MrKong:
Boko Haram no dey finish?

tomakint:
This is a case of grand conspiracy unfolding and an open display of flagrant abuse of power. Justice Abang had all the time in the world to declare Sept. 7 a fixed date for hearing of this case why wait till the Eleventh hour to declare this mockery of the judiciary he called "his judgment", truly Nigeria is a one gargantuan zoological garden mainly populated by hybrid Mona monkeys. This Abang is up to something that must be figured out.

The Convention is taking place in Port Harcourt where another High Court is situated, definitely the declaration of the PH High Court declaration should be obeyed. Abang is looking for trouble.

A Nigerian mother who paid a man £1,000 to pose as her newborn baby’s father in a bid to dodge deportation was caught out by online pictures of the real dad cradling his son at a naming ceremony, a court heard.

Faust Abolore, 29, allegedly hired Anthony Ezekpo, 44, in a plot to gain British citizenship, using his name on the baby’s birth certificate and a subsequent passport application.

She claimed they lived together at a bogus address in Chandlers Drive in Erith in an attempt to fool Greenwich council officials.


Accused: Faust Abolore was allegedly caught out by online pictures of the real father cradling his son Tony Palmer/Square Mile News
But Inner London crown court heard the baby’s real father, Nigerian national Peter Gentry, was photographed at the naming ceremony, on September 15, 2014, in the role of the doting dad.



On trial: Anthony Ezekpo, left, allegedly gave false information in using his name on the baby’s birth certificate. Right, Samson Awoyinka is accused of making a false statement in counter-signing a passport application (Tony Palmer/Square Mile News)
Ezekpo actually lives on the outskirts of Newcastle, and Abolore wired £1,000 to his bank account the day the birth certificate was signed, jurors heard.

“He was enlisted as part of a fraudulent scheme to get British citizenship for her to remain in the UK,” said prosecutor Adam Gardner.

“A man turned up with her at council offices in Greenwich to register the birth and get a birth certificate. The man putting himself forward as the father was not Mr Gentry but Mr Ezekpo, and they both said they lived together.”

Abolore gave birth to her son at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich on August 6, 2014, and a photo on her phone shows Mr Gentry cradling the newborn child.

They were living together in Columbus Square, Erith, having entered the UK illegally, the court heard, and Abolore was facing deportation.

Once she had the birth certificate with Ezekpo’s name on it, she submitted a passport application signed by Ezekpo and counter-signed by Samson Awoyinka, 29, it is alleged.

“Mr Awoyinka said he knew Mr Ezekpo for five years from his church congregation,” said Mr Gardner.

“This was not true, he barely knew the man. He then admitted he signed the passport application and went to Greenwich.”

HungerBAD:
really?

Followed the link. Fake News.

Progressive01:
Pray tell, what shred of evidence did you people advance to prove Buhari sponsored BH. Even when he was almost killed by them, you people said it was staged!

Today, the chicken has come twerking all the way back home to roost and you are crying foul.

There was even more evidence to prove Jo sponsored BH than Buhari- ask Azazi's corpse, ask Stephen Davies!

And if you wanna talk about who made the statement that "a fight against BH is a fight against the north" which is all you people rely on, remember Jonathan called BH his "siblings" and he "couldn't send the army to wipe his family".

Furthermore, if you wanna talk about them nominating him to negotiate with the govt then on their behalf, then you would also agree that people like Wole Soyinka, Aniko Briggs, and all others who ever negotiated with the Yar Adua government and those about to negotiate with the Buhari's government on behalf of the Niger Delta terrorists are also terrorist sponsors!

Adaowerri111:
Summary pls

The Central Crime Branch officials arrested two Nigerian nationals and recovered 105 grams of cocaine worth Rs 5.2 lakh from them.

The accused Kenneth Jideofor (25) and Obumneme Victor (27) were caught red handed while they were waiting for their clients near Anandapura circle in K.R. Puram on Friday.

The accused confessed that the duo had come to India on business visa and were overstaying in the city after their visa expired in March this year.

