EDO ASSEMBLY: NATASHA REMOVED AS MINORITY LEADER. (PHOTO).

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The Edo State House of Assembly has removed Hon. Natasha Osawaru Irobosa of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from her position as Minority Leader, marking a significant shift in the chamber’s leadership structure. The announcement, made on Monday, is part of a broader restructuring triggered by recent political defections. Hon. Charity Aiguobarueghian, also of the PDP, was similarly stripped of her role as Majority Leader. Meanwhile, Hon. Yekini Idaiye, another PDP lawmaker, lost his position as Chief Whip. Despite the shake-up, PDP lawmakers Hon. Blessing Agbebaku and Hon. Maria Edeko have held onto their roles as Speaker and Deputy Speaker, respectively—for now. The changes stem from a letter submitted by Jarret Tenebe, acting chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, following the defection of four PDP lawmakers to the APC. This shift has cost the PDP its majority in the Assembly, prompting the realignment of key positions. Speaker Agbebaku, in his address, con...

EFCC ARRAIGNS TWO FOR N12. 9M FRAUD IN MAIDUGURI. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.


 EFCC Arraigns Two for N12.9m Fraud in Maiduguri


The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 13, 2024, arraigned Babakura Muhammad Nur and Kaltum Mustapha for criminal misappropriation to the tune of N12,950,000( Twelve Million, Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira only)

The duos were arraigned separately before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court on one -count charge for criminal misappropriation and cheating.


The count against Nur reads: “That you Baba Kura Muhammad Nur, on or about September, 2021 in Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court dishonestly misappropriated and converted for your own use the sum of N11, 600,000.00 (Eleven Million, Six Hundred Thousand Naira) being payment for foodstuffs belonging to Alhaji Usman Mohammed and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Sections 308 and 309 of the Penal Code Laws Borno State (Cap 102Vol. 3 of 1994)respectively.”

 

While the charge against Mustapha reads: “That you Kaltum Mustapha, sometime in June, 2022 at Maiduguri, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable  Court, dishonestly induced the duos of Muhammad Lawan Sani Abubakar Umar and Yusuf Jafar to deliver to you the sum  of N1,350,000.00 ) only for the supply of ready to use Threropeutic RUTH (a.k.a Tammua packages)which you are yet to pay and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 320(a) and punishable under Section 322 of the penal Code cap 102 Laws of Borno State.”


The defendants pleaded “not guilty” to their separate charges when they were read to them.


Counsel for the prosecution,  Mukhtar Ali Ahmad, S.O Saka and A.D Aliyu prayed the court for trial dates and to remand the defendants in prison custody.


While Counsel to the defendant M. Abubakar applied orally for the bail of his client. Justice Kumaliya thereafter admitted Mustapha to bail in the sum of N2million and two sureties in  like sum. The Judge ordered that one of the sureties must be her husband and the other a staff of Borno State Civil Service not below level 10

Justice Kumaliya adjourned the matters till May 27, 28 & 29, 2024 for commencement of trial and remanded Nur in the Correctional Centre.


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