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Like the outgoing year, 2020 promises to be an exciting one for Nigerians given the deluge of court cases, especially those involving politically-exposed persons. ADEBISI ONANUGA, ERIC IKHAILE and ROBERT EGBE review some of the cases.

 

If you thought you had seen it all in recent years, especially with the fraud conviction of former governors – the latest being Senator Orji Uzor Kalu’s December 5 ,12-year jail time – then you ain’t seen nothing yet.



Exciting court battles of 2020

December 24, 2019



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Like the outgoing year, 2020 promises to be an exciting one for Nigerians given the deluge of court cases, especially those involving politically-exposed persons. ADEBISI ONANUGA, ERIC IKHAILE and ROBERT EGBE review some of the cases.

 

If you thought you had seen it all in recent years, especially with the fraud conviction of former governors – the latest being Senator Orji Uzor Kalu’s December 5 ,12-year jail time – then you ain’t seen nothing yet.

2020 promises to be even more exciting. It is probably the year Nigerians will see the end of the long-drawn out criminal case between the Federal Government and a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Olisa Metuh.

Nigerians will also be keen to know how, following a court order, pension collected by former governors now serving as ministers and members of the National Assembly will be recovered.

Remember that lawyer accused of stabbing her husband to death and chopping off his manhood? Or the Dane alleged to have smothered his musician wife and their three-and-a-half-year-old daughter to death? These cases and more will probably be resolved in the courts next year.

Here are more of the high-profile cases for 2020.

Atiku v. Onochie

Although former Vice President Atiku Abubakar lost his challenge of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term victory, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last presidential election will return to court next year in another round of litigation.

This time, he will be pursuing the defamation suit he brought against an aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mrs. Lauretta Onochie. In the suit before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Atiku alleged that Onochie made some unfounded claims against him in a social media publication, and he is claiming about N2.5 billion in damages.

Atiku claimed that Onochie, on May 7, 2019 alleged in a tweet that, “Atiku on UAE watchlist – security sources. Security operatives in the United Arab Emirates are keeping a close tab on a former Nigerian Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, who has been in the Middle East nation for several weeks now. What is he doing there? Me: shopping for terrorists?”

The ex-Vice President denied the allegation, insisting that there was no iota of truth in the said publication, which he claimed has begun to affect public perception of his person; that since the publication was made, it has caused him national and international backlash and embarrassment as well as incalculable damages.



Exciting court battles of 2020

December 24, 2019



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Like the outgoing year, 2020 promises to be an exciting one for Nigerians given the deluge of court cases, especially those involving politically-exposed persons. ADEBISI ONANUGA, ERIC IKHAILE and ROBERT EGBE review some of the cases.

 

If you thought you had seen it all in recent years, especially with the fraud conviction of former governors – the latest being Senator Orji Uzor Kalu’s December 5 ,12-year jail time – then you ain’t seen nothing yet.

2020 promises to be even more exciting. It is probably the year Nigerians will see the end of the long-drawn out criminal case between the Federal Government and a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Olisa Metuh.

Nigerians will also be keen to know how, following a court order, pension collected by former governors now serving as ministers and members of the National Assembly will be recovered.

Remember that lawyer accused of stabbing her husband to death and chopping off his manhood? Or the Dane alleged to have smothered his musician wife and their three-and-a-half-year-old daughter to death? These cases and more will probably be resolved in the courts next year.

Here are more of the high-profile cases for 2020.

 

Atiku v. Onochie

Although former Vice President Atiku Abubakar lost his challenge of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term victory, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last presidential election will return to court next year in another round of litigation.

This time, he will be pursuing the defamation suit he brought against an aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mrs. Lauretta Onochie. In the suit before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Atiku alleged that Onochie made some unfounded claims against him in a social media publication, and he is claiming about N2.5 billion in damages.

Atiku claimed that Onochie, on May 7, 2019 alleged in a tweet that, “Atiku on UAE watchlist – security sources. Security operatives in the United Arab Emirates are keeping a close tab on a former Nigerian Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, who has been in the Middle East nation for several weeks now. What is he doing there? Me: shopping for terrorists?”

The ex-Vice President denied the allegation, insisting that there was no iota of truth in the said publication, which he claimed has begun to affect public perception of his person; that since the publication was made, it has caused him national and international backlash and embarrassment as well as incalculable damages.

Earlier this month, Atiku was at the Registry of the court to personally sign some documents before the Commissioner of Oath in support of the suit, which has now been slated for hearing in the new year.

 

Naira Marley

The trial of the embattled musicians Azeez Fashola A.kA Naira Marley will continue on February 27.

Naira Marley popular for his “Am I a Yahoo Boy” and “Soapy” tracks, is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on an 11-count charge of conspiracy, possession of counterfeit cards and fraud.

He was arraigned on May 20, 2019 and pleaded not guilty to all 11 counts.

According to the charge, the defendant committed the offences on different dates, November 26, 2018, December 11, 2018, and May 10.

Naira Marley and his accomplices allegedly conspired to use different Access Bank ATM Cards to defraud their victims.

They allegedly used Access Card number 5264711020433662 issued to other persons, in a bid to obtain fraudulent financial gains.

Naira Marley was said to have possessed the counterfeit credit cards, belonging to different cardholders, with intent to defraud, and which also constituted theft.

The offences contravene the provisions of Section 1 23 (1) (b), 27 (1}, 33, 33(9) Cyber Crime (Prohibition) Prevention Act, 2015.

