Tag: Justice Okon Abang

Court sentences Abdulrasheed Maina to 8 years imprisonment
Court sentences Abdulrasheed Maina to 8 years imprisonment

The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Force, Abdulrasheed Maina to eight years imprisonment. This came after the court earlier found Maina guilty of inducing staff of a bank in the country to open accounts for him without conducting the requisite due diligence. Delivering the judgement, Justice…

Appeal Court cancels 7-year imprisonment of Olisah Metuh
Appeal Court cancels 7-year imprisonment of Olisah Metuh

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has nullified the conviction and seven-year imprisonment of former spokesperson of the People’s Democratic Party, OLISA METUH. A three-man panel of Appeal Court led by Justice STEPHEN ADAH nullified the judgment against METUH by Justice OKON ABANG of the Federal High Court in Abuja. Justice ADAH ruled that the judgment by…

Court dismisses Lawsuit against election of Gov Rotimi Akeredolu
Court dismisses Lawsuit against election of Gov Rotimi Akeredolu

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a case challenging the second term election of Ondo State Governor OLUWAROTIMI AKEREDOLU. An APC governorship aspirant, NATHANIEL ADOJUTELEGAN, filed the case to challenge the nomination of Governor AKEREDOLU as the party’s candidate for the governorship election in October. However; Justice OKON ABANG agreed with the argument by the…

Interpol Extradites runaway fraud suspect, Abdulrasheed Maina, from Niger
Interpol Extradites runaway fraud suspect, Abdulrasheed Maina, from Niger

Runaway former head of the pension reform task team, ABDULRASHEED MAINA, has been brought back to Nigeria, following his arrest in the Niger Republic. Reports from Abuja indicate that MAINA, who was captured in Niamey, was brought in through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja in the company of security operatives. Force Public Relations Officer, D.C.P…

INTERPOL detains fugitive Abdulrasheed Maina in Niger
INTERPOL detains fugitive Abdulrasheed Maina in Niger

The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the arrest of the former chairman of the Presidential Task Team on Pension Reform, ABDULRAHEED MAINA, in the Niger Republic. Force Public Relations Officer, D.C.P FRANK MBAH, said MAINA was arrested in Niamey after he jumped bail in a case of alleged two-billion-naira fraud. D.C.P MBAH said the Nigeria Police Force…

Court fixes hearing of Sen. Ndume Bail Application, after 3 days in Kuje Prison
Court fixes hearing of Sen. Ndume Bail Application, after 3 days in Kuje Prison

Senator ALI NDUME will Thursday, November 26, 2020, know whether he will be released from the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja after he must have spent his third night there. Senator NDUME’s release would depend on the strength of his argument in the bail application filed by his lawyers, which he fixed for hearing tomorrow. Senator NDUME…

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