COURT GRANTS NGIGE BAIL DESPITE EFCC OBJECTIONS, SPARKS DEBATE OVER CORRUPTION TRIALS. (PHOTO).

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 Court Grants Ngige Bail Despite EFCC Objections, Sparks Debate Over Corruption Trials In a move stirring controversy, former Labour Minister and ex-Anambra State Governor, Dr. Chris Ngige, has been granted bail by Justice Maryam Aliyu Hassan of the FCT High Court, even as he faces an eight-count corruption charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). While the court adopted the administrative bail previously granted by the EFCC on self-recognizance, it imposed stringent conditions: Ngige must produce a surety who is a Federal Government director, owns land in the FCT with a Certificate of Occupancy, and submits both the original certificate and international passport to the court. Until these are fulfilled, Ngige remains in Kuje Prison. Justice Hassan stressed the constitutional principle that defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty and warned against bail conditions so harsh they amount to denial of liberty — a point clearly at odds with EFCC’...

GUNMEN KILLED OVER 11 WORSHIPPERS AT ST PHILIP'S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN OZUBULU,ANAMBRA STATE TODAY.{PHOTOS}.

Image may contain: one or more people, people sitting and indoor         Some Gunmen stormed the St. Philip's Catholic Church this morning around 6am this morning (06 August 17) and opened fire on them killing over 11 worshippers most of which were women and children and 25 injured.
According to our correspondent who was at the scene of the incident, the gunmen were said to have gained entry into the church edifice in search of a South African-based indigene of the community popularly known as "Bishop"  {High Chief Aloysius Ikegwuonu,who was said to have built the church.

When they couldn't find him, they opened fire killing almost everyone in the church sanctuary while some members escaped with various degrees of injury.Governor Obiano promised to pay the hospital bills of victims.Details later.More photos below.
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