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  • Police kill suspected cultist, arrest another

    A suspected cultist identified as Anarchy was on Tuesday killed by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command.

    Anarchy was gunned during a shoot out between the cult group and the police at the Bariga area of the state.

    The deceased, who was said to have been on the police wanted list for a long time, allegedly led his gang members to Bariga for a cult war, but were intercepted by policemen.

    The Nation gathered that the cult group opened fire on the policemen who retaliated and in the process, Anarchy sustained gunshots injury.

    Confirming the development, the state’s Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni, said Anarchy died while he was being rushed to the hospital.

    He said: “The police got a distress call from Bariga about rival cult groups engaging in superiority battle.

    “Some of the cult members were led by Anarchy, a notorious cultist who has been declared wanted and has since gone into hiding.

    “The cultists engaged the police in a shootout, but one of them was arrested.

    “However, Anarchy suffered gunshots injury and passed on before he got to the hospital.”

  • Police recover arms, ammunition from passenger car in Yenagoa

    The Bayelsa State Police Command yesterday said it recovered arms and ammunition from a passenger car in Yenagoa.

    Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Mr Asinim Butswat confirmed the discovery in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa. Butswat said no arrest was made as the occupants of the car fled before they could be apprehended. “The driver of the car zoomed off and the patrol team pursued it to the Old Assembly Quarters, Yenagoa, where the duo abandoned the car and escaped.

    “The car was searched and the following items were recovered: Two Lar Rifles, Breech Nos. 11H936 and 11H9876 respectively, double magazines, 74 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition, 28 rounds of 6.62 mm live ammunition.

    “Others are one Magnum George F Pump action with breech No. 550 with eight live AA Cartridges,’’ the police spokesman said.

     

  • Curbing police brutality

    SIR: The spate at which our policemen are taking the lives of innocent Nigerians is very disheartening and embarrassing.

    Just last week Thursday, it was reported that a corporal, Aremu Musiliu attached to the Isheri Osun Police Station and his team during an illegal stop and search operation opened fire on a tricycle conveying a tricyclist, Godwin Ekpo, his wife Ekaette and their four children leaving the wife dead instantly while the husband is currently receiving treatment at the hospital.This reportedly happened as result of Ekpo’s mistakenly brushing the policemen van in an attempt to avoid the extortion of the men in uniform.

    Putting up levy on citizens especially on commercial motorists by the police has been on for ages. The question that comes to mind is whether the purpose of joining the police is to extort money from motorists at gunpoint. Some have a modernized way of extorting these motorists they make use of touts to get this money; failure to grease their palms might end up disastrous.

    This is the only country in the world where you will see innocent citizens get scared at the sight of the black or sky blue uniform; this is as a result of their forceful extortion, unwarranted assaults, and oppression among others.

    In other parts of the world, the use of firearms on citizens is prohibited except in a shootout with armed robbers. We should take a leave from civilized countries where there are monitoring units, keeping a close tab on those handling fire arms, because it is believed that when guns are given to individuals without strict supervision the tendency of abuse is high. Not to talk of our police whom you get to perceive alcohol in their mouth when they talk to you.

    The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase must act fast on this and save the nation from more tragedy and embarrassment caused by his men, as human life is God’s most precious gift and must be treated with uttermost respect. If they can’t help protect it, they should not take it.

     

     

    • Solomon Odeniyi,

    Ondo.

  • Police set to arrest Saraki

    Police set to arrest Saraki

    …await tribunal’s order

    •Judge rejects lawyer’s assurance to produce Senate President later
    •Adjourns to Monday for his arraignment

    The police yesterday declared that they were awaiting orders to effect the arrest of the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki.

    The Senate President was billed to be arraigned before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) sitting in Abuja yesterday, but he failed to turn up, relying on an injunction he purportedly secured from a federal high court.

    The development angered the Justice Danladi Umar-led tribunal, which promptly ordered that the police or other relevant security agencies should produce the Senate President before it on Monday.

    The Senate President is being accused for false and improper declaration of the assets he allegedly acquired during his tenure as governor of Kwara State between 2003 and 2011.

