The opposition party which claimed that the Electoral Act 2022 did not make provision for a “place holder” or temporary running mate, asked the court to declare that Tinubu and Obi be disqualified unless they contest alongside their previous running mates; Kabiru Masari and Doyin Okupe respectively.
In the lawsuit which has INEC, APC, Tinubu, Masari, Labour Party, Obi and Okupe as defendants, the PDP also asked the court to determine if “by the combined interpretation of Section 142(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sections 29(1), 31, 33 of the Electoral Act 2022, the first defendant (INEC) can validly accept any change or substitution of the 4th (Masari) and 7th (Okupe) defendants as running mates of the 3rd (APC) and 6th (Labour Party) defendants”.
Ruling on the case after respondents in the suit challenged the jurisdiction of the court to entertain the matter, Justice Donatus Okorowo stated that the lawsuit is not within the court’s jurisdiction.
He went on to dismiss the case he said lacks merit and an abuse of court process.
A Chinese national resident in Kano, Geng Quangrong, has disclosed why he stabbed his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummu Kulthum, to death.
Geng killed 23-year-old Ummu last Friday, September 16, in her home in Kabuga Quarters, Dorayi Babba area of Kano State. He reportedly confessed to the crime after he was arrested by the police in Kano.
Geng, 47, said he killed Ummi because she promised to marry him but later reneged on that promise after he had spent so much money on her.
Geng has since been transferred to the state headquarters at Bompai for further investigation and prosecution. Meanwhile, late Ummu was buried Saturday morning, September 17, in Kano.
A Federal High Court in Zamfara State has nullified the primary election that produced Alhaji Dauda Lawal Dare as the state’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the forthcoming general elections.
Alhaji Ibrahim Shehu Gusau, a former federal lawmaker who also contested for the election, had approached the court seeking the nullification of the PDP primary election won by Dare, citing gross irregularities.
Delivering the judgment on Friday, September 16, Justice Aminu Baffa Aliyu said all the prayers of the plaintiff had been granted by the court.
The judgment was contained in a 109-page document. Justice Aminu ordered that fresh primary election must be conducted to ensure justice and fairness to all parties. Speaking shortly after the judgment, counsel for the plaintiff, Barrister Ibrahim Ali, said,
“The court looked at the merit of the matter and decided the case in favour of the plaintiffs.”
He added: “Our prayers were that the primary elections conducted by a committee led by Adamu Maina Waziri be nullified by the court and order be given by the court for the conduct of a fresh election in line with the PDP’s constitution and guidelines. All our prayers have been granted.
“The judgment was well evaluated because we proved our case beyond reasonable doubts and we are happy with the decision of the court.”
The state legal adviser of the PDP in the state, Barrister Bashir Abubakar Masama, said the party would study the judgment and take the next line of action, adding that the ruling would be appealed.
An Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced a 52-year-old man, Akin Isaac, to 21 years imprisonment for defiling and impregnating his 18-year-old daughter.
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo sentenced the convict on Thursday, September 15, 2022, following his plea bargain application dated 21 April.
“In view of the guilty plea of the defendant to one count of defilement, I hereby find the defendant guilty as charged,” Mrs Taiwo said.
The judge thereafter asked the defendant if he had anything to say, following his conviction. NAN reports that the convict knelt down in the dock and pleaded for mercy, saying he had an aged mother to look after.
Mrs Taiwo thereafter sentenced him to 21 years in prison and added that the sentencing should take effect from June 2020 when he was arrested.
Earlier, the judge had asked the state counsel, Omowumi Bajulaye-Bishi, if the 21 years plea bargain was good enough for the convict, owing to how emotional the survivor was while she was giving her testimony.
“I remember the survivor clearly. She was weeping right here in the box. Abortion, pregnancy, drugs, beating and all sorts of inhuman treatment meted on her by her father? Do you think 21 years is good enough for him?” the judge asked.
Mrs Bajulaye-Bishi, in her review of facts dated 6th July, had informed the court that the convict applied and concluded to change his plea, upon which the information against him be amended to the offence of defilement.
The offence was committed between 2014 and 2020 on Akinlagbe Street, Alapere Lagos.
It contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
The Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command has arrested an ex-convict, Yekini Opeyemi.
Opeyemi, working as a guard at Ojota New Garage, was arrested for being in possession of two stolen 2.8KVA generators.
The 35-year-old suspect was apprehended near Odo-Iya Alaro at Ojota in company of others who are now at large.
He was trying to load one Firman and one Tigmax generator, both 2.8 KVA, into a Volkswagen Golf car.
The driver, on sighting police operatives sped off, leaving Opeyemi behind. Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin said Opeyemi arrived in Lagos last week and got a job at Ojota.
