EL-RUFAI TO REMAIN IN ICPC CUSTODY AS COURT DELAYS BAIL HEARING UNTIL JUNE. (PHOTO).

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 El-Rufai To Remain In ICPC Custody As Court Delays Bail Hearing Until June Former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai will remain in the custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) until at least June 2026 after his bail hearing was postponed. Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court adjourned the hearing to the first week of June.  El-Rufai is currently facing an amended nine-count charge involving alleged fraud and abuse of office brought against him by the ICPC. The former governor had earlier appeared in court to seek bail, but the judge deferred ruling on the application.  Meanwhile, in a separate case, he was granted bail by Justice Rilwanu Aikawa of the Federal High Court in Kaduna, set at ₦200 million.  Despite this, the court directed that he remain in ICPC custody until all bail conditions are met. Among the conditions, El-Rufai is prohibited from making public statements about the case and is requi...

COURT JAILS MAN FIVE YEARS FOR RECRUITING BOYS INTO YAHOO SCHOOL. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 Court Jails Man Five Years for Recruiting Boys into Yahoo School


 


The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,   on Monday April 20, 2026 secured the conviction and sentence of Goodluck Ejimiyare before Justice (Professor) C. A. Obiozor of the Federal High Court, sitting in Benin City.


The convict was arraigned on March 30,  2026 on an amended one -count charge bordering on conspiracy with one Ebuka Henry Eze( now at large) to commit internet fraud. Ejimiyare was said to be responsible for recruiting young boys for the operators of Hustling Kingdom (aka Yahoo school0.


The charge reads: That you Goodluck Ejimiyare sometime in 2025, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court did conspire with one Ebuka Henry Eze (at large) to commit an offence to wit computer related fraud and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 27 (b) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention etc) Act 2015 (as amended 2024) and punishable under Section 22(2) (iv) of the same Act.


The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read to him,  prompting the prosecution counsel, Elodi Immaculate to pray the court to sentence and convict the defendant accordingly,. However, the trial judge adjourned to April 20 for the sentencing.


On Monday April 20, the judge convicted and sentenced the defendant to five years imprisonment or a fine of N1million.   The convict is also to forfeit his phone and undertake in writing to be of good behaviour.


 Ejimiyare’s  road to prison began when officers of the Nigerian Army 4 Brigade Headquarters handed over 17 boys arrested at a yahoo school to the EFCC. Upon interrogation, many of the boys confessed that they were recruited by Ejimayare into the Hustling Kingdom  school.

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