How retired officer, NAF personnel harassed, threatened to kill me, doctor tells court

A 52-year-old medical doctor, Israel Emmanuel, told a Magistrates’ Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, how Peter Bilal, a retired Group Captain, invited the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) personnel to harass and threaten to kill him in his residence.Emmanuel, through his counsel, Dr Oluwaseyi Leigh, in a direct criminal complaint marked: CR/16/2022 and filed before Magistrate Oluwakemi Ariwoola, prayed for the court’s intervention.“The complainant is a medical doctor resident at Block D9, Flat 71, CBN I & J Estate, 9 Zaria Street, Off Ladoke Akintola Street, Garki 2, Abuja, within…

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Farmers’ association opposes I-G’s plea to withdraw from suit against ex-president Ibrahim

The end is yet to be seen over the prolonged power tussle in All Farmers’ Association of Nigeria (AFAN). On Monday, the association opposed a plea by the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police to withdraw from a suit filed against its embattled ex-President, Kabir Ibrahim.Counsel to AFAN, Modibbo Bakari, who made his intention known after Justice Taiwo Taiwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja fixed Oct. 20, 2021 for hearing of the matter, said he was going to file a counter affidavit to challenge the move. AFAN had, on May 11,…

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