TRIAL OF ABBA MORO: 1st Witness says former Minister turned down all suggestions

former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro

A former Controller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, David Paradang, while testifying as the first prosecution witness in the trial of former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, today told a Federal High Court in Abuja that he voiced out his concerns about the recruitment exercise and that all suggestions on how to stage the exercise process was turned down an action which resulted in the death of over a dozen applicants. 

Justice Anwuli Chikere adjourned the case till September 29th, 2016. ‪#‎AbbaMoro‬

Transcorruption agenda: Again, Lamido’s Trial Stalled Over Defence’s Absence

The trial of a former governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, and his cohorts before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja could not continue on Monday, May 9, 2016, due to the absence of the counsels to the defendants.

Lamido is being prosecuted alongside his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, and two others by the EFCC, on a 27-count charge bordering on abuse of office and money laundering. 

At the resumed hearing today, the prosecution counsel, Chile Okoroma, presented to the court a letter dated May 6, 2016 from Joe Agbi, SAN, one of the defence counsels, stating the unavailability of the other counsels due to some inexplicable reasons.

Vacate House of Reps Now: Federal High Court Orders the 37 Decampee PDP-to-APC Lawmakers

An Abuja Federal High Court has affirmed that the PDP decampee federal lawmakers are not in any way competent to contribute or vote in the House of Representatives.

The Court gave an order of perpetual injunction on Monday , restricting the  concerned lawmakers who defected from ruling Peoples Democratic Party to the opposition, All Progressive Congress in the National Assembly.