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 ONE FOR ALLEGED N4M PROPERTY FRAUD IN MAIDUGURI. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 EFCC Arraigns One for  Alleged N4m  Property Fraud in Maiduguri


The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Muhammad Umar before Justice Aisha Ibrahim of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri.


He was arraigned on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, on a two count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence and misappropriation to the tune of N4,200,000.00 (Four Million Two Hundred Thousand Naira Only)


Count one reads:

“That you, Muhammad Umar with the bank verification number: 22530268934, sometimes in March, 2025 in Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud obtained the sum of N4,200,000 (Four Million Two Hundred Thousand Naira) from one Abubakar Kaumi under the false pretense that same is meant for the purchase of a property situated and lying at Bolori Ward Maiduguri, Borno State, a representation which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud related offences Act, 2006.”


The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges when they were read to him.


Based on his plea,   Prosecution counsel,  S.O Saka,  prayed the court for a trial date and  remand of  the defendant in a Correctional Centre.


Justice Ibrahim thereafter adjourned till November 3, 2025 for commencement of trial and remanded the defendant in a Correctional Facility,

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