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Prophet Alfa Babatunde Of Sotitobire Ministry Sent Back To Prison Over Missing Child
Prophet Alfa Babatunde, founder of the Sotitobire Miracle centre was today sent back to the Olokuta Correctional centre till Thursday for continuation of his case.
He was arraigned before Justice Olusegun Odusola who refused to grant his bail application sought by the defence counsel, Mr. Olusola Oke.
The prosecuting team from the state ministry of justice led by the Attorney-General, Mr. Kola Olawoye esq. presented two witnesses, including the mother of the missing child, out of the seven prosecution witnesses.
After much argument, the case was adjourned till Thursday 19th March 2020 for continuation of hearing, while the accused persons were returned to the prison custody.
It would be recalled that the case was transferred to the High Court from the Magistrate court at the last court sitting where the defendants were arraigned afresh.
Alfa Babatunde was arraigned along six others namely; Peter Anjorin, Omodara Olayinka, Margaret Oyebola, Grace Ogunjobi, Egunjobi Motunrayo, Esther Kayode. They were arraigned on three count charge of aiding and abetting the kidnapping of 13-month-old boy, Gold Eninlaloluwa Kolawole who disappeared in the children department of the church.
Counsel to Prophet Alfa Babatunde, Olusola Oke made application for bail at the last sitting, but the trial judge, Justice A.O Odusola refused the application.
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Money Laundering: EFCC Declares Kogi Ex-Gov, Yahaya Bello Wanted
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has declared former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello wanted.
This followed the inability of the former governor to appear before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja on Thursday for his arraignment over alleged N84bn money laundering.
In a post on its official Facebook page on Thursday, the anti-graft agency urged Nigerians with useful information about Bello’s whereabouts to report to the nearest police station.
The post reads, “EFCC Declares Former Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello Wanted. Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, is wanted by the EFCC for offences relating to economic and financial crimes to the tune of N80.2 Billion.
“Anybody with information as to his whereabouts should report immediately to the Commission or the nearest Police Station.”
Ahead of the planned arraignment, operatives of the EFCC, Department of State Services, Police and other security agencies on Wednesday besieged Bello’s Abuja residence.
He was, however, sneaked out of the building by the incumbent governor of Kogi State, Usman Ododo.
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Kano Court Reverses Ganduje’s Suspension, Orders Status Quo
A Federal High Court in Kano has halted the suspension of the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
The ruling came on Wednesday after Ganduje filed an ex parte motion seeking to enforce his fundamental right to fair hearing.
The respondents in the application are the Police, Department of State Services, DSS, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, and nine others.
On April 16, APC executives in Dawakin Ward, Tofa LGA of Kano State, suspended Ganduje over alleged corruption.
However, the State Working Committee, SWC, of the APC in Kano nullified the suspension and punished the ward executives.
But a Kano High Court presided by Justice Usman Na’Abba upheld the suspension.
In the ex parte order delivered on Wednesday by the Federal High Court and made available to newsmen on Thursday, a Kano High Court presided by Justice A. M Liman ruled that the suspension should not be implemented until the case filed by Ganduje is heard and determined.
“All the respondents, their servants, agents or privies are hereby restrained from implementing and/or giving effect to the purported decision reached during the purported emergency meeting of the alleged executive members of APC Ganduje Ward, held at Ganduje Ward of Dawakin Tofa Local.
“All the parties are hereby mandated to maintain status quo before the purported emergency meeting of the alleged executive members of APC Ganduje Ward, and to stay action in respect of this matter pending the hearing and determination of the substantive application,” Justice Liman said.
The judge subsequently fixed April 30 to hear Ganduje’s suit.
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Man Jailed Nine Months For Assaulting Lagos Official, Crossing Highway
A mobile court in Oshodi has sentenced a man simply identified as Paul to nine months imprisonment for not using a pedestrian bridge and assaulting personnel of the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps.
According to the State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, who revealed this information through a post on his X handle on Thursday.
Wahab wrote, “Paul was apprehended on April 16 for not utilizing the pedestrian bridge at Agbado Oke Odo, during which he assaulted and injured the enforcement personnel of LAGESCOfficial (KAI).
The mobile court in Oshodi delivered a nine-month jail sentence on him.”
The Ministry recently cautioned residents about avoiding pedestrian bridges, labeling the act of pedestrians crossing major highways in the state as illegal.
According to PUNCH’s report on Tuesday, the state government apprehended and charged 76 individuals for ignoring pedestrian bridges in the Ojota, Ladipo, and Oshodi regions.
In a March report, it was mentioned that a 22-year-old woman named Fasia Ajoke was sentenced to seven months and three weeks in prison for assaulting a female LAGESC officer while on duty.
Ajoke was also found guilty of resisting arrest and refusing to use the pedestrian bridge.
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