    Reacting to The Nation’s enquiry yesterday, Force Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Olabisi Kolawole, said the police would arrest Saraki as soon as they got the necessary directive from the tribunal.

    “We are going to promptly arrest the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and produce him before the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Monday.

    “Since it is a bench warrant issued by a competent court, the order will be carried out without delay. But we don’t want to pre-empt anything,” Kolawole said.

    The tribunal gave the orders while ruling on arguments by prosecution lawyer, Muslim Hassan (of the Federal Ministry of Justice) and defence lawyer, Mahmud Magaji (SAN).

    The tribunal refused an assurance by one of Saraki’s lawyers, Joseph Daudu (SAN) that he will produce Saraki before the tribunal on the next adjourned date, insisting that it was inappropriate for the tribunal to reverse itself, having ordered Saraki’s arrest.

    Hassan had, at the commencement of proceedings yesterday, noted that Saraki was absent in court despite being served with summons in relation to the 13-count charge filed against him for allegedly violating the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal (CCB/T) Act.

    Hassan consequently urged the tribunal to direct the issuance of a bench warrant to allow the production of Saraki before the tribunal. In the alternative, he urged the tribunal to stand the case down for some time to allow Saraki’s lawyer prevail on him to appear.

    Magaji countered Hassan’s position and urged the court to discountenance his (Hassan’s) application on the ground that he lacked the locus standi to file the charge and that the tribunal has no jurisdiction to hear the case.

    Citing Section 24(2) of the CCB/T Act, Magaji argued that it was only the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) or any official of his office he authorised that could legitimately initiate such criminal proceedings.

    He contended that since there was no AGF yet, no official of the office of the AGF could legitimately initiate proceedings against anyone.

    Magaji also argued that his client’s presence was unnecessary at this stage because he was currently challenging the competence of the charge and the tribunal’s jurisdiction to hear the case.

    He equally drew the tribunal’s attention to the case his client filed before the Federal High Court, Abuja and the order it made asking the respondents, including the CCT, to show why they should not be restrained from proceeding with the case.

    Responding, Hassan argued that the powers granted the IGP under Section 174 of the Constitution was not absolute. He cited several decided cases by the Supreme Court to support his position that without a substantive AGF, officials of the office and the Solicitor General of the Federation (SGF) could legitimately initiate proceedings against any accused person.

    He also cited the provisions of Sections 2 and 4 of the Law Officers Act, Cap L8 Laws of the Federation to support his argument that in the absence of the AGF, the SGF could act on his behalf.

    On the implication of the order made by the Federal High Court, Hassan argued that since the tribunal was not an inferior one but a tribunal of record created by the Constitution with coordinate jurisdiction with the High Court, it cannot be given directive by any High Court.

    “The Federal High Court has no supervisory justification over this tribunal. Appeal from this tribunal goes to the Court of Appeal. This tribunal and the Federal High Court are courts of coordinate jurisdiction,” Hassan said.

    He argued that even where a court has granted a restraining order, the tribunal is not obligated to stay proceedings.

    He urged the tribunal to compel Saraki’s attendance to answer to the charge pending against him.

    Daudu, who later took over from Magaji, appealed to the tribunal to be cautious about the way it handles the case in view of its political implication.

    Ruling later, the tribunal upheld Hassan’s arguments, holding that the absence of a substantive AGF did not render the charge incompetent.

    The tribunal also held that the Federal High Court, which has coordinate jurisdiction with it, cannot direct the way its proceedings are conducted.

    The tribunal noted that Saraki, being a high ranking public officer, ought to conduct himself in civilised manner by respecting the court.

    Justice Umar said: “With regard to the issue of the non-appearance of the respondent, it should be noted that the charge in this proceedings was filed on the 14th of September 2015 and was served and received by the Special Adviser on Legal matters to the Senate President, who signed the processes on the 16th of September 2015.

    “It is also noted that the respondent, in response to the summons of this tribunal, filed a memorandum of conditional appearance dated and filed on the 17th of September 2015. With its response, the respondent/defendant cannot deny knowledge of these proceedings.

    “On the issue of the court order concerning the sitting of this tribunal, it is our opinion that this tribunal is established as a constitutional body under Section 1(1) of the First Schedule, Part 1 of the Constitution.

