VANDAL CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER COLLAPSED TRANSMISSION TOWER IN DELTA STATE. (PHOTO).

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 VANDAL CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER COLLAPSED TRANSMISSION TOWER IN DELTA STATE A suspected vandal has been crushed to death under a collapsed vandalised  transmission tower along the 330kV Ughelli-Benin transmission line in Delta State. The incident was discovered during a line patrol carried out by the Delta Sub-Region, Lines Maintenance Department of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), following the tripping of the line on earth fault on the Ughelli - Benin 330kV Transmission line. A statement by the TCN indicates that the patrol team traced the fault to Tower 101, which had collapsed. The body of the suspected vandal was found crushed between the tower members. Tower 101 on the adjacent Ughelli - Sapele 330kV  transmission line had also been vandalized.

COURT JAILS FRAUDSTER 3 YEARS,OVER $45,000 FOREX SCAM.{PHOTO}.

                             Justice Kudirat Jose of the Lagos State High Court,sitting in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced one Chief Ike Chukwu Meregini to three years imprisonment.The convict was arraigned on 12 May,205 on two-count charge bordering on obtaining money under false pretence brought against him by the EFCC.Meregini ran into trouble when a petitioner,M.S Securities Bureau De Change Limited,allegedly entered into a foreign exchange transaction with him,involving the sum of $45,000 {Forty-Five Thousand United States Dollars}.The money was paid into his domiciliary account,with an understanding that Meregini would pay the Naira equivalent to the petitioner within five {5} days of the transaction,Meregini allegedly issued a post-dated cheque to the petitioner and when it was presented,it was returned unpaid.The petitioner said that all efforts to make Meregini refund the money yielded no result.He pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge and the matter went into full trial.Justice Jose found him guilty and consequently convicted and sentenced him to three years imprisonment without an option of fine starting from the date of judgement.The Judge als ordered the EFCC to trace his assets and pay the complainant.

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