REBELS TO WITHDRAW FROM KEY DR CONGO TOWN 'AFTER US REQUEST'. (PHOTO)
Rebels to withdraw from key DR Congo town 'after US request' The M23 rebel group has said it would withdraw from the eastern DR Congo town of Uvira at the request of the US administration, which had criticised seizure of the town last week as a threat to mediation efforts. The rebels entered Uvira, on the border with Burundi, less than a week after the presidents of Congo and Rwanda met with US President Donald Trump in Washington and affirmed their commitment to a peace deal known as the Washington Accords. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that Rwanda's actions in eastern Congo violated the Washington Accords and vowed to "take action to ensure promises made to the President are kept." A report by a United Nations group of experts in July said Rwanda exercised command and control over the rebels. Rwanda denies supporting M23 and has blamed Congolese and Burundian forces for the renewed fighting. Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Allia...
The Department of State Security {DSS} on wednesday arraigned two artisans before an Isolo Magistrate Court for allegedli cloning the mobile line of Lagis State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode in order to perpetuate a N50 million fraud.The suspects,Rilwanu Jamiu and Balogun Stanley Oyewole,who vlaimed to be cocoa dealers were said to have attempted to initiate a N50 million transfer with the said mobile line.Prosecuting counsel from the DSS,Mr Peter Okerinmodun told Chief Magistrate Adeola Adedayo that the suspects were arrested after using the cloned mobile line of the Governor to send a text message to the Accountant General of the State requesting for transfer of N50 million on February 10,2016.The two suspects,who conspired with others now at large,pleaded not guilty to the charges,while the prosecutor requested that they should be kept in protective custody pending the outcome of the legal advice of the Directorate of Public Prosecution {DPP} in view of the fact that their lives could be endangered by other suspects who are on the run.But Magistrate Adedayo overruled the request of Okerinmodun,saying the DSS ought to have kept them in custody judging by the fact that their lives could be in danger.According to her,''Since the offence for which the accused persons were charged to court was bailable and the fact that the Magistrate Court is a court of summary trial,i am inclined to grant bail to the accused persons''.She therefore granted the accused bail in the sum of N1 million each and two sureties in like sum,ruling that one of the sureties must be a religious or community leader within the jurisdiction of the court,and that the accused persons must provide five years tax clearance certificates.The Chief Magistrate,however,ordered the accused persons to be remanded in Kirkiri Prison pending the fulfillment of their conditions,and adjourned the case to May 10,2016.More photos below. 

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