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E2%80%99t-function-effectively-attorney-general-him-%E2%80%94junaid Malami Has No Credibility, EFCC Can’t Function Effectively With Attorney-General Like Him —Junaid Mohammed
A Nigerian lawmaker in the second republic, Dr Junaid Mohammed, on Friday lambasted the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami.
He said the minister had no credibility whatsoever.
According to Mohammed, there was no way the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission can function effectively and deliver on its mandate with Malami as AGF.
He said, “Yes, Magu was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari but at at the same time, it was the same Buhari who appointed Abubakar Malami as Attorney-General of the Federation and insists that in accordance with the letter of the law, Magu must be subordinate to Malami.
“That is the problem we are having now. Malami is effectively taking the EFCC back to how it was under Obasanjo.
“There is no way the EFCC can continue to execute its mandate as long as Malami is the Attorney-General.
“Malami has no credibility whatsoever. He is not transparent and all the tell-tale signs of corruption are very evident in the way he runs the Ministry of Justice and the way he attempts to run the EFCC.
“Everybody knows the major problem the EFCC has always had is the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice.”
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E2%80%94magu I’ve No Plans To Press Charges Against Buhari’s Government Despite Detention —Magu
Ibrahim Magu
Ibrahim Magu, suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has said that he is not contemplating any legal action against the Nigerian Government.
Magu was arrested in Abuja last Monday and taken to the State House in Aso Villa to appear before the Justice Ayo Salami-led Presidential Investigative Committee.
He was released 10 days after his arrest.
President Muhammadu Buhari set up the committee to investigate alleged mismanagement of recovered assets by the EFCC between May 2015 and May 2020.
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Wahab Shittu, lawyer to Magu, said, “Our client appreciates the panel for ordering his release from custody even if the panel indicated it never ordered his detention at anytime in the first place. Our client appreciates the efforts of the Buhari administration in its commitment to the war against corruption including the ongoing probe being undertaken by the Hon justice Salami investigation panel.
“Our client undertakes to cooperate fully with the Salami panel by making available to the panel formal response to the allegations against him in the social media platforms and newspapers since he has not been formally served with copies of the allegations against him by the panel. Our client strongly appeals for a fair-minded probe proceedings against him including an open mind by the Nigerian people until the probe process is completed.
“Our client acknowledges the widely respected integrity of Mr President and chairman of the probe panel, Hon Justice Ayo salami (Rtd), and is hopeful that the truth in his case will ultimately prevail. Our client urges Nigerians and the international community to continue to support the current administration’s quest to rid our society against graft.
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“Our client takes his current travail with philosophical calmness without bitterness in the belief that no one is above the law, that no matter how big anyone is, the law is bigger. Our client pleads that no publication be attributed to him without clearance from him directly or his counsel on record.
“Our client will never be a party to any derogatory comments against this administration which he considers himself to be an integral part of, and the President he respects so much.
“Our client is not contemplating any legal proceedings against this government that has given him an opportunity to serve and for which he retains uncommon respect and admiration mainly because of the commitment of the administration to the anti-corruption crusade which he shares with passion.”
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C2%A357943-books-university-ibadan England’s Royal Society Of Chemistry Donates £57,943 Books To University Of Ibadan
Dr Adebola Adeyi
Prof. Idowu Olayinka
The Vice Chancellor of University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Prof Idowu Olayinka, has applauded the Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, England, for donating 394 books in various areas of the discipline worth £57,943 (N28m) to the institution’s chemistry department.
Prof Olayinka noted that the donation was facilitated by a lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, Dr Adebola Adeyi (Nee Oketola).
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While thanking the Head of Department, Prof Timothy Odiaka, for providing funds for the shipment of the books, the UI Vice Chancellor said, “This (donation) is largely due to the immense contribution of Dr Adebola Adeyi to the development of the Royal Society of Chemistry as a member of her Water Science Forum Committee.
“The department paid N570,000 for the shipment of the books which reached Ibadan on Thursday, July 16, 2020 from Cambridge, England.
“We thank Dr Adeyi for using her network to attract donations to the university.”
Expressing her excitement at the donation, Adeyi noted that the books would go a long way in enhancing teaching, research and learning in the institution.
Dr Adebola Adeyi
She said, “I am elated by the arrival of the books donated to the Department of Chemistry of our great university because we have been on it since 2017.
“This is not the first time the RSC would donate books to us; the first batch, which consist of 34 books, was shipped to Ibadan free. However, this batch is significant considering the number of books, 394.
“On behalf of staff and students of the Department of Chemistry, University of Ibadan, I want to sincerely appreciate the Royal Society of Chemistry for their immense efforts in enhancing science in Africa via some of their activities.
