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BREAKING: Policemen Refuse To Vacate Supreme Court Justice, Odili’s Home As EFCC Denies Role
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EditorPolicemen have continued to camp outside the home of Supreme Court Justice, Mary Odili, at 9 Imo Street, Maitama, Abuja, even as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission denied its role in the operation despite court documents to the contrary.
The EFCC Spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement that the commission had no hand in the matter and advised members of the public to disregard any news to the contrary.
The statement read in part, “The attention the EFCC has been drawn to claims in a section of the media that operatives of the commission today, October 29, 2021, stormed the Maitama, Abuja home of a Judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Mary Odili, purportedly to execute a search.
“The commission by this statement wishes to inform the public that the report is false as it did not carry out any operation at the home of Justice Odili. If there was any such operation as claimed by the media, it was not carried out by the EFCC. The commission enjoins the public to discountenance the report.”
Documents seen by The PUNCH, however, show that the EFCC was part of the Odili investigation which is being handled by the Joint Panel on Recovery in the Federal Ministry of Justice under the leadership of Abubakar Malami (SAN), the Attorney-General of the Federation.
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The panel comprises representatives of the EFCC, the Nigeria Police Force, and the Ministry of Justice.
The probe, it was learnt, was targeted at her husband, Peter Odili, who was Governor of oil-rich Rivers State from 1999 to 2007.
A witness, Aliyu Umar, said in the affidavit dated October 13, 2021, that he had given the information to the EFCC.
It read in part, “I have observed some illegal activities going on in those houses within Abuja are illegal and hereby report the said matter to the law enforcement agency.
“I hereby state that all information provided by me to the EFCC is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.”
In a second affidavit deposed to by a senior police officer, CSP Lawrence Ajodo, the panel applied to a chief magistrate in Abuja seeking a search warrant to search the house.
The Chief Magistrate, Emmanuel Iyanna, subsequently approved the search warrant on October 29, 2021.
Odili, who was governor from 1999 to 2007, obtained a perpetual injunction from a Federal High Court in 2007 which barred the EFCC from investigating or prosecuting him.
In 2020, he approached a Federal High Court again to get another injunction to stop an impending probe.
Last month, the former governor sued the Nigeria Immigration Service for seizing his passport at the airport.
In its response, however, the NIS said it was the EFCC that asked it to seize Odili’s passport as part of a probe.
Justice Inyang Ekwo, however, ordered immigration to release the passport to Odili immediately.
An impeccable source told The PUNCH that Justice Odili, who is one of the most senior judges in the country, was upset about the decision of the EFCC to search her home.
The source said, “EFCC operatives armed with a search warrant stormed Justice Odili’s home today, claiming to be investigating her husband.
“Justice Odili insisted that it was her personal house and not her husband’s own.
“As I speak to you, the operatives are still there, insisting that they search the house.”
An impeccable source told The PUNCH that Justice Odili, who is one of the most senior judges in the country, was upset about the decision of the EFCC to search her home.
The source said, “EFCC operatives armed with a search warrant stormed Justice Odili’s home today, claiming to be investigating her husband.
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“Justice Odili insisted that it was her personal house and not her husband’s own. As I speak to you, the operatives are still there, insisting that they search the house.”
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PHOTOS: FCCPC Raids Supermarkets In Port Harcourt, Seizes Underweight, Re-bagged Rice
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April 26, 2024By
EditorOperatives of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission FCCPC on April 25, raided supermarkets in Port Harcourt, seizing underweight and re-bagged rice.
The commission disclosed this on its X handle.
It wrote:‘’FCCPC’s South-South Zonal Office conducted a routine enforcement operation in some supermarkets in the Woji area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, targeting underweight and re-bagged rice. Products that were suspected to be substandard were evacuated for further investigation.”
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Outrage As Kingsmen Flogged Anambra Man To Death [VIDEO]
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April 26, 2024By
EditorAn elderly Igbo man has died after he was flogged and tortured by his kinsmen.
Mr. Kenneth, aged 60, died in Nza Ozubulu, Anambra State, hours after being brutally tortured.
A video of the assault has been shared online.
It shows two kinsmen flogging his naked body mercilessly while he cried for help and writhed in pain.
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Blood, sweat, and tears mixed on his body as they flogged him.
His hands were bound behind him, preventing him from escaping.
“What did I do?” the man asked repeatedly.
The men flogging him told him that he stole.
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Another video shows the man lying lifeless later. Dried blood and open wounds designed his entire body.
It was later announced that he has passed on.
Eyewitnesses claim Mr Kenneth was flogged because he allegedly sold a water tank in his family house and used the money to solve family issues.
Subsequently, his younger brother allegedly arrested him with a vigilante group. He was tortured for hours and died in the process.
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Concerned Nigerians have called on the state governor and the police to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice.
They are also calling on the government to protect his bereaved wife and children who are being intimidated in their efforts to seek justice for Mr Kenneth.
Here is an uncensored video of the attack.
Watch a censored video of the assault below.
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Man Shoots Friend Dead For Taking Bite Of His Girlfriend’s Burger
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April 25, 2024By
EditorA young man allegedly shot his friend dead for taking a bite out of his girlfriend’s burger in Pakistan, an investigation has concluded.
Suspect Daniyal Nazeer, named as the son of retired Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Nazir Ahmed Mirbahar, is believed to have attacked his friend as an argument broke out at the accused’s house in Karachi.
An inquiry into the events of February 8 concluded on Wednesday that Ali Keerio, the son of a sessions judge, was likely shot with a guard’s rifle after brazenly daring to take a large chunk out of Nazeer’s girlfriend’s burger.
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The accused was reported to have ordered two ‘zinger burgers’ for himself and his partner, Shazia, before Nazeer was sent into a rage over his friend’s indiscretion.
Keerio sustained ‘severe injuries’ after being shot, per local media, and succumbed to his wounds on the way to hospital.
Following a probe lasting more than two months, investigators concluded that the police officer’s son had likely lashed out over the burger incident.
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‘Daniyal got into a serious fight with Ali over why he ate half of the burger without permission which was ordered for his girlfriend Shazia,’ the investigating officer confirmed, as reported by The Week.
‘We have arrested the accused and he is in jail pending trial,’ the officer added.
Ali Keerio was locally named as the son of Karachi District South sessions judge Javed Keerio.
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