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lascos912:
nobody will win this match, there will be a fight and the officiate will council the match both of them will go home for Christmas without any point

justified007:
He's not any better jare

King2305:
I hate that Martinelli. So much overlapping.

Release ball on time werey

For zinchenko, na God go help us. Liverpool already knew he is Arsenal weak point. See how Arnold, Van dyk dey throw long ball to Salah.

cenaman:
Read it again slowly

VIKTO83:
I'm not watching d ball but my prediction is for salah yo score and so is martinelli.
Mistake from Zincchenko and arsenal to top d table into new year

Realist777:
Some of them were innocent but now they have every reason for being an ipob

Court Discharges 36 IPOB Members Detained For Two Years In Ebonyi State Over Sundry Allegations

The Ebonyi State High Court sitting in Abakaliki, the state capital, has discharged 36 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who were detained for two years in the state over alleged various offences including murder.

Counsel to IPOB, Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, who made this known in a statement on Saturday, said that the 36 IPOB members were initially charged before the Court with the offence of murder in charge No: HAB/29c/2021.

According to Ejiofor, after taking their plea, the matter proceeded to hearing and the prosecution presented a total of six witnesses and closed its case, but “we filed a No Case Submission which was duly adopted on the June 15, 2022 and consequently adjourned for ruling.”

Ejiofor said that on the date slated for ruling on the No Case Submission, the State government ambushed them in court with new information with charge No HAB/43c/2022, already fixed for plea in the same court that was to deliver a ruling on the No Case Submission.

“The defendants were charged on a 3 counts charge of unlawful possession of firearms, unlawful association and arson.

“Later the prosecution filed an additional 3 counts charge of conduct likely to cause breach of peace, carrying out warlike undertaking and robbery making the second charge a total of six counts.

“The said new charge was called up first and the defendants took their plea on same and were remanded before Ruling on the No Case Submission was delivered.

“Our No Case Submission was upheld and the defendants were consequently discharged in HAB/29c/2021,” he said.

The said that trial commenced on the second charge HAB/43c/2022, and the prosecution presented a total of two witnesses in the second charge and “we filed a No Case Submission again.

“The said No Case Submission was adopted on November 8, 2023 and consequently adjourned for ruling.”

He stated that while the second charge was pending before the court, the prosecution again filed another charge with charge No: HAB/59c/2022 bordering on murder against the same defendants.

“Immediately we got information of the said third charge, we filed a Notice of Preliminary Objection against the said charge because it was clearly an abuse of court process and deliberately intended to subvert the course of justice and keep the Defendants in detention indefinitely.”

Ejiofor said that on Friday, the court discharged the 36 accused persons, “However, the Defendants were forced back to prison by the prison officials on account of the said third charge which is coming up for plea and hearing of our preliminary objection on January 18, 2024.”

Expressing hope that the 36 IPOB members will be freed in January, Ejiofor said, “I have no doubt whatsoever that there is more to this strange and unprecedented twist than meets the eyes.

“It is very obvious to discerning minds that someone somewhere does not want these innocent Biafrans to regain their freedom despite being given a clean bill of health by the court. It simply connotes that judicial process is called in aid in gross violation of the rights of innocent Biafrans.

“It is a matter of time, though we have activated an administrative disciplinary process to ensure that officers in the temple of justice who are colluding in this gross perversion of course of justice, are deservingly punished, for which the details shall remain private.

“We shall not rest on our oars to ensure that these innocent Biafrans regain their freedom having been pronounced innocent by the court, as quickly as possible.”

THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Osun State Command, has disclosed that the state currently ranks second in the cultivation of Cannabis Sativa popularly known as Indian hemp in the South-West.

NDLEA’s Assistant State Commander, Administration and Logistics, Mr Ganiyu Adeloye, disclosed this on Monday while addressing members of the state command of the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service, in Osogbo.

Adeloye, who lamented that there are places in Ilesa that have been made inaccessible by those cultivating indian hemp, charged the hunters to support the agency in ridding the state of illicit drug cultivation.

This is just as he appealed to residents of the state to collaborate with the agency in its bid to stop the use of illicit drugs.

The NDLEA boss also called for the support of hunters in the area of intelligence that could lead to the arrest and seizure of illicit drugs.

According to him, good knowledge of various hidden routes and almost ubiquitous presence of hunters across the state have made members of the group worthy partners for the NDLEA, urging them to be good examples to residents by refraining from the use of illicit drug.

He said: “If we give no room for people to take hard drugs, there will be a drastic reduction in criminal activities and other vices in our society.

“That is why we implore the hunters to always report criminal activities to us since they are always privy to information in their various localities and they also know all the nooks and crannies of various communities than the NDLEA officers.

“Hunters have access to information in minutes, what we cannot see in three or four years. It is sad to announce to you that Osun State has been ranked second among states that cultivate Indian hemp in the South-West.

“It is a sad thing because nearly all states in Nigeria have airports but Osun cannot boast of its airport, but was ranked second in hemp cultivation and I know our mothers and fathers in the communities are aware of this development because they are the ones giving them land on which they cultivate it.

“You lease your farmland to the highest bidder because they offer the highest amount compared to someone who wants to cultivate food crops. The money offered to you would not allow you to ask for what they want to cultivate. I heard some people are even providing security for Indian hemp farms.

“You may not know this, but I tell you, farmland that has been used to cultivate Indian hemp can’t be good for any other crop again until after 15 years. Anything planted on such land before 15 years will not return good yield. The perpetrators would have harvested their produce and used the proceeds to better their lives and that of their community while they would have desecrated our land.”

Adeloye stated further: “This is a challenge to us. I am happy to hear from our representative from Ila Orangun that people no longer cultivate Indian hemp in the community. If it is so, then I congratulate the people of Ila. But I know some people plant hemp inside yam and okro farms, we urge our fathers not to overlook such.

“That is not all, the Constitution of the country allows an individual who can arrest anyone engaging in criminal activities, even if you are not a hunter because it is not every time you report to security. If you want to report, the suspects may have escaped before you come back. But if you have the capacity to do so, hand them over to the security agents, the law allows it.

“At the same time, the law gives hunters the upper hand to arrest criminals whether on the highway, in the bush or wherever. What the law frowns upon is jungle justice. You can only arrest criminals after which you hand them over to security agencies.”

In his welcome address, the Osun State Commander of NHFSS, Mr Nureni Ahmed, said the group organised the workshop to discuss areas of collaboration between the two organisations due to rising crime rates across the state.

Ahmed, who was flanked by the Assistant Commander, Mr. Bayo Oyekanmi, expressed the readiness of NHFSS to support NDLEA in its fight against illicit drug business in the state.

He said: “We are ready to support NDLEA in its fight against illicit drug cultivation and use in Osun. We have our men all over the state and we can assist the agency. We organise this workshop for our men to get more informed about NDLEA’s activities and see how we can support the organization.”

Komu1048:
Some of u always display ur ignorance in naija politics. What does it takes to cause unrest in a state.

I’m not sure u r mature enough to see the reason Obj gave to declare state of emergency in Ekiti then

finni:
Tinubu would have declared a state of Emergency in Rivers State and make Wike the Sole Administrator; nothing would have happened.

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SirBunky85:
keep hallucinating