“These include celebrating the 150 years of the periodic table in 2019 (International Year of the Periodic Table); Gas Chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS); hands-on training across Africa and conference travel grants, among others, which I am fully involved in.”
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Police Parade Three Men Suspected Of Being Behind Killings In Akinyele Area Of Ibadan
The Oyo State Police Command on Friday paraded three suspects in connection with the killings ofpeople at Akinyele Local Government Area of Ibadan, the state capital.
No fewer than five persons were killed in six attacks in Akinyele area in June this year.
Among those killed was an 18-year-old teenager, Barakat Bello, a pregnant woman, Azeezat Shomuyiwa, 21-year-old student, Grace Oshiagwu, Olusayo Fagbemi, and a five-year old boy, identified only as Mujeeb.
A 45-year-old woman, Adeola Bamidele, and her daughter, Dolapo Bamidele, were also attacked in June but survived.
Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, while parading the suspects in Ibadan on Friday, gave their names as Sunday Sodipe, Adedokun Yinusa and Shehu Usman.
Exhibits recovered from the suspects include one shovel, one techno mobile phone, one iPhone Xmax and one Itel phone.
The Commissioner of Police said, “The assailants troubling the settled water at Akinyele Local Government Area and some suspected criminal elements carrying out defilement of minors and teenagers in the state have been arrested.
“On 4th June, 2020 at about 2230hrs, unknown hoodlums who have been terrorizing members of the public in Akinyele, Ojoo and Moniya areas of Ibadan invaded the residence of one Azisat Shomuyiwa, a 29-year-old pregnant woman at Ijefun, L Adisa community, Ojoo area of Ibadan.”
Enwonwu also disclosed that the police had arrested five persons in connection with armed robbery and one Indian hemp dealer.
He added that six suspects were arrested in connection with defilements of some residents of the state.
He disclosed that four persons were arrested in connection with the attempted murder of Oluwasayo Fagbemi and her daughter.
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BREAKING: National Assembly Service Commission Appoints Acting Clerk
The National Assembly Service Commission has named Ojo Amos Olatunde as Acting Clerk.
His appointment comes a day after the commission queried Mohammed Sani-Omolori for refusing to retire as clerk after 35 years in service.
The commission had on Wednesday directed that those, who had attained the age of 60 or 35 years in service should proceed on compulsory retirement.
Sani-Omolori had spent 35 years in service but intended to continue in office.
The tenure of the clerk had generated controversy because of the implementation of the National Assembly Revised Condition of Service, which took effect in 2019.
Based on the controversially amended conditions, the former clerk and no fewer than 160 officers, who were to have retired from office, were expected to remain in office for about five more years after the retirement age was raised from 60 to 65 years and years of service from 35 to 40.
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20 Suspects Arrested In Ondo For Kidnapping, Robbery, Rape Offences
At least 20 suspects have been arrested by the police in Ondo State for various crimes ranging from kidnapping, rape, robbery, cultism and murder.
The suspects were arrested at different locations of the state recently.
Mr Tee-Leo Ikoro, spokesperson for the police in Ondo State, stated this in a statement on Friday.
Ikoro said the items recovered from the suspects included eight guns, 14 live cartridges, 38 live ammunition, axe and a cutlass.
He added that properties also recovered from the suspects include a Toyota car, a TVS motorcycle and the sum of N213,000
According to Ikoro, the Police Commissioner, Bolaji Salami, had sent a stern warning to criminals in the state that the command would no longer harbour their activities.
He added that the police in the state would go hard on anybody whose stock in trade was to engage in crime.
The police spokesman added that those arrested would soon be arraigned in court.
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Suspect Arrested In Murder Of Founder Of Gokada In United States
Tyrese Devon Haspil, Personal Assistant to Fahim Saleh, founder of ride-hailing firm, Gokada, has been arrested over the murder of the 33-year-old tech entrepreneur in his Manhattan, New York, apartment.
According to New York news media, the police said Haspil attacked Saleh on Monday at his apartment, then dismembered his body a day later with an electric saw and put the remains in trash bags.
Detectives believe that the motive for the killing stemmed from Saleh having discovered that Haspil had stolen roughly $90,000 from him, two of the officials said.
Saleh fired Haspil but did not report the theft and even offered to set up what amounted to a repayment plan so he could return the money.
One of the officials said Saleh had paid Haspil so well that he had been able to pay off the debts of several family members.
A spokesman for the New York Police Department disputed the report.
“Last I was told, we don’t have anyone in custody,” police spokesman Sergeant Vincent Marchese said by phone.
“There is no arrest. I don’t know where they’re getting the information from.”
