OKPEBHOLO WARNS RESIDENTS AGAINST RECRUITING CRIMINALS TO TERRORISE EDO. (PHOTO).

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Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has warned residents against recruiting criminals from outside the state to carry out kidnappings and other violent crimes, describing the trend as a major setback to ongoing efforts to improve security. The governor issued the warning on Wednesday while speaking at the 2026 Ministers’ Conference organised by the Edo State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Benin City. Okpebholo expressed concern over the security situation in the state, alleging that some individuals were deliberately exaggerating incidents of crime and spreading false information on social media to discredit his administration. According to him, investigations by security agencies have uncovered the involvement of local collaborators who allegedly recruit armed gangs from outside Edo State to perpetrate kidnappings and other criminal activities. “Do you know one painful thing? Our people are now going outside Edo to recruit criminals to help them do the job....

COURT TO RULE ON EX-AGF NWABUOKU'S NO-CASE SUBMISSION NOV 13.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.


 Court to Rule on Ex-AGF Nwabuoku's  No-case Submission  Nov 13


Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Monday, November 3, 2025 reserved ruling till November 13, 2025, on the no-case submission, filed by a former Acting Accountant General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku.


Nwabuoku is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on amended nine-count charges bordering on money laundering and diversion to the tune of N868,465,000 (Eight Hundred and Sixty-eight Million, Four Hundred and Sixty-five Thousand Naira).


During the proceedings, counsel to the defendant, N.I. Quakers, SAN, informed the court of his readiness to adopt the no-case submission earlier filed on behalf of his client.


“We have a notice of no-case submission before this honourable court, and we are ready to adopt it,” he told the court.


Upon the court’s permission, he proceeded to adopt both the written submission and the reply on points of law.


However, prosecution counsel, Ekele Iheanacho, SAN, informed the court that two responses were filed by the EFCC and sought to withdraw one of them.


“We filed two processes, My lord. We apply to withdraw the response to the no-case submission filed on July 16, 2025,” he said.


Counsel to the defendant raised no objection to the withdrawal. Consequently, Justice Omotosho struck out the EFCC’s earlier response filed on July 16, 2025.


“The response to the no-case submission filed on July 16, 2025, is hereby struck out,” the judge ruled.


Iheanacho thereafter adopted the EFCC’s valid response, dated October 23, 2025, in which he urged the court to dismiss the no-case submission of the defendant.


“We adopt our response to the defendant’s no-case submission and urge your lordship to discountenance the same,” he said.


After hearing both parties, Justice Omotosho reserved ruling on the no-case submission till November 13, 2025.

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