THE DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS SAYS TROOPS ELIMINATED OVER 100 TERRORISTS, ARRESTED 345 TERRORISTS, AND RESCUED 393 KIDNAPPED VICTIMS IN THE MONTH OF JULY.(PHOTO).
The Defence Headquarters says troops eliminated over 100 terrorists, arrested 345 terrorists, and rescued 393 kidnapped victims in the month of July. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Michael Onoja, stated this during the monthly Defence Media Operations briefing at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja. Major General Onoja added that during the period under review, 57 terrorists surrendered, over 1,000 arms and assorted ammunition were recovered, 18 illegal refining sites were destroyed, while 250,500 litres of stolen crude oil and refined petroleum products were recovered. Speaking further, Major General Onoja, on behalf of the Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede, reaffirmed the Armed Forces' commitment to the protection of lives and property nationwide, and their resolve to ensure that kidnapping, terrorism, secessionist agitation, and other forms of criminality are purged from society.
The Court of Appeal,Lagos Division has upheld a Lagos High Court judgment according to the Nation newspaper,ordering the Registered Trustees of Deeper Christian Life Ministry {DCLM} to pay N5 million as damages for trespass on land owned by the Celestial Church of Christ {CCC}.CC had,through its representative,Joseph Ebhodaghe,sued DCLM over a disputed land measuring approximately 1055.864 square meters,situated at Mulero area of Agege and registered as No. 75 Volume 2004T at the Lagos State Land Registry,Ikeja.At the High Court,Justice Candide-Johnson in a judgment delivered on January 17,2014,declared Celestial Church as the rightful owner of the disputed land and awarded N5m as damages against Deeper Life.The court also granted a perpetual injunction restraining DCLM,its agents or servants from further trespass on the disputed land.Dissatisfied,DCLM,through its lawyer,Gabriel Akigbe,appealed against the judgment and urged the court to set itt aside on the grounds that the trial judge was in error with regard to the documentary and oral evidence placed before the court.But,in a unanimous decision,the appellate court comprising Justice Chinwe Iyizoba {presiding},Justice Yargata Nimpar and Justice Abimbola Obaseki Adejumo held that the appeal was unmeritorious and dismissed same accordingly.In her lead judgment,Justice Abimbola Obaseki-Adejumo resolved al the six issues in contention in favour of the respondent.Her Lordship observed that both parties traced their title ownership to the Olalabi-Sulu family.One more photo below. 
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