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Why Nnamdi Kanu is victim of false imprisonment by FG ― Lawyer

The Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has stated that his client and Biafra agitator is a victim of false imprisonment by the Federal Government. Aloy Ejimakor made the remark on Thursday while stressing that Kanu was not under any charge before any court.

Nnamdi Kanu and his counsels in court In a statement he signed, Ejimakor reiterated that Kanu’s release was not an act of mercy. The statement reads partly: “To be sure, Nnamdi Kanu’s fate does not lie in this appeal alone because the appeal is but one of the several cases that were triggered – municipally and internationally – by the extraordinary rendition, and all the cases are independent, of equal stature and aimed at securing Nnamdi Kanu’s release. “Therefore, the different moments in time when two of these several cases, in particular – the one initiated at the Federal High Court and the one initiated at the United Nations (both of which have concurrent jurisdiction over the rendition), were determined in favor of Nnamdi Kanu, the narrative that freeing him lies exclusively in the hands of the Supreme Court is fundamentally false. It is also malicious, prejudicial and profoundly injurious to Nnamdi Kanu’s legal interest, especially as it offers the authorities the umbrage and easy political cover to persist in the illegal detention of Nnamdi Kanu. “Finally, it needs to be emphasized that for the obvious reason that Nnamdi Kanu is neither currently facing any trial, nor does he have any charges standing against him, his detention is – in reality – an imprisonment without conviction. In plain terms, he is a victim of false imprisonment by the State. A rough and tough imprisonment that is more horrendous when the locale is not a prison or a correctional institution but a hideous DSS cell, which is no different from a dank police cell or even worse in some ramifications.”

Shallipopi sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for internet fraud

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of celebrity, Crown Uzama, and five others before Justice A.A Isiaka on separate one count charge bordering on criminal impersonation. The offences are contrary to Sections 142 (1), 57 and 308 of the Kaduna Penal Code Law, 2017 and punishable under Section 309 of the same Law. Uzama, along with Joel Kator (aka Alfred Hudson), AbdulAzeez Suleiman Temidayo (aka Miss Katie Official), Favour Chidiogo Emmanuel (aka Kate Banks), John Joseph (aka Avail Hollywood), and Bethel Makuochukwu (aka Violetqmartinez) were convicted for impersonating foreign nationals and using false identities to defraud unsuspecting victims. Makuochukwu had been sentenced two weeks earlier for money laundering. All six defendants pleaded guilty to the charges preferred against them. The prosecuting counsel urged the court to convict them accordingly. Justice Isiaka convicted and sentenced the defendants to two years imprisonment each with the option of fines. They are also required to forfeit all electronic gadgets, furniture and other items recovered from them to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The EFCC arrested the defendants at various locations in Kaduna upon intelligence received by the Command. This conviction serves as a warning to those who engage in criminal impersonation and other fraudulent activities on social media platforms. The EFCC is committed to ensuring that perpetrators of financial crimes are brought to justice and the public is protected from their nefarious activities.

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Painter bags life imprisonment for defiling neighbour’s daughter

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court have sentenced a painter, Sunday Ajibade, to life imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old daughter of his neighbour. Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had proved beyond a reasonable doubt, the charge of defilement against Ajibade, a resident of Abule-Egba in Lagos.