The security agency found out that the suspect has been imprisoned on four different occasions over separate incidents.
Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi has directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Panti, Yaba, for further investigation and prosecution.
A 29-year-old woman was on Monday, September, 12, arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts, for allegedly stabbing her friend at a club in Nairobi, Kenya.
In a charge sheet, Sheila Achieng is accused of having committed the act at the Eureka Club located along Tom Mboya street on Thursday, September 8, 2022.
She allegedly stabbed Esther Gathoni Ngatia on the head and chest, using a broken liquor bottle, after accusing the victim of attempting to snatch her man.
“On 8th September 2022, at Eureka club along Tom Mboya street in the CBD of Nairobi County, Achieng’ intentionally and Unlawfully did grievous harm to Esther Gathoni Ngatia by stabbing her on the head and chest with a broken spirit bottle,” the charge sheet read in part.
A witness told the court that Achieng accused the victim of wanting to snatch her boyfriend.
“Sheila stabbed her friend with a broken spirit bottle for allegedly attempting to snatch her man at Club Eureka in Nairobi,” the witness stated.
Men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kano Command, have arrested 22-year-old Zaharadden Mukthar, pictured above, for allegedly vandalizing and stealing aluminum sliding window burglar shields from the Dawakin Tofa Central Mosque in the state.
DSC Ibrahim Idris Abdullahi, Command’s Public Relations Officer, disclosed this in a statement issued today September 14.
He said Mukthar, a resident of Kashirmu Village in Dawakin Tofa LGA was apprehended with the stolen items, concealed in a large sack and being conveyed to the market.
“The Suspect has since confessed to the committing of the nefarious act and will be charged to court upon completion of investigation,” he said
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced a domestic worker, Genesis Ezebong, his brother, Micheal and one Ikade Moses, to life imprisonment for armed robbery in the Palm Groove area of Lagos State.
The convicts were arraigned on December 18, 2020 while the trial commenced on January 11, 2022. The prosecution counsel, Omowumi Bajulaye, during the arraignment of the convicts, had told the court that they committed the offence of conspiracy and armed robbery on January 13, 2019, at No 222 Ikorodu Road, Palm Groove, Lagos.
She said that the trio while armed with cutlass, shovel and other dangerous weapons, robbed one Daniel of one Compact Laptop, one Apple laptop, gold and costumes, jewelleries, Blackberry phones, one digital camera, soccer shoes and two other phones belonging to one Titilope Akeredolu.
The prosecution, during trial, called three witnesses and tendered documents such as defendants’ statements which were admitted as exhibits.
The witnesses who had testified before the court included Inspector Okunade Olumuyiwa, Titilope Akeredolu and Investigative Police officer and Inspector Olawale Oni.
The witnesses had narrated to the court how Akeredolu’s domestic worker conspired with others, who were armed with dangerous weapons, broke into his boss’s house with his gang after he had left to church, and locked the security man as well as other occupants in the toilet.
Akeredolu said after she went to church on Sunday morning, she received a call from her security man who told her that the first convict, Genesis Ezebong, her domestic staff, broke into her apartment with a cutlass and stole her things.
She told the court that the gateman narrated the robbery incident to her, how they were locked in the toilet, and how the convicts broke into her room around 10.30am.
The judge held that the prosecution proved beyond a reasonable doubt, the circumstantial evidence against the defendants whils sentencing them.
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, on Tuesday, showed up at the Court of Appeal to witness the case of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu in Abuja.
Sowore shared pictures from the court via his Twitter handle.
He wrote,
“At the Court of Appeal in Abuja today with #FreeNnamdiKanuNow lawyers #EjioforBar as they argue to have all charges against #MaziNnamdiKanu dropped.
There can’t be peace in a society where there is no justice! #WeCantContinueLikeThis.”
A young man has been arrested for waste burning in the Eti-Osa local government area of Lagos state.
The Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, shared a video showing the moment the man was arrested and wrote;”CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF WASTE BURNING LAWMA enforcement, personally supervised by the Managing Director/CEO, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, this morning arrested an environmental defaulter for waste burning at Eti-Osa axis.
He has since been taken to Oshodi mobile court for prosecution, and a minimum of three months prison sentence awaits him. We appeal to residents to make conscious efforts to shun acts capable of endangering the environment and people living in it.”
A trial juror in RnB star, R.Kelly’s case in Chicago suffered a panic attack during a break in proceedings, and was excused by the Judge.
TMZ reported that during the trial on Monday September 12, the white female juror started having a panic attack after the prosecution gave their closing argument.
The judge said he was told the juror “couldn’t last another minute” and he excused her, according to reporter Jon Seidel.
The judge says a white male alternate juror is now stepping in, and like the juror he’s replacing, this guy has also not seen the “Surviving R. Kelly” documentary.