    “The tribunal is vested with specific powers with regard to the enforcement of probity and accountability in public service.”

    He noted that the tribunal ranks equal with the Federal High Court and that appeal lies from it to the Court of Appeal.

    “Courts of equal jurisdiction are not bound by the decisions of each other. Therefore, a superior court of record cannot issue an order prohibiting or restraining the proceedings of another court of record.

    The court cannot grant injunction restraining proceedings of a court of equal jurisdiction

    “This tribunal has called on the defendant to appear before it and stand trial. The defendant cannot claim ignorance of these proceedings, having been duly notified.

    “The defendant, as a top ranking public officer of this country, is expected to respect the constitutional provisions, which he has sworn to defend, and at the same time, knowing the obvious implication of breaking the law in this country.

    “In view of this, this tribunal shall continue with these proceedings, and accordingly, in view of the non-appearance of the defendant, this tribunal orders that Inspector General of Police or the relevant security agencies to produce the defendant before this tribunal.

    “In view of this order, the tribunal orders that bench warrant be issued against the defendant,” Justice Umar said.

    The tribunal consequently adjourned to Monday (September 21) for Saraki’s arraignment.

  • Police corporal remanded for allegedly killing mother of four

    A 28-year-old police officer Museliu Aremu, who allegedly shot dead a mother of four, was yesterday remanded in prison custody by an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos.

    Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Folasade Botoku, ordered that the accused, facing a two-count charge of murder and causing grievous harm, be remanded in Ikoyi Prisons pending the release of legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The plea of the accused, a corporal  attached to the Isheri Oshun Police Station, was not taken.

    A counsel from the State Criminal Investigative Department(SCID),Panti, G.O.Osuyi, had earlier told the court that the offences were committed on September 16, at about 8.00 p.m. at Isheri Oshun, Ijegun, a Lagos suburb. He alleged that the accused shot dead one Comfort Godwin Sunday and caused grievous harm to one Godwin Sunday, the deceased’s husband.

    It was reported that the accused opened fire at the tricycle  occupied by the couple killing the mother of four instantly and causing serious injury to the husband.

    Osuyi noted that the offences contravened Sections 221 and 243 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

    The case was adjourned to October 19 pending legal advice from the DPP’s office.

  • Police to Rivers tribunal: we caught PDP agents thumb-printing on poll’s day

    Police to Rivers tribunal: we caught PDP agents thumb-printing on poll’s day

    •INEC deputy director: only 293,072 voters accredited
    •DSP accuses ACP of aiding electoral fraud in Khana

    The police yesterday told the Rivers State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja that agents of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were caught thumb-printing in a house opposite their party’s secretariat at Seme in Tai Local Government Area.

    A Superintendent of Police, Mr Tafa Michael, appeared before the tribunal.

    The petitioners are the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Dr Dakuku Peterside.

    Michael said he was on election duty on April 11 in Tai Local Government Area. The police officer told the Justice Suleman Ambrosa-led tribunal that over 70 persons, including PDP agents, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) workers and ad hoc staff as well as other individuals were arrested by his men shortly after noon on election day.

    Michael said materials, such as card readers, ballot papers, vests and ink pads were among items recovered from the group, which was eventually handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

    He said: “About 12.45 pm, I was sitting at INEC office when I got a distress call that people were thumb-printing at Seme area. I went to the place after asking questions from people on the road.  I was eventually directed to the place after sometime. When I got to Seme, I stopped close to PDP secretariat and asked again. I was informed that the house opposite the PDP secretariat had many people with electoral materials.

    ”I then came down with my men, cordoned the compound and in the process of doing that, I sighted the patrol vehicle of the anti-terrorism squad. I beckoned on them to stop, which they did and I informed them that I needed assistance.

    “They joined us (my men and I). We entered the compound where we met people thumb-printing on electoral materials. We arrested them. At that point, I called my superior commander and told him the situation. He came down with a lorry with which we evacuated the people and materials to our base in Tai. I took some photographs before leaving the place.”

    Michael  deposited photo evidence to the tribunal.

