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  • Gombe Assembly elections: APC wins Deba constituency

    The candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) Mohammed Sa’idu has been declared winner of Deba constituency by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

    Dr Mukhtar Baba, the INEC Returning Officer who announced the result in Deba on Sunday, said Sa’idu scored 19,957 to defeat his closest rival Lano Salihu of the People Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 9,526 votes.

    Read also: APC set to win 23 seats in Edo

    He said that the election recorded 31,999 total vote cast, 1,495 rejected votes and 30,504 total valid votes.
    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Deba constituency has four registration areas which are Deba, Kuri, Kabawa/wajari and Nono.
    NAN also reports that the result was announced in the presence of Party Agent’s and security personnel.(NAN)
  • Court frees man who helped hide corpse

    Court frees man who helped hide corpse

    An Igbosere High Court Tuesday discharged a labourer, Mohammed Saidu, who aided the concealment of a corpse.

    Saidu pleaded guilty to a one-count charge of aiding the escape of his co-worker, Emmanuel Udoh, by disposing of the body of one Mukaila Oluseye, who Udoh allegedly beat to death.

    The charge was filed before Justice Sedoten Ogunsanya by Mr K. O. Gbamgbose on behalf of the Lagos State Government.

    According to the prosecutors, the offences contravened Section 415 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015, which prescribes a two-year jail term for an accessory after the fact.

    But Justice Sedoten Ogunsanya did not sentence Saidu.

    Last Tuesday (February 20) Udoh and Saidu were brought before the judge on a two-count charge of manslaughter contrary to Section 299 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 and accessory after the fact.

    Bamgbose told the court that the duo committed the alleged offence at about 2pm on February 5, 2016, at Ijaye Road, Ojokoro, Lagos.

    He alleged that following a heated argument, a fight broke out among the trio during which the defendants beat Oluseye to death with their fists.

    Udoh pleaded not guilty.

    Saidu could not take his plea because there was no interpreter to read the charge to him in his Hausa language.

    But when the case was called Tuesday, an interpreter, Mr Ibrahim Abdulhakim, was provided by the court, following which Saidu was docked.

    However, mild drama ensued when the charge, which was read in English, was interpreted to Saidu.

    Saidu did not take his plea.

    He said: “I didn’t help to hide the plea, but I was aware the first defendant murdered someone.”

    When the court insisted he take his plea, Saidu pleaded guilty.

    The judge said: “By pleading guilty, does he understand the meaning?”

    When the charge was re-read to him the defendant still appeared confused.

    Nevertheless, he said: “I did.”

    Interpreter: Ka yi? (Did you?)

    Saidu: “Na yi” (I did)

    Interpreter: Ka yi? (Did you?)

    Saidu: “Na yi” (I did)

    Interpreter: Ka yi? (Did you?)

    Saidu: “Na yi” (I did)

    Justice Ogunsanya said: “The court finds the second defendant guilty as charged.

    “The offence the second defendant is charged with, according to the law, carries a maximum punishment of two years imprisonment.

    “The information before the court shows that the defendant has been in custody since March 2016.

    “The defendant has therefore duly served his punishment, he is hereby discharged.”

    The case was adjourned till May 9, for Udoh, trial.

    Read Also: Court remands man for allegedly shooting brother to death

  • Labourers docked for ‘beating co-worker to death’

    Labourers docked for ‘beating co-worker to death’

    Two Labourers have been arraigned for beating a co-worker to death.

    A Lagos High Court in Igbosere on Tuesday remanded two construction workers, Emmanuel Udoh and Mohammed Saidu, in prison following their arraignment for alleged murder.

    Udoh and Saidu were accused of beating their co-worker Mukailah Oluseye to death.

    They were arraigned by the Lagos State Government before Justice Sedoten Ogunsanya on a one count charge of murder.

    Prosecuting counsel, Mr. K. Bamgbose, told the court that the duo committed the offence on February 5, 2016, at Ijaye Road, Ojokoro, Lagos.

    Bamgbose alleged that following a heated argument, a fight broke out among the trio during which the defendants unlawfully killed Oluseye by beating him to death with their fists.

    According to the prosecutor, the offence contravened Section 299 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 and punishable under same.

    Udoh pleaded not guilty to the charge.

    Saidu could not take his plea.

    The accused said he did not understand English, the language in which the charge was read to Udoh.

    Saidu told the court that he spoke only Hausa, but there was no interpreter to read the charge to him in his language.

    Justice Ogunsanya remanded both defendants in prison.

    She said: “In view of the fact that the second defendant does not understand English language, his plea is to be taken on February 27 when a Hausa interpreter will be available in court.”

    The judge fixed May 9 for trial.

  • Police nab four over motorcycle, car theft in Jigawa

    Police nab four over motorcycle, car theft in Jigawa

    The Police Command in Jigawa said it had arrested two suspected motorcycle thieves, Sadiq Sani, 27 and Idris Hassan, 27, all of Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State.

    The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Rasheed Akintunji, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Wednesday.

