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IGP approves S/west security outfit Amotekun

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IGP Mohammed Adamu

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu,on Wednesday approved the take-off of  the Southwest security outfit codenamed   Amotekun.

The security network is expected to be launched today at the Oyo State Government House in Ibadan.

According to Daily Trust Reports, the IGP gave the approval at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, the nation’s capital when he met with Ekiti State Governor, Dr.  Kayode Fayemi.

It would be recalled that the  IGP had earlier summoned all the six governors of the zone to an emergency meeting for clarifications on grey areas of the operations of the security network.

After the meeting, it was learnt that the IGP granted that Amotekun be launched as it was a fallout of the southwest security summit organised by the police last year.

The report also added that the IGP approved that Operation Amotekun be launched, as the spokesman of the Nigeria Police Force, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Frank Mba, confirmed that the police boss was not opposed to the its creation.

Mba disclosed that the IGP, however, insisted that the operations of Amotekun must be in line with the national security policy.

“The Nigeria Police Force, under the leadership of the IGP Mohammed Adamu, is not opposed to any legitimate and community-based efforts aimed at tackling crime and criminality in any part of Nigeria.

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“The IGP would insist that those efforts must be legitimate and be in line with our national security policy and compatible to the national security architecture”, he said.

Mba maintained that the IGP was working with the Southwest governors to streamline the operations of Amotekun in line with the community policing programme endorsed by President Mohammadu Buhari.

 

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Nasarawa: Police Bust Suspected Internet Fraudsters’ Hideout, Arrest 10

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The Nasarawa State Police Command said it has busted a hideout belonging to suspected internet fraudsters.

DSP Ramhan Nansel, the Public Relations Officer, shared in a press release that the arrest of 10 suspects took place during a raid conducted by police operatives from the Angwan Lambu Division.

The cybercriminals’ hideout, located in the Government Reserved Area, Keffi, was targeted following extensive police efforts, resulting in the apprehension of 10 individuals involved in internet fraud, commonly known as Yahoo Plus.

Among the items seized were two laptops, 10 sophisticated mobile phones of different brands, three WIFI routers, criminal charms, black soap, and illegal substances such as Loud weed and dried leaves suspected to be marijuana.

The suspects admitted their involvement in internet fraud, as outlined in the press release. The authorities plan to charge them to court for prosecution once the investigation is concluded.

Commending the officers for their exemplary work, Commissioner of Police Umar Shehu Nadada urged them to sustain efforts in raiding criminal hideouts.

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EFCC Arraigns Ibadan Business Woman for N13m Dud Cheque

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The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a businesswoman,  Oluwabiyi Peace before Justice O.A. Adeyemi of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan for issuing a dud cheque worth N13,000,000 (Thirteen Million Naira) to a customer.

She was arraigned on Wednesday,  February 14, 2024,  alongside her company, Just Series Nigeria Limited on a one-count charge bordering on the issuance of a dishonoured cheque.

According to the commission’s Head, Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale, the One Count Charge reads: “That you Oluwabiyi Peace and Just Series Nigeria Limited, on or about the 29th of June, 2021 at Ibadan within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, issued First City Monument Bank Plc Cheque No. 0037862154, dated 29th of June, 2021 in the sum of (N13, 000, 000.00) Thirteen Million Naira only, made payable to Nuru Bello, which when presented for payment within three months was dishonoured because no funds or insufficient funds were standing to the credit of the account on which the Cheque was drawn, thereby committed the offence of issuance of dishonoured cheque contrary to Sections 1 (1) (a) and 1 (1) (i) of the Dishonoured Cheque (Offences) Act, Cap D 11 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.”

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She pleaded “not guilty” when the charge was read to her.

Following her not-guilty plea, prosecution counsel Mabas Mabur asked the court for a trial date and prayed the court to remand the defendant to the Correctional Center.

However, defence counsel,  A.A. Maisolati informed the court of a bail application filed and served on the prosecution on behalf of his client. He prayed the court to admit his client to bail in most liberal terms.

