MAN BRUTALISES HIS PREGNANT WIFE IN ANAMBRA . (VIDEO/PHOTO).
Man brutalises his pregnant wife in Anambra In another case of domestic violence, a pregnant woman was brutally beaten by her husband in Ichi, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State. The mother of three identified as Chinelo Francis, from Ebonyi State, said trouble began when she requested money from her husband, Peter, to prepare food. According to the young woman, she had already bought vegetable with the profit she made from her shop. Peter, also from Ebonyi, claimed he didn’t make money that day and took the children home. He returned to her shop at around 8:00 PM and insisted she close up and come home with him. She refused, explaining that the time was when she typically made most of her sales. Later, she closed up her shop, went home at 9:30 PM, prepared the children for bed, and retired. The interviewer urged her to go straight to the point, asking when the assault occurred. The woman said it happened that night. The attack left...
Justice A.R. Mohammed of the Federal High Court,Abuja has granted permission to a former NNPC Boss,Andrew Yakubu to travel to the United Kingdom for medical check-up.Ruling on the application brought by Yakubu's counsel,Ahmed Raji,SAN,Justice Mohamed said,''since the prosecuting counsel is not opposing the defendant's motion dated 23rd May,2017 seeking leave to be granted to the defendant to travel to the United Kingdom to continue treatment,the application is granted.The judge also agreed with the prosecuting counsel,Prince Ben Ikani,that the international passport of the defendant be released to his counsel in the interim adding that,''the leave is granted is for a period of three weeks commencing from May 25,2017''.Other conditions attached to the release of the passport are: ''The defendant shall return to the country on or before the expiration of the three weeks granted; One of the sureties of the defendant shall file a separate affidavit to be liable in this case should the defendant refuse to return and take his trial; The same affidavit shall be filed before the international passport is released to the defendant's solicitor; Upon his return from his medical trip,the learned counsel to the defendant shall immediately return the international passport to the chief registrar of the court''.The case has been adjourned to July 6,2017 for continuation of trial.Yakubu's troubles started on February 3,2017,when operatives of the EFCC stormed a building belonging to the former NNPC boss and recovered a staggering sum of $9,772,000 {Nine Million,Seven Hundred and Seventy Two Thousand United States Dollars} and 74,000 pounds {Seventy Four Thousand Pound Sterling} stashed in a huge fire proof safe.Following the raid,Yakubu on February 8,2017 reported to the Commission's Kano Zonal Office where he admitted being the owner of both the house and the money recovered.The offence breaches Section 7 {4}{b} {ii} of the Advance Fee Fraud & Other Related Offences Act,2006 and punishable under Section 7 {5} of the same Act.He is currently facing a six-count charge of money laundering,non-disclosure of assets and fraud.
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