TRIAL BEGINS OF CENTRAL AFRICAN EX-PRESIDENT BOZIZE OVER WAR CRIMES. (PHOTO).

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 Trial begins of Central African ex-president Bozize over war crimes A UN-backed court in the the Central African Republic will on Tuesday begin the trial in absentia of former president Francois Bozize, over crimes against humanity committed between 2009 and 2013. The alleged crimes committed by members of Bozize's security forces include murder, enforced disappearance, torture and rape. Bozize, 79, who seized power in a 2003 coup before being overthrown 10 years later by rebels, has been living in exile in Guinea-Bissau since March 2023. But three of his former senior military officers, Eugene Barret Ngaikosset, Vianney Semndiro and Firmin Junior Danboy, are all in pre-trial detention in the Central African Republic. Crimes against humanity The case will be heard by the Special Criminal Court (SCC), a hybrid jurisdiction located in the capital Bangui with Central African and foreign judges. In February 2024, the SCC issued an international arrest warrant for the former president ...

DISMISSED SOLDIER BAGS SEVEN YEARS FOR FRAUD IN MAIDUGURI. (PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.



Dismissed Soldier Bags Seven Years for Fraud in Maiduguri

The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of an ex-soldier, Sgt. Ado Kabiru  to seven years imprisonment on a two count charge of obtaining by false pretence before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri.

The defendant had pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charge, setting the stage for trial. The prosecution counsel Mukhtar Ali Ahmed presented four witnesses and tendered several documents which were admitted as exhibits.

Apart from his jail term, the convict was ordered to pay the complainant the sum of N29, 934,500.00 involved or spend an additional eight years in prison.  

The defendant’s journey to the correctional facility started when an unknown person called the complainant, Dr. Ali Mohammed Ramat, on phone claiming to be Jinn and instructed him to pick some charms which included a ring and brownish fluid in a small bottle at Polo ground, GRA Maiduguri.

Subsequently the cumulative sum of N29, 934,500.00 was sent by the complainant in cash and into the accounts number of the convict domiciled at Guaranty Trust Bank and FCMB.


 

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