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Alleged Fraud: Absence Of Judge Stalls Fayose’s Trial
On Thursday, the trial of Ayodele Fayose, a former Governor of Ekiti, was postponed at the Federal High Court in Lagos due to the presiding judge, Chukwujekwu Aneke, being on another official assignment.
Lifestyle Nigeria reports that the trial, which is being conducted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been adjourned until July 1st for the continuation of the proceedings. The EFCC is accusing Fayose of N6.9 billion fraud and money laundering.
Fayose was first arraigned on October 22, 2018, alongside his company, Spotless Investment Ltd, on eleven counts bordering on fraud and money laundering before Judge Mojisola Olatoregun.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges and was granted bail on October 24, 2018, in the sum of N50 million with sureties in like sum.
The defendant was re-arraigned before Judge Aneke on July 2, 2019, after the case was withdrawn from Olatoregun, following the EFCC’s petition.
Fayose entered a plea of ‘not guilty’ and was permitted to remain on the previously set bond amount. The commission is still calling witnesses to the stand.
According to the charge, Fayose and one Abiodun Agbele were said to have taken possession of the sum of N1.2 billion on June 17, 2014, for purposes of funding his gubernatorial election campaign in Ekiti, which they reasonably ought to have known formed part of crime proceeds.
Fayose was also alleged to have received a cash payment of $5 million from Musiliu Obanikoro, a former minister of state for defence, without going through any financial institution.
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Calmer Waters Ahead? Rivers Candidate Fubara Foresees Resolution of Political Disputes
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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said that the pressure mounted by the political crisis in the state has been weathered sufficiently, giving way for his administration to provide focused leadership and governance to the people.
Fubara made the assertion when he hosted on a courtesy visit, members of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions, led by its Chairman, Mike Etaba, at Government House in Port Harcourt on Saturday.
This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi.
The governor declared that as long as his administration and the Rivers people he is leading are concerned, there is no more political issue of note.
Referring to a movie he had seen a long time ago, Fubara explained how the pressure from the unwarranted political crisis served as an enabler to strengthen his commitment to service that is now impacting lives positively.
He stated, “As far as we are concerned, there are no political issues. I had seen a movie many years ago, entitled, ‘Devil’s Advocate.’ I believe some of you must have seen that movie too.
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Wike, 36 Govs Sued by SERAP Over Alleged Failure to Account for N5.9trn, $4.6bn Loans
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the governors of the 36 states of the Federation, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over their failure to account for, and publish the agreements of the N5.9 trillion and $4.6 billion loans obtained by their states and the FCT, respectively.
The suit, numbered FHC/ABJ/CS/592/2024 was filed on Friday on behalf of SERAP by its lawyers – Kolawole Oluwadare, Kehinde Oyewumi and Valentina Adegoke, at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
The statement, which was made available to the media on Sunday, asked the court to “direct and compel the governors and Mr. Wike to account for N5.9trn and $4.6bn loans obtained by their states and the FCT and to publish copies of the loan agreements, location of projects executed with the loans.”
The suit is a sequel to SERAP’s demand which was addressed to the 37 respondents in a statement issued by the organisation’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare on March 31, 2024.
In the statement, SERAP urged the court to “direct and compel the governors and Mr. Wike to invite the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to investigate the spending of all the loans obtained to date by their states and the FCT.”
SERAP is arguing that “it is in the public interest to grant the reliefs sought. Nigerians have the right to see and scrutinise the loan agreements and know the details of how the domestic and external loans obtained by the governors and FCT minister are spent.
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Mohbad’s PA, Interrogated by Police Over Late Singer’s Embalment – Lifestyle Nigeria
The Nigeria Police Force has interrogated Darosha, the personal assistant to the late singer Mohbad, over the controversial embalment of the deceased.
According to Punch Newspapers, Darosha was invited to the Zone 2 Command headquarters on Thursday, where he was questioned in the presence of Mohbad’s parents.
The police investigation is in response to a petition filed by Emmanuel Oroko of Hillceetee Partners on behalf of Mohbad’s father. The petition alleges that Mohbad’s body was embalmed without authorization from his family or a death certificate from a medical practitioner.
During the interrogation, Darosha named those present when the deceased was embalmed, and the police have invited them for further questioning. The embalment was said to have violated the Coroner’s System Law 2007, which prohibits tampering with a dead body without proper authorization.
Mohbad’s father had earlier alleged that his son’s body was already embalmed and placed by the staircase when he arrived at the deceased’s home on the day of his death. He has called on the police to intensify their investigation to unravel the cause of his son’s death.
The police investigation is ongoing, and those mentioned in Darosha’s statement are expected to appear before the investigation panel to shed more light on the circumstances surrounding Mohbad’s death and embalmment.
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