The accused said that they sourced cocaine from their contacts and were selling it to college students and others for Rs 5,000 per gram.

The accused have been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) act and remanded to judicial custody.

But after the court judgement two weeks ago, Governors Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo), Emmanuel Udom (Akwa Ibom), Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa), Ibrahim Dankwambo (Gombe) and Darius Ishaku (Taraba) are allegedly having a rethink about their continued support to the caretaker committee.

Members of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were shocked by the outcome of their meeting with former President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday night. Select representatives of the board, from the six geo-political zones, led by their chairman, Senator Walid Jibrin, met with the former president to appeal for his intervention in the PDP leadership crisis.

The meeting, which was held at Jonathan’s Abuja residence at highbrow Mataima district, lasted for about one and half hours. There was no official briefing at the end of the meeting. Former PDP Deputy National Chairman, Chief Bode George and former Minister of Education, Professor Tunde Adeniran, who spoke at separate interviews with journalists after the meeting, described the outcome as “warm and encouraging.”

George disclosed that Jonathan “has not only accepted to assist in making peace, but gave his word to be joining us in the process of resolving the crisis, and to also make out time to attend our meetings. “As you know, he is a life time member of BoT, having been a former president. Sometime, when people see the big masquerade, they will be more careful.”

A source at the meeting, however, disclosed that the BoT members got more than what they bargained for. Most of the board members have pledged support to Senator Ahmed Makarfi- led caretaker committee, which they said was a product of the May 21 Port Harcourt National Convention. But the source disclosed that Jonathan directed them to make peace with the Sheriff faction for quick resolution of the crisis.
According to the source, the former president told them that given the evidences available, Sheriff has the upper hand than the Makarfi-led caretaker committee and might continue to rubbish the party if urgent steps were not taken to reconcile with him.

A member of the BoT, who spoke with New Telegraph on the condition of anonymity, said that the members told Jonathan to return to the party and assume his role as the leader. He said that the former president agreed to return with a promise that he would speak with all the feuding members of the party with a view to finding a solution to the crisis.

Jonathan was also said to have told the BoT members to reach every party to the crisis and try and achieve reconciliation. But he said that anybody that did not accept the offer of reconciliation should be regarded as not being interested in the party. He said: “It is not only about Sheriff. It is about all members of the party who are angry or have issues with the party. He tasked us to reach everybody in the party that has one grouse or the other and attempt reconciliation.

He also promised that he would reach everybody himself. But he told us that if after all the attempts, anybody that was not interested should be left out of the party.” It was gathered that Jonathan met with Sheriff a day before the BoT meeting, at his Abuja residence. The meeting lasted for three hours.

The former president, at the opening of the BoT meeting, said he had been meeting with some individual members of the party without attracting media attention. The meeting with Sheriff might have offered him detailed information of his grievances.

The source added that what might have emboldened the factional chairman the more despite three court judgements against him, was seemingly sympathy he has been enjoying from some leaders of the party. It
was learnt that what Jonathan told the BoT members was the same message party leaders got from former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, who was also approached to broker a truce with Sheriff.

Makarfi was present at the meeting, which held at Babangida’s Hilltop residence in Minna, Niger State. Sheriff has a long relationship with Babangida. The former president reportedly told the PDP delegation that despite the superiority at the courts, political solution still remains the option.

He directed them to go and reconcile with Sheriff. Sheriff is enjoying the support of Senator Buruji Kashamu who appeared at expanded national caucus meeting convened by Makarfi. Jimoh Ibrahim, who has been nursing governorship ambition in Ondo State, recently joined the camp. And while aspirants seeking to fly the PDP flag in the November 30 Ondo governorship election are trying to forge a consensus candidate, Jimoh Ibrahim, yesterday, picked governorship form from Sheriff. He is one of those funding the Sheriff faction. With the advice of Jonathan and Babangida, it is most probable that machineries would be put in motion by party stakeholders to interface with Sheriff with a view to resolving the crisis. Before journalists were excused from the meeting, the former president had told the BoT members that he had been receiving regular briefings on the state of affairs of the party since he left office. His words: “Unfortunately we have been challenged, but I don’t think you should be discouraged. Challenges are part of life; even in families, there are challenges.