    It also emerged that only 293,072 voters were accredited for the April 11 governorship poll in Rivers State.

    [ad id=”403656″]INEC’s Deputy Director on Information Communication Technology (ICT) Mrs. Abimbola Oladunjoye told the tribunal that the electoral commission’s initial figure of 1,029, 102 was wrong.

    Oladunjoye showed the data after persistent questioning by counsel to the petitioner, Mr Akinlolu Olujimi (SAN).

    The respondents’ lawyers, including Onyechi Ikpeazu (INEC), Emmanue Okala (for Governor Nyesom Wike) and Chris Uche (for PDP), tried to discourage the witness from disclosing the information which, according to them, was in the document presented to the Justice Ambrosa.

    Oladunjoye, who is also INEC’s head of Data Management Unit, explained that the information gathered from card readers were periodically uploaded to the central server of the commission automatically.

    “I am aware that the commission took a decision that the smart card reader should be used for accreditation on governorship election.

    “On election day, voters are supposed to come to the polling unit with their voter cards. The Incident Form is issued to a voter when the card reader cannot successfully accredit him or her.

    “The server was available for the card reader data uploading throughout the  election and was shut down six weeks after the election,’’ Oladunjoye added.

    When cross-examined by INEC’s counsel, Ikpeazu, Oladunjoye said the card reader machine used for the presidential election was the same for the governorship.

    According to her, the only issue in the card reader machine was that the machines were reconfigured before the governorship election.

    “If a card is damaged, the card reader may not be able to recognise it, the card reader is a RF ID card, which has antennae; the card reader communicates to the antennae to enable it read. So, if the card is dirty, I don’t think there is a problem,” she said.

    When questioned further by counsel to Wike, Ukala, during cross- examination, Oladunjoye said the card reader could recognise information, which included the registration area, polling unit and serial number of voters.

    Other information recognised by the card reader machine, she said, are local government area, delimitation constituency, a signal of a fail or successful accreditation and number of accreditation made by the machine.

    Also yesterday, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mr. Yusuf Buba of Police Mobile Squadron, Ogoni, Rivers State, told the tribunal how an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr. Kenneth Akabue, aided and supervised the alleged rigging of the April 11 governorship election in favour of the PDP in Khana Local Government Area.

    Buba, who was posted as Unit Commander to Khana on the eve of the election, said: “Among the places we visited was Bori. At the field in front of the Area Commander’s Office in Bori, we saw people thumb-printing. I went to the Area Commander’s Office, surprisingly, I met the E.O. with him. I reported to him what was happening outside but he said I should mind my business. I was left with no option but to leave his office and continue my patrol.

    ”In all the places we patrolled, election did not take place. And election materials given to corps members were snatched at gun point because policemen with them were unarmed. So, there was no voting and collation because everybody moved to Port Harcourt almost immediately after. But the following day they returned to Khana Local Government secretariat and announced the result they came back with.

    ”I did not see people queuing to vote. I only saw people in an open field thumb-printing. Do you call that an election?”

     

  • MASSOB dares govt as police take over Uwazuruike’s home

    •Police parade 43 members in Anambra

    The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has boasted that the Federal Government cannot stop the group’s activities, which it said are non-violent.

    MASSOB’s National Director of Information, Mazi Chris Mocha was reacting to a fresh siege on the Owerri home of the movement’s leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, by men of the Imo State Police Command

    According to Mocha, the renewed attacks against members confirmed government’s plot to imprison Uwazuruike and other senior officials.

    “If Olusegun Obasanjo could not stop MASSOB in the eight years he was in power, Buhari also cannot stop us.”

    The group’s monthly meeting at Uwazuruike’s residence was aborted. It was gathered that as early as 6am yesterday, policemen, in over ten Hilux vans, were stationed at strategic junctions leading to the Ojukwu Memorial Library, the venue of the meeting.

    Chief Uwazuruike said police’ presence at the venue stopped the group’s meeting.

    “We were supposed to hold our national meeting today (Tuesday) but I was informed that policemen have taken over the venue. I wonder what the police is doing there because MASSOB members are not criminals or thugs, they do they disturb anyone.

    “I learnt that workers in the Ojukwu centre could not even access their office,” he said.

