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An Abuja High Court Admits Newspaper Publications As Evidence In Emefiele’s Trial
An Abuja High Court on Monday admitted five newspaper publications and certification receipts from the National Library of Nigeria as evidence in the ongoing trial of former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele.
Justice Maryanne Anenih admitted the materials and marked them as evidence, after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, tendered them through a subpoenaed witness, Jegede Oluwasegun, an official of the National Library of Nigeria.
Emefiele is being prosecuted on a four-count charge bordering on disobedience to the direction of law and illegal act causing injury to the public.
The offence, the EFCC said, contravened the provisions of Section 123 of the Penal Code, Cap 89 Laws of the Federation, 1990 and punishable under the same law.
He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
At the resumed hearing in the case on Monday, the witness was taken in evidence by Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, the EFCC counsel.
The witness, who is the prosecution witness eight (PW 8), gave a detailed account of his schedule of duty.
Oyedepo later tendered copies of Punch, This Day, Vanguard, Daily Sun and The Nation newspapers and certification receipts.
The defendant counsel, Olalekan Ojo, SAN, did not object to the materials presented by the prosecution.
While being cross examined by Emefiele’s counsel, Ojo, the witness admitted that was not the author of the contents of the Newspapers.
“What I do is to certify the newspapers, I can not 100 per cent say the contents of the papers are right, I am not the author,” the witness told court.
Ojo then called for This Day publication of January 31, 2023, and its certification, the witness confirmed it.
The prosecution did not object to the document, and subsequently, the court admitted it in evidence and marked it as exhibit.
Justice Anenih then adjourned until Wednesday for further hearing.
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English Alhaji Raises Alarm, ‘My Life In Danger’ After Receiving Calls From Bandits [VIDEO]
DAILY POST recalls that English Alhaji had a week ago commended the youth of Achepe community in Nasarawa State for repelling bandits’ attack.
While faulting the youth for handing over some captured bandits to the military, English Alhaji said “Only mistake wey this people do, this youth of Achepe catch this people finish and handed them over to the military.
“Why? Why? Do you want the army to reintegrate them? Abi the once they integrate never do una? You want them to integrate more of the terrorist? Why handling them over to the military? Unalive this boys. You don catch them and collected the AK-47 rifle from them, kpai them. Why giving them to the police again? Youth of Achepe, una no do well for that one oo.”
However, in a now trending video on his Instagram page, English Alhaji, who stated that his life is in danger, shared a recorded WhatsApp video call he received from bandits threatening him for advising Nigerians to kill them.
“Nigerians, so yesterday in the afternoon bandits called me on a video call. You can see the confidence, you guys are no longer hiding. They no longer cover their face, they’re everywhere. They got my WhatsApp number on my Facebook page. They turned their camera to show me ammunition. Na now I know the kind danger wey I dey.
“They said why do I tell people to be killing them. One of them said this thing wey I dey tell people to unalive them when they catch them, don’t hand them over to the military, kpai them. They said what if they catch me, they will do that same thing to me”, he said.
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Xenophoba: Not Only South Africa But Also Many Other Countries Treat Nigerians Harsely
The host of Brekete Family, a Human Rights Radio and Television programme, Ahmed Isah, popularly known as “Ordinary President,” has revealed how the world treats Nigerians differently amid the ongoing Xenophobic attacks in South Africa.
Speaking on the Brekete Family programme on Tuesday, Ordinary President also pointed out how Nigeria gave asylum to South African freedom fighters.
Recall that South Africans have killed a handful of Nigerian, Ghanaian, and other African nationals in the recent xenophobic attacks.
Reacting to the development, Ordinary President said, “See what they are doing to Nigerians in South Africa.
“Other nationals from other countries like Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Tanzania, even countries that share common boundaries with them [South Africa]. They are humiliating them.
“Let it not be like they are singling out only Nigerians; that is why they are doing it to other African countries.
“See the approach to other nationals and the approach to Nigerians; you can see the anger and bitterness. The same South Africa that we contributed money to, so that they could regain their freedom.
“South Africans were coming to Nigeria to school on scholarship, their freedom fighters who narrowly escaped will come to Nigeria, and we will give them asylum.
“But Nigerians, let me let you people know, it’s not only South Africa, but almost every country around the world is doing something to Nigerians that they can’t do to other nationals.
“If you go to Canada, go to their prison and check which nationals are more. If you go to India, go to their prison and check, and go to other countries. Nobody seems to be bothered because of the ineffective leadership we have in this country [Nigeria],” he said.
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