A Federal High Court, Abuja, has been urged to make an order expunging Section 27 of the Terrorism Prevention Act, 2013, as amended, from the country’s law. The call was made in an originating summons marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/225/2022 and filed, on Friday, by Barrister Maxwell Opara and Mr Echiefu Chidiebere Luke against the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF). The suit is dated Feb. 24 and filed Feb. 25 pursuant to the rule of the court and relevant provisions of the law. While Opara, a legal practitioner, and Luke are 1st and…
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Lawyer disagrees with I-G over terrorism charge filed against Oyo chiefs
Jimoh Abdulsalam, Counsel to some chiefs in Oko Community, Oyo State, on Thursday, disagreed with the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police over terrorism charge filed against his clients. Abdulsalam vehemently opposed to the move by counsel to the police, Orji Kalu, to arraign the defendants before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on charges bordering on terrorism. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while the I-G is the applicant, Chiefs Sunday Aderinto, 87 years and Samson Ogunmola, 76 years, including Timothy Adewale Aderinto, a son to…
Read MoreCourt awards N2m fine against DSS over seizure of Sowore’s iPhones
It was an unusual scenario when the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to pay the Convener, #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, the sum of N2 million over unlawful seizure of his mobile phone in 2019 at the point of his arrest.Justice Anwuli Chikere, in a judgment, also ordered the DSS to release forthwith the iPhones and the sum of N10,000 which were alleged to have been forcefully taken away from him without court warrant.Afterwards, Sowore, through his lawyer, Funmi Falana, in a fundamental rights…
Read MoreTerrorism: Lawmaker mourns Brigadier-General Dzarma Zirkusu
….Says Nigeria has lost a gallant soldier with a heart for service Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Hon.(Dr.) Yusuf Buba Yakub, has described the death of Brigadier- General Dzarma Zirkusu over the weekend in an ambush by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists as a huge loss to the people of Gombi/Hong Federal Constituency, Adamawa State and the nation at large. Buba, who represents Gombi/ Hong Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, stated this on Monday in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Public…
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