The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Accountant-General of Imo State, Uzoho Casmir, for allegedly helping Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, to launder N1.05bn for the governorship and assembly elections on Saturday.
The allegations were contained in an EFCC situation report. Okorocha, who is a member of the All Progressives Congress, is supporting his son-in-law, Nwosu of the Action Alliance (AA) against the governorship candidate of the APC, Senator Hope Uzodinma.
The act earned Okorocha a suspension from the party last week.
The EFCC report read in part, “The, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Office, Thursday, March 8, 2019 arrested the Acting Accountant General of Imo State, Mr. Uzoho Casmir, on suspicion of laundering the sum of N1.050bn through a new generation bank for the governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha.
“Uzoho’s arrest followed intelligence report that the governor intended to use the money for vote buying in favour of a particular candidate in tomorrow’s gubernatorial election. Intelligence further revealed that Mr Casmir withdrew the amount in three tranches between Tuesday and Thursday this week in the following order; N200m on Tuesday, N500m on Wednesday and N350m on Thursday.
“Meanwhile, the EFCC has blocked the traced accounts, while the arrested Accountant General has been providing useful information to the commission. Mr Casmir was before his appointment, a Director of Finance in Okorocha’s government and was in 2016 fingered in N2bn bailout fund scam, which was then given to the state by the Federal Government for the payment of salary arrears of civil servants.”
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Enugu Zonal Office, has arrested the acting Accountant General of Imo State, Mr. Uzoho Casmir, for alleged money laundering.
He is alleged to have laundered the sum of N1.050billion through a new-generation bank for the governor of the state, Owelle Rochas Okorocha.
A source at the commission who disclosed this said Uzoho’s arrest followed intelligence report that the governor intended to use the money for vote buying in favour of a particular candidate in tomorrow’s gubernatorial election.
The source further disclosed that Mr Casmir withdrew the amount in three tranches between Tuesday and Thursday this week.
The money was withdrawn in the following order; N200million on Tuesday, N500million on Wednesday and N350million on Thursday.
He stated that EFCC had blocked the traced accounts, even as he submitted that the arrested accountant general had been providing useful information to the commission.
Mr Casmir was before his appointment, a Director of Finance in Okorocha’s government and was in 2016, allegedly fingered in N2billion bailout fund scam, which was then given to the state by the Federal government for the payment of salary arrears of civil servants.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office, on Friday, March 8, 2019 arrested 10 suspected internet fraudsters at Olugun Oluhehu and Elebu areas of Ibadan, Oyo State.
The suspects who are between 21 and 35 years of age are Prince Tayo Rotimi, Omotomo Oluwarotimi, Abdulakeem Oluwatimilehi, and Kodri Yusuf. Others include, Oludare Biodun, Lawal Femi, Adeyemi Damilare, Hassan Adewale, Adenuga Olalekan and Oduola Abayomi.
Their arrest followed series of intelligence alleging that they engage in fraudulent activities, especially obtaining money by false pretences from unsuspecting victims through online dating and other illegal means.
At the point of their arrest, EFCC operatives recovered SIM cards, four exotic cars, laptop computers, telephones, fetish objects (juju) and several documents containing false pretences from them.
The suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
Seems Kelly's time is really up now. NO MORE! The lawyer who represented R. Kelly in a child pornography case 11 years ago has said the singer was guilty of the charges and even needed anti-libido drugs to stem his sexual urges.
'He was guilty as hell,' Ed Genson, 77, declared to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Kelly was found not guilty on all counts of child pornography at the trial in June 2008.
The attorney of 54-years says he doesn't know if the veteran crooner has done anything else 'inappropriate' recently, because of a measure he took after Kelly's 2008 trial.
'I'll tell you a secret,' he said. 'I had him go to a doctors to get shots, libido-killing shots. That's why he didn't get arrested for anything else.'
Genson, who worked for Kelly for more than ten years, says he doesn't feel conflicted for securing the Chicago crooner's acquittal and keeping him out of prison.
'I didn't facilitate him,' he told the paper. 'He had already done what he'd done.'
'I did facilitate him in the sense I kept him out of trouble for 10 years. I was vetting his records. I listened to them, which ones would make a judge mad.'
One of the songs Genson flagged to Kelly was his 2003 hit, 'Ignition', which the former lawyer said raised some serious concerns.
'I was riding in the car, listening to a song and said, ‘Are you crazy? This is all I need,'' Genson said.
Genson recalled how he thought an early demo of the song hinted that Kelly was interested in underage girls.
'It’s a song related to a guy driving around in a car with his girlfriend. It was originally a high school instructor in a class teaching people how to drive a car.
'I changed the words,' he claimed.
Despite his commercial success, Genson - who is suffering from terminal cancer - went on to describe Kelly as 'not a very bright person', and suggested he may have become even more reckless in the years since his first trial.
