REBELS TO WITHDRAW FROM KEY DR CONGO TOWN 'AFTER US REQUEST'. (PHOTO)

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 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...

EFCC ARRAIGNED 'LETS PARTNER WITH YOU LTD' & ITS DIRECTORS FOR ILLEGAL OPERATIONS.{PHOTO}.

                       The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.EFcc today tuesday 15,November 2016,arraigned the duo of Patrick Shanchi Nwokike and his wife Rosemary Ifeoma Nwokike along with their company 'lets Partner With You Limited'' before Justice Dugbo R.O Oghoghorie of the Federal High court Enugu,on a four count charge bothering on Advanced Fee Fraud and Carrying Out Banking Business without valid License,an offence which runs contrary to the provisions of SECTION 2{1} of the BANKS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTION ACT.
While taking their plea,the accused persons pleaded not guilty on all counts of the four count charge preferred against them by the EFCC.The Defense Counsel Barr. Orji Nwafor-orizu quickly applied for bail for the accused persons on the grounds that the offence was a bailable one andd he prayed the court to grant bail on liberal terms.But the Prosecuting Counsel Barr. S.M.H Ibekwute immediately opposed the application with a 29 paragraphed affidavit,with two exhibits and two written addresses with a further 15 paragraphed affidavit and other supporting documents.He then prayed the court not to honor the bail application,but to remand the accused persons in prison custody and fix a trial date.After listening to both counsels,Justice Oghoghorie granted the 1st and 2nd accused persons Let's Partner With You Ltd and Patrick Shanchi Nwokike bail in the sum of N2,000,000.00 {two million Naira only} each with two sureties in like sum.While one of the sureties must be a Civil Servant with Enugu State Government at a minimum of grade level 12,the second surety must be a landed property owner within Enugu State.Both sureties and their properties must be verified by both the EFCC and the Defense counsel.

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