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  • $43.4m NIA cash: EFCC never said Whistlebower has been paid

    $43.4m NIA cash: EFCC never said Whistlebower has been paid

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday said it never claimed that the whistleblower, who uncovered $43.4million in Osborne Towers in Ikoyi, has been paid.

    It clarified that it is “not even directly responsible for the payment of rewards to whistle blowers.”

    The agency also insisted that there was no controversy about the exact amount recovered in the operation which was streamed live.

    The clarifications were made by the Head, Media and Publicity of EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren in a statement in Abuja.

    The statement said: “Following publications in sections of the social media today, November 10, It has become necessary to clarify the statement credited to the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu regarding the status of the whistle blower in the Osborne Tower cash recovery. What Magu said at the 7th Session of the Council of State Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption in Vienna, Austria, was that citizens should be encouraged to embrace whistle blowing because of the incentives attached.

    “To illustrate this, he stated that the the gentleman who provided the information that triggered the huge recovery at Osborne Towers in Ikoyi was already a millionaire based on the incentive in the whistle blower policy where information providers are entitled to between 2.5 and 5 % of the recovered sum.

    Hear him, “We are currently working on the young man because this is just a man who has not seen one million Naira of his own before. So he is under counseling on how to make good use of the money and also the security implication. We don’t want anything bad to happen to him after taking delivery of his entitlement. He is a national pride”.

    “Magu never said that the young man has been paid. The Commission is not even directly responsible for the payment of rewards to whistle blowers.

    “There is also no controversy about the exact amount recovered in the operation which was streamed live, the first of its kind, and witnessed by the whistle blower, security at the Towers and representative of the agency which claimed ownership of the money.”

  • Man docked for defiling teenager

    Man docked for defiling teenager

    A 25-year-old man, Musa Garba, who allegedly defiled a 12-year-old girl, was on Friday docked in a Kano Magistrates’ Court.

    Garba, a resident of Durbunde village in Takai Local Government Area Kano, appeared on a charge of rape.

    The Magistrate, Zubair Inuwa, ordered that Garba be remanded in prison custody and adjourned the case till July 31 for mention.

    Earlier, the prosecutor, Sgt. Yakubu Galadima, had told the court that Auwalu Isma’il of Durbunde village reported the matter at Kachako Police Division, Kano on June 12.

    Galadima said that on the same date at about 2 p.m., Garba lured the complainant’s 12-year-old daughter into his father’s farm and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her
    under a tree at Durbunde village.

    He said the defendant also threatened to kill the girl if she told anyone, noting that
    the offence contravened Section 283 of the penal code.

    The prosecutor said the victim was rushed to Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital Kano for treatment.

    However, the defendant had pleaded not guilty to the charge.

  • Phone thieves jailed two weeks in Kano

    Phone thieves jailed two weeks in Kano

    Two men – Izzudden Mohammed and Ridwan Sa’id – who stole a phone worth N4,000, are to spend the next 14 days in prison, a Kano Magistrates’ Court ruled on Thursday.

    Mohammed, 19, and Sa’id, 17, both residents of Badawa Quarters in Kano, were convicted after they were found guilty of a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy and theft.

    Magistrate Zubair Inuwa, however, granted the convicts a fine of N2,000 each for conspiracy and N3,000 each for theft.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the convicts had pleaded guilty to the charges.

    Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, Insp. Yakubu Galadima told the court that the case was reported by the complainant, Bilal Ali of Badawa Quarters, Kano at Badawa Police Station on May 13.

    He said the convicts stole the phone inside a barber’s shop at Badawa Quarters, Kano.

    “During police investigation, the phone was found on the men.”

    The offences contravened Sections 97 and 287 of the Penal Code, Laws of the Federation.

  • Man remanded in prison for raping 8-year-old girl

    A Kano Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 22-year-old man, Yusuf Ali, in prison for allegedly raping an eight year-old girl.
    Ali, who lives in Gama B Brigade Quarters Kano, was arraigned for rape.Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. Yakubu Galadima, had told the court that oneJamila of the same address reported the matter at Gwagwarwa police Division Kano, on April 18.
    Galadima said that on April 16, the accused allegedly lured the little girl into his mother’s room situated at Brigade Quarters Kano.“The accused forcefully had unlawful sexual intercourse with the victim,’’ he said.
    The prosecutor said that the offence contravened section 283 of the penal code.
    Ali pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge.
    However, the Judge, Senior Magistrate Zubair Inuwa ordered the accused to be remanded in prison custody and adjourned the case till May 30, for mention.

     

  • Teenager remanded for allegedly defiling 9-year-old boy

    A Kano Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered the remand of 17-year-old boy in prison custody for allegedly defiling a 9-year-old boy.

    The defendant, who lives at Mandawari Quarters Kano, is facing a charge of `unnatural offence.’

    The Senior Magistrate, Zubair Inuwa, ordered the accused to be remanded in prison custody and adjourned the case until June 6 for mention.

    The prosecutor, Insp. Yakubu Galadima, told the court that one Sa’adatu Yahaya, of the same address reported the case at Mandawari Police Division Kano, on April 16.

    He said that on March 15 at about 8 p.m. the complainant noticed that her 9-year-old son was not feeling fine.

    “The victim told his mother that the defendant deceived and lured him into an entrance of a school situated at Mandawari Quarters.’’

    “He said that the defendant defiled him on several occasions.’’

    The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge levelled against him.

    Galadima said that the offence contravened Section 284 of the Penal Code.