File photo: Guardian Nigeria Soladoye also held that the court found the survivor’s evidence straight, neat and uncontroversial as she identified the defendant, who sent her to bring his torn clothing from the room and hurriedly followed her, pulled out a knife, threatened her and forcefully had sex with her. According to Soladoye, the defendant is a pathological liar who feeds on the innocence of the survivor. “The survivor told this court that she went to sew a piece of cloth at her neighbour’s house, who is a tailor when the defendant beckoned on her to help him bring his torn clothing from his room. “She said that as soon as she entered his room, the defendant ran after her, pulled out a knife, pointed same at her, threatened to kill her if she told anyone what he was about to do to her and forcefully had canal knowledge of her. “The survivor said she saw blood on her clothes when she got home and reported it to her mother when she came back from the market. “The second prosecution witness, who is the mother of the survivor said that the defendant lived three houses from their house and that she was not at home on the day of the incident. “She told this court that she noticed her daughter getting lean and refusing to eat and narrated her ordeal which made her report the case at Oko-Oba Police Station.” The judge said that the survivor’s mother testified that the defendant tried to run away but he was later arrested to face the music and that all efforts made by the defendant’s family to beg the mother of the survivor proved abortive as she was bent on getting justice for her daughter. Soladoye said that the issues raised by the defence that the evidence of the survivor was not corroborated and that there was no medical report did not hold water. She said this was because the prosecution had proved each of the essential ingredients of defilement against the defendant. According to her, the child who appeared before this court is underage. “She stated clearly and I believe her that the defendant forcefully had sex with her as her consent could not have been obtained. “On the issue of corroboration, the testimony of the survivor was corroborated by her mother’s testimony. “On the issue of the prosecution not tendering a medical report, it is right law, that tendering of medical report is not mandatory to establish the offence of defilement. “Upon careful review of all the evidence tendered before this honourable court, both oral and documentary, the court finds the prosecution witnesses truthful and credible in their testimonies. “The confessional statement of the defendant which was tendered and admitted into evidence in this case showed he committed the offence and his denial while giving his evidence is a means to lie his way through.” Soladoye, thereafter, pronounced the defendant guilty as charged and sentenced him to life imprisonment. She ordered that Ajibade should have his name registered in the sexual offences register as maintained by Lagos State Government. The judge also cautioned children to be very careful while running errands for irresponsible adults like the defendant. “It is becoming a recurring decimal that these kids, whenever they are sent to buy anything, they are told to drop in the room. “In this case, where the defendant told the girl to bring his torn clothing from his room but he went after her, pounced on her and forcefully defiled her. “Kids should learn from this and avoid being entrapped by irresponsible paedophiles like this defendant. “Children should be schooled on how to run errands and they should avoid going to rooms to deliver such messages as this is becoming very dangerous and it is a modus-operandi adopted by paedophiles,” she said. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state counsel, Ms Abimbola Abolade, called two witnesses while the defendant testified as the sole witness. According to the prosecution, the offence violated Section 137 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.

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Man sentenced to 70 years imprisonment for spitting at police officers in the U.S

A man in the U.S. has been sentenced to 70 years in prison for spitting at policemen at Lubbock police officers during an arrest last May.

New York Post reports that the 36-year-old Larry Pearson was picked up by policemen on domestic violence charges after he allegedly hit a woman several times in the face. The report also revealed that Pearson left his victim with “multiple visible injuries.” Larry allegedly got angry when officers didn’t arrest the victim and started kicking the door of the police cruiser. When two cops opened the door to demand he stops, Pearson spat at them and kept doing so even after he got to the Lubbock County Detention Center, the New York Post said. During the trial’s closing arguments, prosecutor Jessica Gorman asked the jury to “send a message” to both the suspect and society with its sentencing. Larry had prior convictions for aggravated robbery and family violence, Gorman said. As a result, he faced a minimum sentence of 25 years. “If you’re going to live the life of crime, you’re going to do that among other criminals (in prison),” Gorman told the court. Jim Shaw, Pearson’s defense attorney, told jurors that the sentencing was for a “simple misdemeanor” that got out of control. “You’re not going to get 70 years for something like this when you’ve never been in trouble before,” Gorman said.

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Yahoo boy bags 5 Years imprisonment over $400 fraud

A Kaduna State High Court sentenced a yahoo boy named Olanrewaju Temitope to prison over $400 fraud following a one-count charge.

On Wednesday, February 15, 2023, Justice A. A Bello sentenced Temitope after being arranged by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The charge reads, ”That you, Olanrewaju Temitope ‘M’ sometimes between January, 2022 to July, 2022 in Kaduna within the Judicial Division of this Honourable Court dishonestly induced one Elexis McCrills (on Instagram, a social media application) to deliver to you the sum of 400 USD ( Four Hundred U.S Dollars) when you portrayed yourself to be Lisa Marie Boothe (a female which you knew you were not) and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 308 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017 and punishable under Section 309 of the Same Law”. After the yahoo boy pleaded guilty, the defendant was urged by prosecuting counsel P.C Onyeneho to be convicted accordingly. Justice Bello sentenced the defendant to 5 years imprisonment, or to pay a fine of One Hundred Thousand Naira, and ordered the forfeiture of his Infinix Zero X cell phone with IMEI number 351240990699206 and 3512400990699214, which was used in the commission of the crime, to the Federal Government of Nigeria. Temitope was apprehended at his hideout on Joel Bala Street, Gbagyi Villa Kaduna during a sting operation. Investigations revealed that he used a fake Facebook and Instagram account under the name Lisa Marie to scam unsuspecting victims, mainly residents of the United States, out of their hard-earned money.

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Pastor bags life imprisonment for raping two sisters

A 51-year-old Lagos Pastor has been sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ikeja sexual offenses and domestic violence court for raping sisters.

