SETTING THE RECORDS STRAIGHT ON CITIZEN ASAR MICHAEL SESUGH'S DEATH. (PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.
Setting the Records Straight on Citizen Asar Michael Sesugh's Death The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, considered it imperative to clear the air on some recent incidents at its Makurdi Zonal Directorate, Benue State. Operatives of the Directorate arrested 26 suspected cyber fraudsters on April 28, 2026. They were profiled and kept in custody for further investigations after obtaining a Remand Order at a Magistrate Court. Shortly after their arrest, specifically on May 4, 2026, three of the suspects sought permission to use the lavatory at the Directorate's Holding Facility and were permitted. They cashed in on the opportunity, broke the toilet's roof and escaped from detention. Several efforts were made to re- arrest them to no avail. However, fresh intelligence came on Thursday, May 21, 2026 that one of the escaped suspects, As...
The inquest T.B Joshua was trying to challenge was set up by the Lagos state Government to unravel the cause of the September 12,2014 building collapse which killed 116 people most of South African nationality.T.B Joshua had dragged the coroner court and the coroner,Mr Oyetade Komolafe,before Justice Okunnu of the Lagos High Court Ikeja,asking for a judicial review of the proceedings.In delivering her ruling,Justice Okunnu held that ''Although the coroner's court cannot be sued,Mr Oyetade Komolafe himself can be sued in his own capacity as a coroner.The court needed to resolve the issue whether the coroner has acted contrary to the rules of natural justice by not granting the applicants a fair hearing and whether he has exceeded the scope of a coroner's court.Sections 26 and 27 of the Coroners System Law of Lagos state 2007,empowered the coroner to summon any witness to assist him in his fact finding mission.There was nothing unsual in the summons extended to Joshua.I find therefore the present application,lacks merit and has failed in its entirely.It is accordingly dismissed''.
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