criminal summons and all other subsequent processes of the court.
He ruled that the two defendants must appear in court on June 4, 2024, the day he had postponed the case.
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