Tag: Murder

Court awards N300m fine against police over alleged killing of 3 Shiite’s members in Zaria

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A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has ordered the police authorities to pay a cumulative sum of N300 million to the parents of three Shiite members allegedly killed by its officers while on Islamic procession in 2022 in Zaria. Justice Hawa Buhari, in a judgment, held that the “applicants’ rights as guaranteed under Sections 33, 38, 39, 40, 42 and 46 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended); Order 2, Rules 1, 2, 3, 4, 11 and 12 of the Fundamental Right (Enforcement Procedure) Rules 2009; Article 4, 8, 10,…

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Alleged attempted murder: Court remands another suspect in ex-lawmaker’s attack in Prison

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A Grade I Area Court in Nyanya, Abuja has ordered that Joseph Utum, a 2nd defendant in the charges of alleged attempted murder of former member of the House of Representatives, Robinson Uwak, be remanded in Keffi Correctional Centre.Justice M. Inuwa made the.order shortly after Utum was arraigned by the police and pleaded not guilty to the charges.Utum was accused of conspiring with the estranged wife of the ex-lawmaker, Kezia Robinson Uwak, formerly Kezia Irek, to eliminate him.The Inspector-General of Police had, on Dec. 16, arraigned Kezia Robinson Uwak and…

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Alleged attempted murder: Court remands ex- lawmaker’s estranged wife

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A Grade I Area Court, Nyanya, Abuja has ordered the remand of the estranged wife of former member of House of Representatives, Robinson Uwak, in Suleja Correctional Centre over allegations bordering on attempted murder. Kazia Robinson Uwak and two others were arraigned by the Nigerian police before Justice M. Inuwa on charges of joint act and attempt to commit grievous body harm on the ex-lawmaker. While the Inspector General of Police is the complainant, Kazia, Joseph Utum and Ibiang Yemiode Ofem are defendants in the matter. The charges were brought…

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How my brother, his wife, children killed my wife – Emenike

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*Want Police to arrest other suspects A father of five, Mr Emenike Okoye, from Umueri village in Ogbunike, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, has narrated how his elder brother, George Okoye, his wife, Uzoma and children, Somtochukwu, Ifechukwu and Ifunanya beat his wife, Nkiru Okoye to death on July 19, 2022. He also narrated how he escaped death by whiskers as they had beaten him to stupor which sent him into coma before the community vigilant operatives came to his rescue. He said his elder brother, George Okoye…

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Arbaeen symbolic trek: IMN accused Buhari of ordering Guards Brigade to attack its members in 2018

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The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), on Monday, accused President Muhammadu Buhari of ordering the Guards Brigade to attack its members who were observing the Arbaeen symbolic trek in 2018. Sheikh Sidi Munir Sokoto, one of the executive members of IMN, made the allegation in a statement he released after the commemoration of the fortieth day (Arbaeen) of Imam Husain, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (SAWA)’s death in Abuja. “Today, not only in Nigeria but in Karbala, this Arbaeen commemoration has become the largest human gathering on earth with over…

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