    Akintunji said the two suspects confessed to have been stealing motorcycles at bank premises in Dutse.

    “The thieves were arrested on July 3, 2017 when the policemen on patrol in Dutse metropolis sighted and suspected the two young men trying to zoom off on a Lifan motorcycle, Bullet model, at the promises of Guarantee Trust Bank, Dutse.

    He said when the police interrogated them, the suspects said they stole the motorcycle.

    Akintunji said investigation revealed that the motorcycle belonged to one Surajo Muhammad of Madobi village in Dutse Local Government Area of Jigawa.

    He said a master key was recovered from the suspects which they said belonged to their gang leader, one Saddam, also a resident of Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State.

    The commissioner said the suspects would be charged to Court as soon as investigation was concluded.

    He said the command  had also arrested another two suspects, Mohammed Sa’idu, 27, of Yakasai Quarters, Kano city, Kano State and Usman Ahmed, 27, of Gumel town of Jigawa, for allegedly stealing three cars.

    He said one of the cars with registration number: GML 155J A belonged to Muhammad Baru of Gumel town, Jigawa, and the second one with registration number: AZ 369 NSR belonged to Isa Jejeri of the same address.

    Akintunji said the owner of the third vehicle had yet to be known.

    He said luck ran out of the thieves when the police on patrol around Garki highway of Jigawa arrested them.

  • Arik Air resumes Maiduguri flights, donates items to IDPs

    Arik Air resumes Maiduguri flights, donates items to IDPs

    Arik Air on Tuesday resumed flight operations to Maiduguri, after suspending flights to the North Eastern city since 2013 due to insecurity.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the airline’s Boeing 737-700 aircraft landed at the Maiduguri International Airport at 11.06 am and was received by aviation personnel and other dignitaries.

    Speaking to newsmen, the Vice President, Northern Operations of the airline, Mr Hamza Bukar, commended the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for restoring peace to the North East region.

    Bukar recalled that the airline suspended operations to Maiduguri in December 2013 following the attack on the airport by Boko Haram insurgents.

    “We are here in line with the achievements by the government of the day. They have done a very good job.

    “Security in Borno State has been restored. The state is now in the eyes of the international community and that is why Arik wants to be a part of the success story.

    “We want to complement efforts made by the government and we are here to reclaim our position as the pacesetter of aviation in West Africa,’’ he said.

    Bukar said flights to Maiduguri via Abuja would operate three times weekly on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, with the possibility of increasing frequency in the coming weeks.

    The Airport Manager, Maiduguri International Airport, Mr Mohammed Saidu, in his remark, said that security had improved in the state which led to the return of commercial flight operations.

    Saidu said Medview Airline and Azman Air were already operating flights in and out of Maiduguri, noting that the return of Arik Air would give passengers more options.

    Meanwhile, some officials of Arik Air visited the Teachers Village Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp and donated relief items to them.

    The items, which included foodstuffs, clothes and sanitary products, were received by the camp officials on behalf of the displaced persons from Ngala and Kukawa Local Government Areas of the state.

    Speaking at the ceremony, Bukar said the gesture was aimed at supporting the efforts of the Federal and Borno State Governments in ameliorating the plights of those displaced by insurgency.

    “This is one of the numerous corporate social responsibilities of the company to the state. It is our time to give back to the society,’’ he said.

    The vice president congratulated the governor and the people of the state for the peace achieved and prayed for its sustenance.

    Responding, the Camp Coordinator, Mr Ali Idi thanked airline for providing assistance to the camp which was accommodating 7,793 IDPs.

    “For somebody to come all the way from Lagos to come and see the plights of the IDPs, it is commendable, and we thank Allah and the management,’’ Idi said.

    He noted that the needs of the displaced persons were numerous and appealed to other corporate organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations to support them.

  • Why fuel scarcity will linger, by PENGASSAN

    Why fuel scarcity will linger, by PENGASSAN

    The proposal by the federal government for total withdrawal of subsidy will not address fuel scarcity, former zonal chairman of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Comrade Mohammed Sa’idu, has warned.

    Sa’idu said that the construction of new refineries and increase in local production of refined products will stop the long queues in filling stations.

    He spoke at the 4th triennial zonal conference of Kaduna zone of the association in Minna.

    He said: “Fuel scarcity will continue to linger in the country even if government decides to make a total withdrawal of fuel subsidy due to wide gap between local production and our daily consumption.”

    The union leader argued that the optimal production capacity of the nation’s refineries is 17 million litres per day while the country’s daily local consumption requirement is in the region of 40 million litres.

     

     

    According to him: “Even if government is ready to put the existing refineries to produce at optimal level, the country will still have to grapple with the importation of over 20 million litres of fuel to augment the daily total requirement for the country.”

    He said that establishment of more refineries remains the only solution to fuel scarcity in the country and called on government to provide enabling environment for private sector to be involved in the process.

    “Any step taken by government outside establishment of more refineries in the country would always serve as temporary measure,” Sa”idu maintained.