The pastor, identified as Nduka Anyanwu pleaded guilty to defiling and impregnating two teenage sisters in August 2020. Judge Abiola Soladoye sentenced him on Tuesday, February 14, for impregnating the two sisters, aged 13 and 17 years old, both of whom have given birth. The convict was said to have defiled the two sisters on the guise of holding prayer sessions at a church complex in Oshodi in August 2020. The judge held that the evidence presented against the convict was convincing and consistent. Soladayo described the convict as morally-bankrupt, adding that his name should be published in the state’s sex offenders’ register. Abiola Soladoye disclosed that the police ought to have charged the parents of the victims/survivors alongside the convict. She described the parents as irresponsible, saying that they encouraged the survivors to get defiled by the defendant. “On several occasions, one of the survivors went back to the parents to complain about the conduct of the defendant. She was b€aten and sent back to the defendant’s home. The prosecution has proved the ingredients of the offenses against the morally-bankrupt defendant,” the Judge noted.

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Yomi Fabiyi made a laughing stock following 16 years imprisonment slammed on Baba Ijesha

Yomi Fabiyi made a laughing stock following 16 years in prison slammed on Baba Ijesha

Popular Nollywood actor, Yomi Fabiyi, is faced with ridicule following the conclusion of a court seating that slammed Baba Ijesha with 16 years imprisonment.
It would be recalled that Yomi Fabiyi amongst others stood his ground and fought for the accused both online and in physical protest.

Following a two-hour seating on Thursday, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo convicted Baba Ijesha of indecent treatment of a child, sexual assault, and attempted sexual assault.
Here is how social media users reacted;
nekkycutie wrote: “One of the very few times justice has prevailed. Where’s that rape apologist called Yomi Fa whatever? How market.”
justifiednow: “Defender of the wicked, come and see somtin, Yours is loading”

i_am_amii2: “Someone should check on Yomi”
komfortugheoke: “Yomi has supporter should be checked too”
_sassy_aqua: “Love this. Let me go and greet Yomi”
chinenyeamakwe: “I had to visit yomi ikebe page before commenting, now he should go and protest in the prison”
aogbonna2: “Where is that idiot called Yomi Fabiyi”
dantos_tech: “Yomi is battling domestic violence with his babymama and may not have time to join baba Ijesha at all”

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Princess reacts as Baba Ijesha bags 16 years imprisonment (Video)

Popular actress and comedian, Princess Damilola, reacts as her former colleague, Baba Ijesha, bags 16 years imprisonment.
This comes barely an hour after the actor was convicted of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl by the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court.

It would be recalled that the victim of the crime leveled against Baba Ijesha was a 14-year-old girl in the care of the comedian.
Taking to Instagram to express her view on the development, Princess Damilola captioned a video of herself singing praises, “God is not man.”
Watch the video below …

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Baba Ijesha sentenced to 16 years imprisonment

Popular Nollywood actor, Baba Ijesha, has been sentenced to 16 years imprisonment after being found guilty of indecent treatment of a minor.
After almost a year, the actor was convicted of indecent treatment of a child, sexual assault, and attempted sexual assault.

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, in a two-hour judgment on Thursday, sentenced Baba Ijesha for abusing a 14-year-old girl.
Taiwo, however, discharged and acquitted him of counts one and count six, which were: sexual assault by penetration and attempted sexual assault by penetration.

At the end of the legal battle that lasted for months, the actor was thereby sentenced to 16 years imprisonment.
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Law graduate gets 10 years imprisonment for defrauding people on Facebook

A Niherian graduate of law, Ekuma-Ezeogo Fabian Tochukwu has been convicted for defrauding people via a Ponzi scheme; the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) confirms.

Tochukwu was arraigned before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna state high court who passed him the sentence.
A statement released by the EFCC on Tuesday, March 15, narrates how Tochukwu created a fake Facebook account using the name, Ogboi Ijeoma, to defraud victims.
Further reports say he lured one Duniya Precious Theophilu and her friends into investing N170, 000.00 in an online Ponzi investment scheme called Jian Investment in which he absconded after payments were made.
The amended charges against him reads: “That you, Ekuma-Ezeogo Fabian Tochukwu, “M” sometimes between the months of May and June, 2020, in Kaduna, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly misappropriated the sum of N170,000.00(One Hundred and Seventy Thousand Naira) only paid to you by one Duniya Precious Theophilus for Jian Investment, which you promised to give Hundred Percent interest of money paid to you as return on investment, a pretence you knew to be false, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 293 of the Penal Code of Law of Kaduna State, 2017 and punishable under Section 294 of the same Law.”

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