KACHIA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTS NEW PRINCIPAL OFFICERS . (PHOTOS).
Kachia Legislative Council Elects New Principal Officers The Kachia Legislative Council has elected a new set of principal officers following the resignation of the former Speaker, Hon. Mark Bawa, former Deputy Speaker, Hon. Monday Malachy Gadani, and former Majority Leader, Hon. Timothy Abel Bako. The leadership change took place during a special sitting of the Council convened to fill the vacant positions and ensure the smooth continuation of legislative activities within the local government. Following the election, Hon. Francis Usman, Councillor representing Doka Ward, emerged as the new Speaker of the Kachia Legislative Council. Hon. Timothy Abel Bako, Councillor representing Gumel Ward and former Majority Leader, was elected Deputy Speaker, while Hon. Monday Malachy Gadani, Councillor representing Gidan Tagwai Ward and former Deputy Speaker, was chosen as the new Majority Leader. The newly elected principal officers were subsequently sworn in by the Clerk of the House ...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on tuesday December 6,2016 arraigned one Obohor John Damilola {a.k.a Frank Mcghee Clinton} before Justice D.U Okorowoo of the Ekiti State High Court,Ado Ekiti,on a 24 count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence,possession of fraudulent documents,concealment and retention of proceed of crime.Obohor however pleaded not guilty.One of the charges reads: ''That you Obonor John Damilola {a.k.a Frank Mcghee Clinto} on or about the 21st of June,2016 a Ado-Ekiti within the jurisdiction of his Honourable Court with intent to defraud,obtained the sum of $3200 USD {Three Thousand Two Hundred United State of America Dollars} from Lusmar Duprey Marte,a United State of American Citizen when you falsely represented that you are one Frank Mcghee Clinton of the United States of American Army,which representation you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1{1}{a} and punishable under Sectioon 1{3} of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Related punishable under Section 1 {3} of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act 2006''.In view of his plea,the prosecution counsel Sanusi M. Galadanchi asked for a trial date.But counsel to the defendant,Olu Jaiyeoba informed the court that he has filed bail application and sought the court permission to move it.Justice Okorowo,however adjourned the matter to the 9th of December,2016 for the hearing of bail application and ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Federal Prison,Ado-Ekiti.Obonor,a student of Ekiti State University who poses on the internet as an American Army Officer by the name Sergeant Frank Mcghee serving in Nigeria,allegedly engages unsuspecting ladies on the internet in a dating and romance scam through which he fleeced them of their money to tun of N8million.
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