'What he doesn’t understand is this: If you win a case with somebody, they think they’re bulletproof,' Genson said.
'You’re almost better off, sort of, losing. He thinks he can do whatever the hell he wants. He has done everything he can to hurt himself.'
Adaagbaga Minda, a Nigerian journlist has lost his life just hours after remembering his younger sister who passed on 3 years ago. Adagbaga had mourned her on facebook, but shortly after that, he was involved in an auto accident that took his life.
"Today mark exactly three years of your departure in this sinful world. May your soul continue to rest with the lord. My dear little Sister", he earlier wrote before meeting his untimely death.
Davido is buying all his crew members a car, he disclosed. He disclosed this on his instagram story and further showed off the one he already bought for one of the,. Davido says, he is about to show rich guys how to treat their people. Show them! Lol
Toyin Lawani has shared some photos to celebrate International Women's Day. Taking to IG the hot mom of two shared sexy hot bathtub photos writing;
Cheers to the weekend ,chill and Relax ,who ever is trying to Bring you down is already Below you, just focus ,workhard and pray while they focus on you ,you focus on your Goals 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Happy international women’s Day to all the wonderful women out there, don’t forget to promote each other.
She was showered with praise from her husband David to mark International Women's Day.
And Victoria Beckham continued the celebrations later in the day as she headed to her Dover Street store with her mum Jackie and mother-in-law Sandra following a glam arrival solo at Annabel’s for a lavish breakfast, in London earlier in the day.
The mother-of-four, 44, looked incredibly stylish as she sported front split trousers and elevated heels while posing with her glam mum, 70, and David's chic mother - with both the ladies rocking similar tuxedos.
Lingerie-inspired lace edged neckline of her silk blouse and heels ensured Posh Spice brought touches of femininity to her power dressing look.
Lol. today is international women's day and Bob has joined the list of women celebrating themselves on this special day. He posted a pic of him celebrating, but his fans were fast to remind him, that he is a MAN.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it will not issue Certificates of Return to candidates in places where its officials are held hostage or forced to declare winners under duress in the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections on Saturday (tomorrow).
The commission also threatened to record zero vote and cancel the results of polling units where its personnel deliberately failed to deploy the Smart Card Readers.
The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Thursday during the meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security held at the commission’s Conference Room in Abuja.
Yakubu said, “The commission is concerned that many of our materials, including ballot boxes, voting cubicles, voter registers and Smart Card Readers were lost to acts of hooliganism and thuggery in the elections held two weeks ago. Most worrisome is the attack on electoral officials.
“Some of our staff were abducted and taken hostage in an attempt to disrupt elections or influence the outcome. In fact, some of the supplementary elections were caused by such acts of thuggery.
“I am confident that working together with the security agencies, we will consolidate the largely peaceful conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections while also taking decisive steps to deal with the minority of violators’ intent on disrupting the conduct of peaceful elections.
“However, the commission will not tolerate the act of holding our officials hostage and forcing them to declare winners under duress. Where such occurs, the commission will not reward bad behaviour by issuing them Certificates of Return.
A 51-year-old Civil Engineer, Oluwadare Adesanmi, has been arrested by the operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 15-year-old house help (name withheld).
Mr Vincent Adekoye, NAPTIP’s Press and Public Relations Unit, in a statement on Friday, said the victim was a Junior Secondary School student hired by Adesanmi’s family.
“The victim was hired by the family about two years ago, and has been living with them in their one bedroom apartment in Dutse, Abuja, before the defilement, which has resulted to pregnancy,” he said.
Adekoye said the defilement took place for the first time when Adesanmi’s wife travelled and left her with the suspect.
“He said that the man sneaked into the sitting room, where she was sleeping and forced himself on her.
“The matter came to the open when one teacher in her school noticed some changes in her, which necessitated her being taken for medical test, he said.
He said that the agency will begin to hold parents responsible if, due to carelessness, they allow their wards to be abused.
“NAPTIP has decided to begin, holding parents responsible for the abuse and defilement of their children because it is the responsibility of parents to protect their wards from any form of abuse,” he said.
He said that the suspect would soon be arraigned in courts after investigated had been concluded.
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed the case alleging that Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State, forged the certificate containing details of his birth.
The suit, which was filed by Elvis Chinda, alleged that Wike forged the certificate stating his age in the documents he presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The suit sought to disqualify the Governor, who is seeking reelection on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Chinda had a sought a determination from the court on if the birth Certificate (Statutory Declaration of Age) attached to Wike’s Form CF001 presented to INEC was forged.
According to the suit, as at 1986 when the certificate was allegedly obtained, Obio/ Akpor Local Government Areas of Rivers was not in existence, adding that the local government in question was created in 1989 by Decree No 12 of 1989, two years certificate was said to be issued.