As the trial comes to an end, the defense team is now giving their closing arguments, after the prosecution ripped Kelly to begin the day, labeling him a sexual predator who used his celebrity status to abuse minors.
Kelly, who was already sentenced to 30 years in federal prison following a June conviction in New York, is expected to learn his fate soon depending on how long it takes the jury to reach a verdict.
Hearing of the appeal challenging the remaining seven-count charge filed against the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, earlier scheduled for hearing on October 11, 2022, has been brought forward to September 13, 2022.
This was made known by the lead counsel for Kanu and IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, in a post on his verified Facebook page on Wednesday.
The Appeal No: CA/ABJ/CR/ 625/2022; between Nnamdi Kanu vs Federal Republic of Nigeria is challenging the seven-count charge upheld against the IPOB leader by Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja on May 18, 2022, after reviewing of 15 counts.
Ejiofor wrote,
“Our Appeal No: CA/ABJ/CR/ 625/2022; BETWEEN NNAMDI KANU VS FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, earlier scheduled for Hearing on the 11th Day of October, 2022, has been brought forward to the 13th day of September, 2022.
“Chukwu Okike Abiama is on the throne and shall forever remain on the throne. Your relentless prayers and supplications is positively impacting.
It therefore means that hearing on Onyendu’s appeal challenging the remaining seven-count charge filed against him, will now be coming up for Hearing at the Court of Appeal Abuja, next week Tuesday, being the 13th Day of September, 2022.
“Thank you so much Umuchineke for your support so far and remain hugely blessed. We move!”
A 39-year-old man, Charles Inibu, has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos State, for allegedly disguising as a commercial driver to rob unsuspecting passengers of their valuables in the Victoria Island area of the state.
The defendant was charged before Chief Magistrate P.E Nwaka, on two counts bordering on conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery.
The prosecution, led by Sgt. Juliana, said Inibu pretended to be a commercial bus driver at the time of the incident within Victoria Island in Lagos, to lure passengers into his bus.However, Inibu and others still at large, dispossessed the victims of their belongings.
The charges read in part,
“That you, Charles Inibu, and others now at large, within July 31, 2022, to August 8, 2022, within Victoria Island, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire amongst yourselves to commit felony to wit, robbery.
“That you, Charles Inibu, and others still at large, within the same date and place in the aforementioned magisterial district, did pretend to be genuine commercial bus drivers, as a result, you robbed innocent passengers of their belongings.
”The prosecution alleged that Inibu and his fleeing accomplices robbed nine passengers of their phones, adding that the total value of property stolen was N1,231,000.
The offences were said to be punishable under Sections 299 and 297(1) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
The court did not take the defendant’s plea.Chief Magistrate Nwaka adjourned the matter till September 22 for mention.
he Federal High Court Abuja has again denied the bail application filed by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, and three Others.
Kyari and three defendants had in their bail application argued that new facts relating to the Kuje Prison break and alleged threat to their lives warranted their fresh application.
In response, the NDLEA raised an objection arguing that they have not demonstrated how the new issues will not make them jump bail.
Delivering judgement on the bail application this morning, Justice Emeka Nwite agreed with the NDLEA legal team that the defendants have not demonstrated how they will not jump bail and interfere with the administration of criminal justice.
The court held that a threat to life in a detention facility is not a factor for granting bail.
The prosecution in its counter affidavit had submitted that Mr. Kyari and his co-defendants are flight risks as they would tamper with the money laundering investigations and the witnesses lined up for the trial.
The court had earlier made a pronouncement on the bail of the defendants and that there is nothing placed before the court to warrant a reconsideration of the earlier pronouncement of the court.
Two friends have dragged themselves to court after one borrowed the other her business money to plan for her upcoming wedding that was later cancelled.
A Twitter user who shared the story online wrote;
”Your friend borrowed you her business money for your wedding preparations (a?? ebi). Sadly, fiancee cheated and wedding was called off. Time to refund money, you are saying the friend should let it go.
Court and the owner said no that you should say a date you want to pay back and you are saying 3 years! Where do you see these kĂnd of friends tho?”
Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong has been released from prison after Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Ekaette Obot, sentenced him to 30 days imprisonment on 27 July, for alleged contempt of court after he objected to the presence of two armed police operatives inside the courtroom.
Media personality, Omoyele Sowore annnounced the release of Mr Effiong on Friday August 26.
Seven suspects have been arraigned before a magistrates court in Osogbo, Osun State, over an attack on the convoy of Osun State Governor’s wife, Kafayat Oyetola.
