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Court Adjourns First Nation Airways MD, Kayode Odukoya’s Alleged N1.7bn Fraud Trial Till Aug 2
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Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, adjourned till August 2, 2021 for adoption of written addresses in the alleged N1.7bn fraud trial involving Kayode Odukoya, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of First Nation Airways Limited.
Court to Rule on Application to Review Devices in Ex- NNPC GMD’s N9.8m Trial July 14
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Justice A. R Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday adjourned the $9.8m money laundering trial of Ex-Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Andrew Yakubu till July 14, 2021 to rule on the application by the prosecution to play the content of Compacts Disk and Memory Cards, both recorded exhibits, before the court.
Yakubu is standing trial on charges of money laundering brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. He is accused of receiving the aggregate sum of $9,772,800 and £74,000 without going through a financial institution. He was originally docked on a 6-count charge on March 16, 2017. However following a no case submission by the defendant and subsequent Appeal Court decision, four of the counts were struck out leaving only counts 3 and 4.
At the resumed hearing today June 30, 2021, the prosecution continued the cross examination of the defendant.
N362m Diezani Bribe: Appeal Court Affirms Conviction of Former INEC Officer
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The Court of Appeal, Yola Division, Adamawa State has affirmed the conviction of Ibrahim Mohammed Umar, a former electoral officer with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Yola South Local Government Area. Umar and his accomplice had earlier been convicted of a three count charge by an Adamawa State High Court and sentenced to Seven (7) years imprisonment for receiving monetary benefit (bribery) to the tune of N362 million, being part of the bribe allegedly distributed by a former minister of petroleum resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke to influence the outcome of the 2015 elections.
Court Jails One For Stealing In Port Harcourt
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Justice E. A. Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday, June 28, 2021 convicted and sentenced Ekene Alobo, to two years imprisonment for stealing and obtaining money by false pretence, contrary to section 33 (2) (b) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention etc) Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 33 (2) (c) of the same Act.
Alobo, 28, was convicted after pleading ‘guilty’ to one-count charge bordering on stealing and obtaining under false pretences.
Two Ex-bankers Convicted for Stealing in Kano
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Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Farouq Lawan on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 convicted and sentenced the duo of Jude Ameh and Ademola Aderibigbe on a one count amended charge of theft.
The convicts were said to have connived and fraudulently stole the sum of N11, 360,000 (Eleven Million Three Hundred and Sixty Thousand Naira only) from the complainant for their personal use.
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