LIBERIAN EX-WARLORD PRINCE YORMIE JOHNSON DIES AT 72.(PHOTO).

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 Liberian ex-warlord Prince Yormie Johnson dies at 72 Former Liberian warlord, Prince Yormie Johnson, a key player in the 1989-2003 back-to-back civil wars, died Thursday aged 72. Officials from his party and the Senate told AFP. Johnson, who was seen sipping beer in a video as fighters loyal to him tortured then president Samuel Doe to death in 1990, was an influential senator. He served as a senator for Nimba County since 2006. A former rebel leader played a prominent role in the First Liberian Civil War. “Senator Johnson was the longest-serving senator,” said Siaffa Jallah, deputy director of press at the Senate. According to reports, the former warlord collapsed in his bathroom during a shower and went into a coma. He was later confirmed dead upon arrival at a local health facility. “Yes, we lost him this morning. He passed away at Hope for Women (health centre)”, Wilfred Bangura, a senior official in Prince Johnson’s Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction party, told AFP. The

COURT REMANDS YAHAYA BELLO IN EFCC CUSTODY UNTIL DECEMBER 10.(PHOTOS).


 Court remands Yahaya Bello in EFCC custody until December 10


The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, on Wednesday, November 27, remanded the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).


Trial Justice Maryann Anenih ordered that Bello remain with the anti-graft agency until December 10, when the court will rule on his bail application.


Bello’s two co-defendants, Umar Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu, were also remanded in custody.


The defendants pleaded not guilty to the 16-count charge brought against them by the EFCC.

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