NDC STATEMENT ON COURT RULING. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.
NDC STATEMENT ON COURT RULING Our attention has been drawn to a ruling by the Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja this morning, wherein His Lordship, Honourable Justice Isah Dashen, gave a ruling on an application filed by an unregistered association known as Peace Movement Party. The public knows that by December 2025, the Nigeria Democratic Congress as an association complained of INEC’s refusal to register us as a political party, whereupon we proceeded to the Federal High Court. The Federal High Court upheld our constitutional right to freedom of association under the Constitution and compelled INEC to register us, which INEC did. Since then, we have started political activities, embarked on the registration of members, held congresses from ward to national levels, held conventions, and concluded primaries to all offices following INEC’s timetable. We have been fully participating in all INEC activities without let or hindrance. NDC also fielded candidates, and fully pa...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC,today wednesday 23,November 2016,arraigned two Lebanese,Imad Harb and Toni Harb,along with their company: Transparent Construction Nig. Ltd before Justice E.N Oluedo of the State High Court Enugu,for allegedly conspiring and obtaining the sum of N1,760,000.00 {One Million Seven Hundred and Sixty Thousand Naira only} from one Desmond Ogadinma and subsequently issuing a postdated cheque that was returned unpaid.While taking their plea,the accused persons pleaded not guilty on all counts of the three count charge preferred against them by the EFCC.In view of their plea,the defense counsel Barr. I.O Ugwu immediately prayed the court to grant the accused persons bail as the offence was a bailable one.But the presiding Judge,Justice E.N Oluedo instantly turned down the application on the grounds that it was not properly filed,and as such,need time to see the application before the defense can move the motion for bail to be considered.Before adjourning to December 1,2016,for hearing of the bail application,the judge ordered that the accused persons be remanded in EFCC custody.Desmond Ogadinma owner of Rasing Cypon Global Services Limited petitioned the EFCC,alleging that Imad and Toni colluded between themselves to deny him payment for the supply of {800} bags of cement at the rate of N2,200.00 {Two Thousand,Two Hundred Naira only} per bag,which amounted to a total sum of N1,760,000.00 {One Million Seven Hundred and Sixty Thousand Naira only} which he supplied to them within April this year.According to him,the suspects issued him a post dated cheque which he presented on the due date,but it returned unpaid due to insufficient fund in the account.
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