After listening to the prayers of the counsels, Justice Adeyemi admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N5 million (Five Million Naira only) and two sureties in like sum. The sureties must be property owners in Oyo State.

The court further ordered that the defendant be remanded in the EFCC detention facility pending the perfection of her bail conditions.

The judge adjourned the matter to March 27, 2024 for trial.

 

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Court Directs FG: Fix Prices of Goods, Petroleum in 7 Days

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The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday directed the Federal Government to address the pricing of goods and petroleum products within the next seven days.

The order, granted by Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa, stemmed from an originating motion presented by the Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana.

Falana’s legal challenge targeted the Price Control Board and the Attorney General of the Federation, both named as defendants.

The court is tasked with determining whether the first defendant, by Section 4(1) of the Price Control Act (2004), is fulfilling its duty to set prices for specified goods outlined in the First Schedule to the Price Control Act.

Supporting his summons with an affidavit, Falana’s legal team, led by Taiwo Olawanle, highlighted a range of commodities, including bicycles and spare parts, flour, matches, milk, motorcycles and their spare parts, motor vehicles and salt, sugar, and petroleum products (diesel, petrol, motor spirit, and kerosene) listed in the Price Control Act.

The affidavit underscored the Price Control Board’s authority conferred by the Act to regulate prices across this diverse array of commodities.

“That though the price of the commodities is supposed to be fixed by the Board, the only petroleum products that are fixed to a certain amount are not being enforced.

“That the price of a bag of rice which was formerly N8,000 has risen to N45,000 in the market and that the situation in the market is by each passing day becoming more unbearable for consumers as prices of goods keep rising on a daily basis.

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“Sellers are not always sincere as they are so desperate to make excessive profits at the expense of buyers.

“Food prices which human beings should not be deprived of are on the high side due to a lack of price fixing by the Ist Defendant.

“That buyers are at the receiving end when the prices of goods are increased as they tend to suffer for it more.

“That the increase in the price of goods has forced various categories of eateries and canteens to increase the prices of their meals, attributing the high cost to unstable and unfavorable prices of farm produce.

“That there is a need for the 1st defendant to rise to its task of imposing prices on these commodities

“That unless the defendants are mandated by the court to wake up to their responsibilities, the prices of goods will continue to skyrocket.”

The Senior Advocate consequently sought the following reliefs from the court:

“A declaration that by Section 4 of the Price Control Act Cap, the defendants are under a legal obligation to fix the prices of bicycles and spare parts; flour; matches; milk; motorcycles and spare parts; motor vehicles and spare parts; salt; sugar and petroleum products including diesel, petrol motor spirit, and kerosene.

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“A declaration that the failure or refusal of the Defendants to fix the prices of bicycles and spare parts; flour; matches; milk; motorcycles and spare parts; motor vehicles and spare parts; salt; sugar and petroleum products including diesel, petrol motor spirit, and kerosene are illegal as it offends the provision of Section 4 of the Price Control Act, Cap…., Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

“An order directing the defendants to fix the prices of bicycles and spare parts; flour; matches; milk; motorcycles and spare parts; motor vehicles and spare parts; salt; sugar and petroleum products including diesel, petrol motor spirit, and kerosene not later than 7 days after the delivery of the Judgment of this Honourable Court.”

After hearing from the senior advocate, Justice Lewis-Allagoa stated, “I have listened to the applicant, Femi Falana, and I have also noted that despite the service of the originating motion on the respondents, namely the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Price Control Board, there’s no opposition to it by way of a counter affidavit. In law, this means that all the facts deposed in the affidavit attached to the originating motion are deemed admitted.

Consequently, all prayers sought in the motion papers are hereby granted as prayed.”

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The judge then directed the Nigerian government to set the prices for Milk, Flour, salt, sugar, bicycles and their spare parts, matches, motorcycles and their spare parts, motor vehicles and their spare parts, as well as Petroleum products, which include diesel, petrol motor spirit (PMS), and kerosene.

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