    Police spokesman Andrew Enwerem said the action was in line with the Inspector-General’s directive to increase visibility in the states.

    He insisted that the police was not witch- hunting the Movement, but was trying to flush out criminal elements.

    The Anambra State Police Command yesterday paraded 43 members of the Movement arrested during the 16th year anniversary celebration on Sunday.

    Commissioner of Police Hosea Karma said 15 of the 43 were arrested in Ogbaru while the others were arrested in Nnewi. He reiterated that there would be no hiding place for them.

    He urged the people to go about their businesses without hindrance or fear of molestation.

    Two of the paraded members, Ugochukwu Ugwoke and Chinedu Ukoha, denied behaving violently.

     

     

     

     

  • Police parade ‘fake soldiers, car thieves’

    Police parade ‘fake soldiers, car thieves’

    •‘Suspect threatened to blow up command headquarters’ 

    Lagos State Commissioner of Police Fatai Owoseni yesterday paraded three fake soldiers, one fake Air Force personnel and three car snatchers. The ‘fake soldiers’ are Markus Gabriel (22) from Ngwa in Abia State, Ikemefuna Ude (39) from Agwu (Enugu). Their Air Force accomplice is Dare Tijani (28) from Ikire in Osun State.

    The others are Chukwuma Ikechukwu, 31 from Ohafia, Abia State, Israel Damascus, 32, a Ghanaian and Lucky Anene, 25, from Okuzu in Delta State.

    Five cars and two Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) were recovered from them. One of the SUVs was marked BNS513AA. Among the cars were two Toyota Camry with number plates TGD733AA and ANA360AA.

    Owoseni urged Lagosians to be part of the fight against hoodlums to enhance community policing, saying: “Even if you post one million policemen here in Lagos, it will not be enough.”

    Owoseni said investigation revealed that Tijani, who claimed to be a dismissed personnel from the Nigerian Air Force, Kaduna, was never an air force personnel.

    He said that the suspect would soon be charged to court.

    He said the suspect threatened to blow up the Command Headquarters because policemen at Ipaja Division refused to grant his friend bail.

    In the same vein, the police in Lagos also arrested three fake soldiers at Iyana Oba area of Ojo.

    The raid of people selling noodles at odd hours, he said, became necessary because robbers use those spots as hide-outs for their weapons before going on operation.

    [ad id=”403656″]Drug peddlers, he said, also use those spots to sell hard drugs.

    Tijani said he was into children entertainment, adding that he got the Air Force uniform from his friend Mutiu, a soldier, to enable him poses as an officer when he goes to meet his fiancee, Shade.  He said he was arrested in a bus at Iyana Ipaja.

    Tijani noted that he was enlisted into the Nigerian Air Force in 2010 and served at the Air Force workshop in Kanduna.

    “I came to Lagos to seek for greener pasture after his dismissal from service.On arrival, I started working as a DJ along with some of my friends. One of friend who is also a DJ was arrested by the police at Iyana Ipaja while driving. I had gone to secure his bail dressed in Air Force uniform.

    “I stormed out of the station when the police at Ipaja refused to accord me my due respect as a man in military uniform and threatened to come back with some of my colleagues. I was subsequently detained and later brought to the command Headquarters. It was during interrogation that the police discovered that I was fake personnel,” he added.

    Ude, who claimed to be a printer, said the other suspects came to his office at Ojo to scan and print military identity cards at N700 each. He stated that they claimed they lost their original identity cards, adding that he did not know they wanted to commit crime with the cards.

    Anene said he wore the military uniform to escort cars which he did not know were snatched.

    Damascus said he came to Nigeria in 2011, adding that his friend, Jerry introduced him into car stealing.

    He said he had done two operations but met his waterloo in the third operation.

     

  • Police kill three suspected kidnappers in Delta

    The Delta State Police Command has killed three suspected kidnappers.

    The gang allegedly abducted Mrs. Paaga Blessing Emabari, 48, at Okuokoko in Okpe Local Government Area.

    It was gathered that the victim escaped from her abductors before squaring up with the police in gun battle.