Paul Omolola, 40, Rasaki Hammed, 19, Soliu Waheed, 21, Tiamiyu Bashiru, 30, Olayiwola John, 26, Mutiu Owoade, 28, and Tunde Ibrahim, 20, were arraigned on a four-count charge of conspiracy, conduct likely to cause breach of public peace, unlawful damage of convoy and assault.
Speaking in court yesterday August 23, Police prosecutor Asanbe Kayode said the defendants and others at large perpetrated the attack on August 19, around 8pm.
Kayode accused the suspects of damaging three convoy vehicles and injuring security aides.
Magistrate I. R Salami granted the defendants bail with two sureties each after they pleaded not guilty.
Manchester City footballer, Benjamin Mendy has arrived at Chester Crown Court today for the second week of his rape trial.
The French footballer, 28, denies eight counts of rape against five women, one count of sexual assault, and one count of attempted rape.
The offences are alleged to have taken place on five different occasions at his Cheshire mansion between October 2018 and August last year.
Last week, one of his alleged victims said she was left feeling like she ‘didn’t want to be here anymore’ after allegedly being raped by Mendy.
Mendy’s co-defendant Louis Saha Matturie, 41, from Eccles, Salford, has also pleaded not guilty to eight counts of rape and four counts of sexual assault, relating to eight women.
Prosecutors allege Mendy, a French international, is a ‘predator’ who ‘turned the pursuit of women for sex into a game’.
None of the women involved can be identified and reporting restrictions apply ahead of the trial.
A Saudi student at Leeds University UK, who returned to Saudi Arabia for a holiday has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for having a Twitter account and for following and retweeting dissident activists.
Salma al-Shebab, 34, was accused of using Twitter to “cause public unrest and destabilise civil and national security” after she posted tweets calling for women’s rights in Saudi Arabia.
Al-Shebab, who has two young sons aged four and six, was initially sentenced to six years in prison but a Saudi terrorism court on Monday, August 15, increased her jail-term to 34 years after she appealed her sentence.
In sentencing, the court cited Al-Shebab’s social media activity where she tweeted in support of women’s rights in Saudi Arabia and expressed solidarity with imprisoned women’s rights activists such as Loujain al-Hathloul and called for their release.
Al-Shebab was arrested after she retweeted a post from Al-Hathloul’s sister Lina which read: “Freedom for Loujain Al-Hathloul … Freedom for all prisoners of conscience. Your freedom is my first wish for this New Year – Happy New Year.” Al-Shebab would also sometimes retweet posts from dissident activists who were living in exile.
She was accused of “providing succour to those seeking to disrupt public order and undermine the safety of the general public and stability of the state, and publishing false and tendentious rumours on Twitter.”
Al-Shebab was arrested in January 2021 while on holiday in Saudi Arabia just days before she planned to return to the UK, where she was a PhD student at the University of Leeds. Dr Bethany Al-Haidari, the Saudi case manager at the US-based human rights organisation, said:
“Saudi Arabia has boasted to the world that they are improving women’s rights and creating legal reform, but there is no question with this abhorrent sentence that the situation is only getting worse.
“It is unfortunately no surprise that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman feels more empowered than ever in presiding over such egregious rights violations.
“The ruling for Salma’s sentence cited her social media account, where she was supportive of women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul and called for her freedom.
“Though Salma was initially sentenced to 6-years in the first instance court, the sentence was increased to 34 years during the appeal. This is the longest known sentence for a women’s rights activist in Saudi Arabia.”
Loujain Al-Hathloul, who remains wrongfully held in Saudi Arabia under a travel ban, was released from jail just weeks after al-Shebab’s detention.
Al-Shebab had called for Al-Hathloul’s release from prison before her arrest. Al-Haidari added:
“It is ironic that while Loujain’s release was celebrated, Salma remained behind bars on the ground that she called for that very release.
“It’s a pattern for Saudi authorities to ensure that women activists can’t celebrate or take credit for any of their hard-won victories.”
Nollywood actor, Moses Armstrong, has been charged with rape, intimidation, conspiracy and supplying of drugs or instruments to procure abortion.
Armstrong, a former aide to Governor Udom Emmanuel, was arrested last month for allegedly raping a minor he adopted.
The four charges were read to Armstrong in a State High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom on Wednesday, August 10, Premium Times reports.
He reportedly pleaded not guilty to the charges and was granted bail. His counsel Emmanuel Pantaleon drew the court’s attention to his bail application filed on behalf of his client on July 25 and sought the leave of the court to proceed to entertain it.
The prosecution, I.U. Robert, an assistant state counsel, while opposing bail application, cited relevant judicial authorities and urged the court to dismiss the application which he described as an “abuse of court process.”
The Judge, Ntong Ntong, after hearing submissions from both counsels upheld the defense counsel application and granted bail to Mr Armstrong in the sum of N5 million.
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