ANAMBRA GOVT REAFFIRMS MEGA CITY DRIVE, DEMOLISHES SCORES OF ILLEGAL STRUCTURES. (PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE

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 Anambra Government Reaffirms Mega City Drive, Demolishes Scores of Illegal Structures By Ruth Orji  The Anambra State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to the ongoing regeneration drive and restoration of sanity across the state through enforcement exercises and demolition of illegal structures statewide. The exercise was led by the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Barrister Chijioke Ojukwu, on July 8, in line with the Physical Planning Law of Anambra State. Stating that it is no longer business as usual, the commissioner urged residents to take every notice received from the ministry seriously and comply promptly with planning regulations henceforth. He, however, said several eviction notices had been served but were taken with a pinch of salt, adding that demolitions followed because structures defaced the environment or obstructed pedestrian walkways. In Nnewi, a building erected on a drainage channel was demolished, while several shanties a...

COURT DISMISSES MALAMI’S QUEST FOR BAIL FROM EFCC CUSTODY. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 Court Dismisses Malami’s  Quest for Bail from EFCC Custody


 Justice Babangida Hassan of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT,  High Court,  Abuja has dismissed  summons for bail filed by former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice,  Abubakar Salami, SAN,  against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. 


    He gave the ruling on Thursday,  December 18, 2025.


Malami, through his counsel,  Dr. Suliaman Hassan,  SAN,  had approached the court seeking bail from the custody of the EFCC, arguing that his detention by the Commission in its ongoing investigation, was illegal.


   However,  counsel to the EFCC,  Chief J.S. Okutepa,  SAN, submitted that the EFCC was  holding the former Minister through a valid  Remand Order obtained at an FCT High Court  granted by Justice S. C Oriji.  He equally affirmed that the EFCC was a law-abiding Commission that would not detain a suspect beyond the lawful period without an order of the court.  


 In his ruling, Justice Hassan held, quoting Section 35 of the Constitution,  that since there was a provision in the Administration of Criminal Justice Act,  ACJA,  for detention, Malami was lawfully detained by the Remand Order of the court.  “Asking this court to grant this application is tantamount to inviting the court to sit as an appellate court over an application made by a court of coordinate jurisdiction which the court has no power to do”, he said.

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