There are challenges even in the church more than what may be happening at political level. So you should not be discouraged, and I believe, collectively, we can solve it. “This should not be beyond us, but I believe collectively, we can resolve it. Any sincere PDP member should know that PDP is bigger than an individual. And many members have sacrificed their interest for the party,” he observed.

Jonathan regretted the conflicting court orders that have continued to exacerbate the crisis and further called on party members to sheathe their swords for the interest of the party. The former president noted that even Nigerians need strong opposition party and urged members of the party to unite for quick resolution of the crisis. Jibrin explained that the visit was in recognition of Jonathan’s position as former president, to interact with him and inform him of the state of the party. He informed him that PDP is undergoing a lot of difficulties and challenges, disclosing that there are about 15 court cases seeking to stop the PDP’s national convention. “We have realised that we need reconciliation. So many committees have been set up for reconciliation.

The BoT decided to form a special committee to pursue reconciliation. Some members of the party are concerned. “That is why we appealed to the former president that he be party to the reconciliation,” he said.

Meanwhile, there are indications that the leadership crisis in the opposition party has split the PDP Governors’ Forum into two camps. Five out of the 12 members of the forum are reportedly shifting position from their earlier backing of Senator Ahmed Makarfi- led National Caretaker Committee.

The governors had unanimously backed the caretaker committee, which was a product of the May 21 Port Harcourt National Convention. Majority of them also were present at the handover ceremony by former Deputy National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus last June on behalf of the former National Working Committee (NWC). But after the court judgement two weeks ago, Governors Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo), Emmanuel Udom (Akwa Ibom), Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa), Ibrahim Dankwambo (Gombe) and Darius Ishaku (Taraba) are allegedly having a rethink about their continued support to the caretaker committee. Mimiko, who is the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum reportedly held a meeting with Sheriff. The meeting lasted three hours, details of which are still sketchy at press time. Dankwambo, who is co-chairman of the zoning committee set up by the committee and Ishaku are two governors from the north, and they come from Sheriff’s North West zone. Governors Nyesom Wike and Ayodele Fayose of Rivers and Ekiti states respectively have maintained their hard stand against the factional chairman. Inuwa Bwala, Special Adviser to Sheriff on Media, confirmed that Sheriff met with Jonathan and some governors, but said he did not know what transpired.

“I know that Sheriff met with Mimiko and some of the governors. I know also that that he met with the former president, but I don’t know what they discussed. I was not at the meeting. That is what I can tell you,” he told New Telegraph

Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar congratulated the Federal Police (Bukit Aman) Commercial Crimes Investigation Department (CCID) which conducted the arrests. — Picture by Saw Siow Feng


KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 — Police have arrested eight Nigerian nationals and a local in Cyberjaya near here on suspicion of being involved in African Scam activities resulting in losses amounting to more than RM7.2 million.

The matter was confirmed by Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar in a Twitter posting today which mentioned the crimes involved two groups.

He congratulated the Federal Police (Bukit Aman) Commercial Crimes Investigation Department (CCID) which conducted the arrests.

“Well done CCID@PDRMsia Bukit Aman for apprehending nine people (eight Nigerians) and smashing two African Scam groups in Cyberjaya with victims’ losses exceeding RM7.2 million. #GoPDRMGo,” he said.

Meanwhile, in another case, police also held 23 individuals including a chemist from India, suspected of being involved in drug processing in Johor Baru, Johor.

Khalid said the raid on a ketamine processing laboratory was carried out by the Bukit Aman Special Tactical Intelligence Narcotics Group (STING).
He said STING seized 269 kg of ketamine in the raid.

“Well done STING @PDRMsia for nabbing 23 people including a chemist from India and smashing a ketamine processing laboratory in Johor Bahru. Seized 269 kilogrammes #GoPDRMGo,” he said. — Bernama