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“Photojournalist” bags one-year imprisonment for possession of hard drug

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 admin

A “photojournalist,” Okon Godwin Sunday, has been convicted and sentenced to a one-year imprisonment without option of fine for possession of 1.2kg of cannabis sativa by a Federal High Court, Abuja. Justice Inyang Ekwo held that he handed down the jail term after the plea for mercy by the convict and his lawyer, C.M. Wancha. Sunday had pleaded guilty to a one-count charge preferred against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), through its counsel, Lauretta Idiakhoa. In the charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/369/2022, the 32-year-old convict was arrested on…

Court commits Police IG to 3 months imprisonment over alleged refusal to reinstate officer

November 30, 2022November 30, 2022 admin

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, commited the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, Mr Usman Baba, to a three-months imprisonment over alleged refusal to obey a sister court judgment reinstating a police officer, Patrick Okoli, who was compulsorily retired.Justice Bolaji Olajuwon, in a ruling on the contempt proceedings filed by Okoli’s lawyer, Arinze Egbo, also warned Baba against non compliance with the earlier court judgment.Justice Olajuwon warned that if the I-G failed to purge himself of the contempt, he shall be liable to another three months jail term.Okoli, in a…

Court sentences Abdulrasheed Maina’s son to 24 years imprisonment

October 7, 2021October 7, 2021 admin

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday sentenced Faisal, son of the Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, to 24 years imprisonment.Justice Okon Abang, in his judgment, held that Faisal, who was sentenced in absentia, was guilty of all the three-count charge.Justice Okon, who handed down a five-year-jail term for count one bordering on money laundering offence, sentenced Faisal to 14 years imprisonment on count two.The judge, thereafter, sentenced the son of the ex-pension reformed boss to five years prison term on count three which bordered on…