Saleh earlier this week died of multiple stab wounds to the neck and torso, the New York City medical examiner said.
His body was discovered in his apartment on Tuesday afternoon.
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E2%80%99s REVEALED: Former Lagos Attorney-General, Shasore, Collected $2m From P&ID To Frustrate Nigeria’s Defence In London Court
Olasupo Shasore
Documents seen by SaharaReporters have revealed how a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State, Mr Olasupo Shasore, obtained $2m from Process & Industrial Development Ltd, a British Virgin Island engineering firm, to frustrate a case against Nigeria at a court in London, United Kingdom.
P&ID Ltd had won a $9.6bn arbitration against the Nigerian Government over a 2010 gas supply deal that went sour.
The court in London had ordered Nigeria to forfeit assets totalling $9.6bn as compensation for the engineering firm if the country was unable to prove its case.
Olasupo Shasore
According to the documents at the disposal of SaharaReporters, during the course of the EFCC’s investigations, Shasore was paid $2m for his involvement in the first and second stages of the arbitration.
To achieve this target, he concealed his involvement in the case from his own firm, Ajumogobia & Okeke but conducted the proceedings covertly through a separate firm, Twenty Marina, which had no background in litigation and was used to provide secretarial services.
Shasore, it was discovered, made payments of $100,000 each to Mrs Adelore and Mr Oguine, who were senior lawyers for the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation at the time.
The payments were said to have been made in a bid to purchase the silence of Adelore and Oguine in relation to Shasore’s conduct of the arbitration.
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A source privy to how the whole drama panned out, told SaharaReporters that Shasore’s conduct of the first two stages of the arbitration was totally unacceptable.
“Based on these payments, Mr Shasore was clearly dishonest and corruptible.
“Following the election of President Muhammadu Buhari into the office and the transfer of the conduct of the arbitration to the Ministry of Justice for the liability phase, Shasore has refused to meet with the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, and complained that it was “unacceptable and unconscionable to liaise with the AGF’s office on the matter as he had always liaised with the Ministry of Petroleum Resources since the commencement of the proceedings.
“He chose not to seek any disclosure, to accept all material aspects of Mr Quinn’s witness evidence and did not seek to cross-examine anyone at P&ID on the key issue in the case: whether P&ID could and would have performed the GSPA.
“In light of the indicators of fraud listed above, the most likely explanation for this is that Mr Shasore had entered into a dishonest arrangement with P&ID not to challenge its evidence or seek any disclosure with the inevitable result that Nigeria lost the case.”
In August 2019, the UK court declared that P&ID could take over assets from Nigeria totalling $9.6bn for the country’s breach of the deal between them.
The Nigerian Government have been adopting various strategies to have the ruling overturned including approaching the United States Government for bank details of officials believed to have been involved in the deal believed to have been designed to fail from the scratch.
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E2%80%99s-primary-election Ondo Governor, Akeredolu, Calls For Unity Among Contestants Ahead Of Party’s Primary Election
Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu
With less than four days to the governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has advised all the party’s aspirants to sign a peace pact.
Akeredolu said this would allow any aspirant, who lost in the election to accept the outcome and rally behind the winner.
The APC primary election is expected to hold on Monday, June 20 while the main contest comes up on October 10 among candidates of various political parties.
Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu
Akeredolu noted that the party needed unity at this time, adding that it had to be a collective effort.
He said, “We must allow peace. Let us get all the aspirants to sign that whoever wins, others will support him.
“Anybody I have offended I will apologise to the person. We must allow peace.”
Governor Akeredolu added that the leaders and other members of the party must give room for reconciliation, noting that APC would still win the state and retain power.
In his reaction, Chairman of the Reconciliation Committee, Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Bello, said that the success of the party was important to the leadership of the APC mostly in winning the governorship election in the state in October.
At least 17 political parties have indicated interest in participating in the governorship election in the state.
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AAC Denies Endorsing Obaseki For Edo State Governorship Election
Chairman of the African Action Congress in Edo, Comrade Hafiz Lawal, has denied reports that the party had endorsed the governorship candidate of the People Democratic Party, Godwin Obaseki, ahead of the election in the state in October.
Lawal said the report was a malicious falsehood, concocted and untrue, adding that the talk was unethical.
He disclosed this in a statement on Friday, appealing to the members of the party and general public to disregard the information.
He said, “My attention has been drawn to a publication on the purported endorsement of the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Governor Obaseki, by the party in Edo State.
“I want to categorically state here that the report is concocted and untrue. The information is not only misleading but also unethical.
“Edo AAC is a party to reckon with in the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in the state. The general public should disregard this preposterous information.”
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