ZIMBABWEAN COUPLE DEPORTED OVER SECRET BURIAL OF CHILD IN BOTSWANA.(PHOTO)

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 ZIMBABWEAN COUPLE DEPORTED OVER SECRET BURIAL OF CHILD IN BOTSWANA A Zimbabwean couple has been deported from Botswana after secretly burying their child without notifying authorities. Motilinah Mpofu and Christopher Ncube were convicted on Thursday of concealing a death after they allegedly dug a grave for their child in the dead of night. The Gaborone court heard the child had died suddenly. Instead of reporting the death to police, health officials, or traditional leaders, the couple quietly buried the youngster and hoped no one would find out. But the secret did not stay buried for long.   Police moved in and arrested the pair. In sentencing, the court ordered that the couple be taken to the Plumtree Border Post for deportation to Zimbabwe.  Top Botswana lawyer Winnie Masitha who offered the couple free legal representation during the trial, confirmed the deportation to BTV News. Masitha believed that the matter should not be viewed only through the lens of crim...

EFCC ARRAIGNS MAN OVER ALLEGED CAR THEFT.{PHOTO}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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     The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, on Monday, June 3, 2019 arraigned one Oni Daniel Oluwatope before Justice Mohammed Owalabi of the High Court of Oyo State, sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan.
The defendant was docked on a one-count charge of stealing contrary to Section 390 of the Criminal Code Cap. C38, Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria, 2000.
The charge alleged that Oni stole by fraudulently converting to his personal use one 2006 Toyota Matrix car valued at One Million, Five Hundred and Eight Thousand Naira only.
According to the victim, "I had a Toyota Matrix car which I wanted to sell for the sum of N1, 508, 000 (One Million, Five Hundred and Eight Thousand Naira). Oni Daniel Oluwatope approached me and indicated interest for the car and thereafter issued me a cheque being value of the agreed amount and left with the car. However, when I presented the cheque in my bank it was returned unpaid even after 48 hours and when I tried to reach Oluwtope his phone was switched off and all efforts made to get him was abortive hence the petition".The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against him.
In view of his plea, prosecution counsel, Mabur Mabas, applied for a date for trial and for the remand of the defendant at the appropriate place of custody.
Justice Owolabi adjourned the case to June 10, 2019 for the trial of Oni and ordered him to be remanded at Agodi prison pending the filing and determination of his bail application.
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