    Police spokesperson Celestina Kalu, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said the Orerokpe division’s patrol team intercepted one Toyota Corolla saloon car with registration number BWR 532 HL.

    The spokesperson said the occupants of the car turned in a suspicious manner on sighting the patrol team.

    Their action aroused the suspicion of the patrol team, which chased the car.

    According to her, with the “assistance of vigilantes, three of the hoodlums were fatally injured while others escaped with bullet wounds”.

    She added: “The vehicle was recovered to the station. Investigation is in progress while efforts to track down the fleeing criminals are on.”

    Kalu confirmed the recovery of a stolen car, a light green Toyota RAV4 Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) with registration number LEH 550 AA, which was allegedly snatched from the owner at Ovwian Aladja on September 12.

    According to her, information got to the Safer Highway Patrol Team 013 at DSC Round-about in Warri.

    The petrol officers reportedly spotted the snatched vehicle, which “they flagged down, but the occupants refused to stop”.

    Kalu added: “…The vehicle was pursued by the team and the two occupants abandoned the SUV, escaping into the bush. Meanwhile, the vehicle has been recovered while investigation and efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspects.”

     

  • Alleged forgery: Ex-bank chair sues police

    A former chairman of defunct Citizen Bank Limited, Lady Joyce Udensi Ifegwu, has urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to determine whether the police can investigate an allegation of marriage certificate forgery against her twice.

    She wants the court to determine whether the Police is still entitled to investigate her, after men of the Zone Two Command headquarters, Onikan had concluded investigation on the the subject.

    Inspector-General of Police, Commissioner of Police, Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi and Inspector Justus Ogar are the respondents

    Ifegwu’s daughter, Mrs Nnenna Enweliku, had petitioned the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone Two last January 27, alleging that her mother was not legally married to her father and that the marriage certificate she presented to obtain a letter of administration for her late father’s estate, the late Chief Dike Udensi Ifegwu, was forged.

    Dissatisfied with the outcome of the investigation, she wrote a second petition to the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, Abuja.

    As a result, the police initiated fresh investigation of the allegation, following which the applicant filed the suit seeking to halt her possible arraignment over the allegation.

    Lady Ifegwu is praying the court to declare that the defendants lack the power to investigate allegation of forgery of marriage certificate against her for a second time. She said a suit pending in High Court of Abia between her and three others against the probate registrar and seven others dwells on the issue.

    Her suit is supported by 37-paragraph affidavit where she swore that she was lawfully married under the Marriage Act, Native Law and Customs to the late Udensi Ifegwu until his death on July 18, 2012. She averred that they had eight children, including the petitioner who is her first child.

    “After my husband’s death, one of my children namely Mrs Nenna Enweliku (nee Dike Udensi) petitioned the Nigerian Police at Zone 2 Command alleging that I was not lawfully married to her father and that I forged the marriage certificate evidencing my marriage to my deceased husband. On the strength of the petition, I was by a letter dated July 7, 2014 summoned to the Zone Two Command headquartes Onikan, Lagos,” she stated.

    She added that she made statements on how her late husband misplaced the original marriage certificate obtained at Aba Local Government marriage registry in 1978.

    She said they could not get a certified true copy of their marriage certificate in 1992 because a registrar whose name she could not remember informed them that tthe register containing their marriage certificate was lost in the process of moving documents from the marriage registry in Aba Local government to Aba South Local government.

    “On account of loss of the registry copy of my 1978 marriage certificate, the then registrar counselled my husband and I to register our marriage through the issuance of another marriage certificate duly signed by both of us in 1992 and also signed by the then marriage registrar.

    “In the course of being interrogated by the third defendant, I was informed by him that another petition was written to the second defendant to by daughter on the same subject of allegation of forgery which had earlier been investigated by officers of Zone Two and which is also a live issue in the suit pending at the High Court of Abia State.

    “On August 18, 2015, I was summoned by the third defendant to his Milverton Road, Ikoyi office. During the meeting, the third defendant informed me that he has established that my marriage certificate was forged and that unless I withdraw suit No. HU/159/2013, which I instituted at the Abia State High Court, he will make sure that I face trial for forgery with maximum publicity given to my arraignment and trial,” she swore.