KADUNA BUSINESSMAN DRAGS EX FIANCEE’S FATHER TO COURT, DEMANDS DOWRY REFUND. (PHOTO).

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Kaduna businessman drags ex fiancee’s father to court, demands dowry refund A businessman, Nasiru Dayyabu, on Wednesday, dragged the father of his ex-fiance, Mallam Sani Direba, to Shari’a Court II sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna over N260,000 dowry. The complainant had joined Direba in the suit against two brothers demanding a refund of N250, 000 dowry and N10,000 introduction money he paid to marry his daughter. Represented by his counsel, Mr Sani Sunusi, the complainant told the court that he sent his people from Karaye, Kano State to Kaduna in 2025, to seek for the defendant’s daughter’s hand in marriage. “We paid the dowry and the introduction money (kudin gausuwa) and were waiting for them to set a date for the wedding,” he said. “Unfortunately, the lady’s father called to inform us that they have cancelled the marriage.” The counsel said the complainant had asked for the refund of his money since Sept. 2025 but all the efforts he made proved abortive. He claimed that his client ...

ALLEGED N8.7B FRAUD: MALAMI’S BANKERS FILED SUSPICIOUS REPORTS ON HIS TRANSACTIONS-WITNESS. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.



Alleged N8.7b Fraud: Malami’s Bankers Filed Suspicious Reports on his Transactions-Witness


The Fourth Prosecution Witness, PW4, in the trial of the former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, told Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that Zenith Bank Plc, where the former AGF had account, filed Suspicious Transaction Report, STR, in respect of his transactions.


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is prosecuting Malami alongside his wife, Hajia Bashir Asabe, and his son, Abubakar Abdulaziz Malami, on amended 16-count charge, bordering on conspiracy, procuring, disguising, concealing and laundering proceeds of unlawful activities to the tune of N8,713,923,759.49 (Eight Billion, Seven Hundred and Thirteen Million, Nine Hundred and Twenty-Three Thousand, Seven Hundred and Fifty-Nine Naira, Forty-Nine Kobo), contrary to the provisions of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.


The witness, Mashelia Arhyel Bata, a compliance officer with Zenith Bank Plc, made the disclosure while being cross-examined by defence counsel, Adebayo Adedeji, SAN.


When asked whether all the deposits reflected in the account statements were within the guidelines of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, the witness answered in the affirmative, adding, “but we had to file Suspicious Transaction Report. We did file.”


Under re-examination, prosecution counsel, J.S. Okutepa, SAN, asked the witness to explain the meaning of a Suspicious Transaction Report. The defence objected to the question, arguing that there was no ambiguity in the witness’s testimony to warrant clarification.


Okutepa, however, argued that Section 215(3) of the Evidence Act did not preclude him from re-examining the witness and urged the court to allow the question for proper explanation.


Justice Abdulmalik overruled the defence and permitted the witness to answer the question.


In his explanation, the witness said: “Any deposition of funds seen in a pattern or repetitive, you must escalate it to the NFIU.” The NFIU is the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, which is an autonomous unit of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and a central agency for analysing and disseminating financial intelligence reports for combating money laundering and terrorism financing.


The witness’s schedule of duty as bank compliance officer, he said “comprises receiving correspondences from law enforcement agencies,” and that he was neither the account officer, nor relationship manager of the defendant’s accounts under investigation.


Following the conclusion of his testimony and with no further questions from either counsel, the witness was discharged from the witness box.


Justice Abdulmalik, thereafter, adjourned the matter till May 22, 2026, for continuation of trial.

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