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Alleged $6.3m Fraud: Court Defers Trial Of 3 CBN Officials

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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, fixed November 3 for the arraignment of three staff members of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, that allegedly defrauded the Federal Government to the tune of $6.3million.

The defendants- Adamu Abubakar, Imam Abubakar and Odoh Ochene- were said to have used bogus letters from the Presidency and the Office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) prior to the 2023 general elections.

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According to the prosecution, the trio, armed with the fake letters, obtained the money in cash from the apex bank on a false claim that it was meant for the settlement of foreign election observers.

READ ALSO: BREAKING: CBN Retains 27.5% Interest Rate

Meanwhile, though the case was originally fixed for the defendants to be docked on Thursday, however, Government lawyer, Mr. Celestine Odoh, informed the court that they had since escaped from the country.

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According to the prosecution counsel, every effort to locate them have proved abortive, a situation he said led FG to solicit for help from the International Police, Interpol.

Odoh told the court that so far, whereabouts of the defendants remained unknown as the Interpol had yet to fish them out from where they are hiding outside the shores of the country.

He decried that the accused persons, who are on the “Watchlist”, have not surfaced in any area where Interpol could locate and arrest them.

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READ ALSO: Fiscal Autonomy: Why CBN Hasn’t Released Funds To 774 LGAs — FG

Consequently, he prayed the court for a long adjournment to enable the government intensify efforts with a view to bringing the defendants to justice.

While acceding to the adjournment request, trial Justice Inyang Ekwo noted that it has been over a year since the court issued a warrant of arrest against the three defendants.

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It will be recalled that the office of the then Special Investigator of the CBN, Mr. Jim Obazee, had applied to the court and obtained a bench warrant for the arrest of the defendants.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had in the charge it filed before the court, alleged that the defendants had on February 8, 2023, connived to obtain $6.2m from the CBN, claiming that the money was requested by the then Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha “vide a letter dated 26 January 2023 with Ref No. SGF.43/L.01/.”

 

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I Will Not Move Out Of My Husband’s House, Divorced Woman Tells Court

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A mother of six, Latinate Sanusi, has told a Shari’a court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, Kaduna State, that she cannot leave her former husband’s house after three pronouncement of divorce.

Latinate stated this in response to Abdulrazak Yunusa’s prayer to confirm the three pronouncement of divorce he made to her and compel her to leave his house.

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“My children are all girls and I intend to stay so that I can take care of them; after all he does not provide most of their needs,” she said.

READ ALSO:‘I Found Out That My Husband Was A Cultist, Drug Addict One Month Into Our Marriage’

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the complainant told the court that he takes care of his family adding that he divorced her because she was not submissive.

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The judge, Malam Kabir Muhammad after listening to both parties confirmed the three pronouncement of divorce between the couple.

He explained that there was no marriage between the couple until the woman remarries.

What is before me is a suit on confirmation of divorce; the issue of children custody can be filed as a fresh case,” he said.

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Court Dissolves Marriage On Couple’s Agreement

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An Area Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has dissolved the Islamic marriage between one Mujidat Abdullahi and Muyideen Raji based on mutual agreement.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the presiding judge, Toyin Aluko, in his ruling said that the husband sent a letter to the court, saying that he has agreed to the divorce application of his wife.

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Aluko said that since the two parties have agreed to divorce, there was no need to prolong the case.

He added that marriage should not be forced on anyone.

Aluko, therefore, dissolved their marriage and awarded custody of the only child of their marriage to the wife, due to the child’s young age.

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READ ALSO: My Ex-wife Wants To Kill Me, Man Cries To Court

The court ordered that the woman should observe the iddah (waiting) period before she could remarry again.

It also ordered that a copy of the ruling be made available to the husband.

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Raji was ordered to pay the sum of N10,000 monthly for the child’s feeding and upkeep.

He was also granted the opportunity to have unlimited access to the child, but at a reasonable time.

Earlier, the wife had told the court that she was tired of the marriage due to lack of love and care, adding that she wanted divorce.

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My Ex-wife Wants To Kill Me, Man Cries To Court

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A businessman, Abdulrazak Yunusa on Monday dragged his former wife, Latifat Sanusi, before a Sharia court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, alleging that she is threatening to kill him.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the counsel to Yunusa, Faham Ahmad, told the court that she threatened to stab him.

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She sometimes threatens my client with a pestle. I am afraid she wants to kill him”, he said.

READ ALSO:My Wife Arrested Me With Amotekun ‘For Owing Bank N500,000’ —Husband

He requested an order mandating Latifat to go back to her parent’s house pending when the case was finalised.

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On her part, the accused denied the claim, saying she had no intention of killing the father of her children.

The judge, Malam Muhammad Kabir, referred the case to the police for investigation and adjourned the case.

 

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