SENATE ADJOURNS EMERGENCY PLENARY ON STATE POLICE OVER REP’S DEATH.

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 SENATE ADJOURNS EMERGENCY PLENARY ON STATE POLICE OVER REP’S DEATH. The Senate today suspended consideration of the highly anticipated State Police Bill and all other legislative business at its emergency plenary session to honour the memory of Hon. Yaya Tongo, a member of the House of Representatives, whose death cast a sombre mood over the National Assembly. The upper chamber had reconvened from recess amid expectations that lawmakers would accelerate action on the proposed constitutional amendment seeking to establish state police across the federation, a measure widely seen as a major step in the ongoing effort to reform Nigeria’s security architecture. However, proceedings were cut short after Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced the death of Tongo, who represented the Kwami/Funakaye Federal Constituency of Gombe State in the House of Representatives. Hon. Tongo passed away at Nizamiye Hospital in Abuja on June 12, 2026, following a brief illness. His death triggered a...

N3.2BN FRAUD: WITNESS REVEALS FORGED BANK DRAFTS UNDER EX-ABIA GOV,KALU,YESTERDAY.

Image result for orji uzor kalu               The ongoing trial of a former governor of Abia State,Orji Uzor Kalu.continued on Monday June 5,2017 before Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court Lagos,sitting in Ikoyi,Lagos with a prosecution witness,Romanus Madu,Permanent Secretary,Government House,Umuahia,Denying knowledge of some bank drafts that emanated from Fidelity Bank Plc during the administration of Kalu.Kalu is being prosecuted alongside his company,Slok Nigeria Limited and his former Commissioner for Finance,Jones James Udeogu,for money laundering to the tune of N3.2 billion.In his testimony,Madu,a former cashier at the Government House,Umuahia,during the administration of Kalu,told the court that he was invited by the Commission some years ago and was showed some documents,including bank drafts and cheques amounting to several millions of Naira that emanated from Fidelity Bank bearing his signature and handwriting as the marker.led in evidence by the prosecution counsel,Rotimi Jacobs,Madu,however,told the court that he was not a signatory to the bank drafts.Madu,who is the fourth prosecution witness,PW4,also denied know;ledge of the handwritten applications for some of the bank drafts bearing his signature and handwritting.He further told the court that there were other fictitious names that appeared on some of the bank drafts.The evidence against the defendants was tendered and admitted in evidence as exhibits E10 to E 69 by the court.However,counsel to the defendants urged the court to reject the evidence on the grounds that his signature and handwriting were forged in respect of the bank drafts before the court.Jacobs,therefore,prayed the court to overrule the objections of the defence counsel.Justice Idris,after carefully reviewing the submissions of both counsels,adjourned the matter to June 6,2017 to determine the authenticity of the signatories and handwriting applications.
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