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 STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE   ENGINEERS FAROUK AHMED, GBENGA KOMOLAFE RESIGN, PRESIDENT TINUBU NOMINATES SUCCESSORS TO THE SENATE FOR APPROVAL President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve the nominations of two new chief executives for the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).   The requests followed the resignation of Engineer Farouk Ahmed of the NMDPRA and Gbenga Komolafe of the NUPRC. Both officials were appointed in 2021 by former President Buhari to lead the two regulatory agencies created by the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA).   To fill these positions, President Tinubu has written to the Senate, requesting expedited confirmation of Oritsemeyiwa Amanorisewo Eyesan as CEO of NUPRC and Engineer Saidu Aliyu Mohammed as CEO of NMDPRA.   The two nominees are seasoned professionals in the oil and gas industry.   Eyesan, a graduate of Economics f...

EFCC ARRAIGNS ONE FOR ALLEGED N12. 2M LAND FRAUD IN JOS. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 EFCC Arraigns One for Alleged N12.2m Land Fraud in Jos


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned  one Adeagbo Dooshima Claire before Justice G.M.Kamyal  of the Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State.


She was arraigned on  Wednesday,  April 17, 2024  on two- count  charges of cheating and obtaining by false pretence by the Gombe Zonal Command of the Commission . 

 

One of the charge reads "that you, Adeagbo Dooshima Claire and Caroline Lawal (Still at large) sometime in may 2021 at Jos, Plateau State, within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, fraudulently obtained the aggregate sum of N12,250,000 (Twelve Million, Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) from one Kenechukwu Agubuisi which you claimed was payment for a landed property situated at Favfei, Rayfield Jos, Plateau State and covered by Right of Occupancy No. PL.30415  and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 307 of the Penal Code Law

 

Upon arraignment, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges, prompting prosecution counsel, S.E.Okemini to ask the court for a trial date. However, counsel to the defendant, P.J.Rimmam informed the court of a bail application filed on April 17 , 2024 and prayed the court to grant the defendant bail.

 

Justice Kamyal, having listened to both prosecution and defence counsels,  adjourned the matter to June 3 & 4,  2024 for hearing and ordered that the defendant be remanded in  Jos Correctional Centre.

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