Ruling on the matter, Justice Inyang Ekwo noted that the suit at the was filed outside the provisions of Section 285, Subsection 9 the 1999 Constitution, which should have been 14 days after the cause of action had taken place.
The 13-year-old-marriage of the branch Chairman of the Odua People’s Congress, Jimoh Falana, and his second wife, Funke, has been dissolved by an Agege Customary Court in Lagos over alleged adultery.
Jimoh had approached the court to dissolve his marriage to Funke, whom he also accused of being quarrelsome and troublesome.
He told the court that there was no more love in the union as the wife was uncaring and adulterous; adding that Funke often fought his other wives, especially the fourth, and abuse his children.
The OPC leader also alleged that his wife slept with one of his subordinates, who kept bragging about the act.
He said, “This caused me so much embarrassment among my members, being an OPC leader in my area, and I called Funke’s attention to this and told her to come and swear to an oath, but she refused.
“She is very troublesome and aggressive. On a particular occasion, my wife threw a cup at me, tore my clothes in front of my colleagues and stabbed me in the stomach with a pair of scissors, because I opened a shop for my fourth wife. I am tired of the marriage; I want the court to separate us so that I can live a peaceful life.”
Jimoh claimed that he had not slept with Funke for more than two years since she moved out of his house.
Responding, Funke, a mother of three, denied the allegations and objected to the dissolution of the marriage.
She noted that her husband was lying, adding that Jimoh was giving her N1,000 monthly to cater for herself and her children.
Funke appealed to the court not to dissolve the marriage.
The President of the court, Patricia Adeyanju, held that the crisis in the marriage could endanger the lives of the couple if proactive steps were not taken and thereafter dissolved the marriage.
Adeyanju said, “In the interest of peaceful living, the union between Jimoh and Funke Falana has ceased to be. The custody of the three children produced by the union should be as it is presently.
“I urged the estranged couple to be law-abiding and they are warned not to blackmail or threaten each other in any form.”
Alhaji Aliyu Mohammed-Salihu, a former Special Adviser on Chieftaincy Affairs to Gov. AbdulFatah Ahmed, has defected to All progressives Congress (APC) along with hundreds of PDP members in Kwara.
The defectors are from three wards in Gwanara in Barren Local Government area of the state.
Mohammed-Salihu, who recently resigned as the Special Adviser, announced their defection while briefing newsmen in llorin on Friday.
He said their defection became imperative in view of the “monumental achievements” recorded by the APC in all facets of development.
He expressed their readiness to ensure the victory of the APC in Saturday’s Governorship and state House of Assembly elections.
“We are defecting on a positive note to contribute meaningfully to evergreen achievements of the APC aimed at improving the well-being of the people,” he said.
Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari has advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) to consider only card-carrying members for political appointments.
She made the call at a dinner to celebrate the victory of President Buhari in Daura, his home town on Thursday 7th March, 2019.
Aisha noted that the constitution of the party specifies that appointments to offices in an APC led government should go to card-carrying members. She thus advised that the party constitution should be respected.
Ahead of the March 9, 2019 gubernatorial and states houses of assembly elections in the country, the federal government has ordered the closure of all land borders.
Minister of Interior, Lt. General AB Dambazau gave the directive saying that the borders will be closed from Friday and reopened on Sunday.
The reason some people are beginning to think that doing good doesn't pay is because those around them are insensitive. Ideally, when someone does something exceptional time and again, you go out of your way to make them feel truly appreciated. That's what has happened.
After her interview with Legit went viral, some Nigerians have donated over N1.4million to support airport cleaner, Josephine Agwu, who returned millions of Naira to the owners four times.
The woman in an interview few days ago had said;
“I’ve returned money 3 times. I’m a cleaner working at MMIA. I’ve returned N12m, N10m, N8m, N7m. In other countries, I will have been an ambassador talking to the youths about the importance of honesty. But today, nobody remembers me.”
Former Senate minority leader, Godswill Akpabio, has withdrawn a case he filed in court challenging his Senate reelection loss. His lawyer, Sunday Ameh, announced the withdrawal in court in Abuja on Friday. He did not give reasons for his decision.
Also on Friday, the judge, Valentine Ashi, denied restraining INEC from issuing certificate of return to the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Chris Ekpenyong, who defeated Akpabio.
The level of insecurity in Katsina state is becoming something else. Gunmen in the early hours of Friday kidnapped Hajiya Maisitiyari, mother-in-law of the state governor, Aminu Bello Masari.
The notorious armed hoodlums stormed the elderly woman’s Katsina Layout residence on motorcycles and abducted her, to the shock of everyone present.
Hopefully the police will get on top of the situation, and track down the hoodlums before it's too late.