 

FRN v. Mohammed Adoke and others

Although he is currently being held by the International Police Organisation (INTERPOL) in Dubai, the United Arab Emirate (UAE), a former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Adoke (SAN), has a criminal charge pending against him and some others before Justice Danladi Senchi of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

The charge marked: FCT/HC/CR/124/17, filed by the EFCC, has about 10 defendants, including Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company Limited, Nigeria Agip Exploration Limited and some of their principal officers
FRN v. Diezani Alison Madueke

On December 12, this year, Justice Nathan Musa of the Adamawa State High Court, Yola ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, to liaise with the International Police Organisation (INTERPOL) to arrest a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.

Diezani is among three defendants charged before the court by the EFCC on a three-count charge of allegedly deploying over N362 million derived from a $115m slush fund to influence the outcome of the 2015 presidential elections in favour of the candidate of the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The other defendants are Ibrahim Mohammed, the electoral officer in charge of Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State and Sahabo Iya-Hamman, a retired INEC staff and Adamawa State coordinator of West African Network of Election Observers (WANEO), during the 2015 presidential election.

The court, in a judgment on December 12, 2019 convicted the two and ordered the arrest of Diezani who is said to be at large.

Also, a Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed March 10, 2020 for Diezani’s arraignment in relation to another charge pending against her.

Sowore

Aside probably spending Christmas in jail, journalist Omoyele Sowore is certain to make more headlines in 2020. The former presidential candidate and founder of the news site Sahara Reporters was first detained in August after he called for revolution.

Despite being granted bail in October, authorities have continued to hold him, sparking an outcry from his supporters.

His co-defendant Olawale Bakare is also in the custody of State Security Services.

 

FRN v. Raymond Dokpesi and DAAR Investment

Politician and media owner Raymond Dokpesi is expected to return to the Federal High Court in Abuja on January 21, to open his defence in the criminal case pending against him and a firm, Daar Investment and Holding Company Limited.

They are being tried on a seven-count charge, in which they are accused of receiving N2.1 billion payments from the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA). Col. Sambo Dasuki, in 2015 without a valid contract.

The prosecuting agency, the EFCC, through its lawyer, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), has closed its case, leaving the defence to make its case.

Dokpesi had, at the conclusion of the prosection’s case, made a no-case sbmission, which the court rejected in a ruling in November 2018 and ordered him to enter his defence.

Since then, Dokpesi has been unable to begin his defence, claiming among others that one of his lawyers, Kanu Agabi, was engaged in election cases.

Justice John Tsoho adjourned until January 21, 2020 for defence to commence.

 

FRN v. Gabriel Suswam

Further proceedings have been shifted to the new year in the criminal case pending against former |Governor of Benue State Gabriel Suswam and his ex-Commissioner of Finance, Omodachi Okolobia.

The EFCC is prosecuting Suswam, now a serving senator, and Okolobia on nine-counts bordering on money laundering and diversion of funds to the tune of N3.1 billion

Judgment in ex-PDP spokesman Olisa Metuh’s trial

A Federal High Court in Abuja has scheduled February 25, for judgment in the criminal case involving former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Olisa Metuh.

Metuh is standing trial on money laundering-related charges along with his company. Dextra Investment Limited, with which he was accused of making transaction of about two million pounds without going through any financial institutions.

At the closure of the defence’s case on November 26, Justice Okon Abang reserved judgment till February 25, 2020.

Meanwhile, in respect of his trial before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Maitama, Abuja on charges of destruction of evidence, Justice Ishaq Bello has fixed January 27, for Metuh to commence his defence.

Justice Bello had, in a ruling on November 14, 2019, dismissed the no-case submission made by Metuh upon the closure of the prosecution’s case.

 

Pending cases around the controversial P&ID gas supply contract and $9.6b judgment

Two criminal cases are currently pending before the Federal High Court in Abuja and the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) involving individuals accused of complicity in the controversial gas supply contract awarded to now liquidated Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Limited and its affiliate in Nigeria.

The Federal Government, through the EFCC arraigned two directors of P&ID – James Nolan and Adam Quinn (at large)- and their firms – Goidel Resources Limited and ICIL Limited – on a 16-count money laundering charge before the Federal High Court, Abuja.

Trial is ongoing in this case now before Justice Okon Abang, with the court rejecting on December 9 this year, Nolan application for an order varying the conditions attached to the bail grated him.

Nolan, currently being held in Kuje prison, Abuja, has been unable to perfect the bail granted him.

Also, a retired Director in charge of Legal Services with the Ministry of Petroleum Resources (the agency that entered the gas supply contract with P&ID on behalf of the Nigerian government), Mrs. Grace Taiga is also currently being tried before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Apo, Abuja for allegedly receiving gratification in relation to her alleged roles in the award of the contract.

Trial has commenced, with the prosecution currently conducting its case before Justice Olukayode Adeniyi, who has fixed further hearing for January 31, 2020.

 

Trial of Justice Mohammed Yunusa

One of the cases that made headlines in the year 2019 and will still attract attention in 2020 is the trial of a Federal High Court judge, Mohammed Yunusa, charged with corruption.

The EFCC had arraigned Yunusa, a judge of Lagos Division of Federal High Court, alongside Esther Agbo, a staff member of the law chambers of Mr Rickey Tarfa (SAN), on January 17, 2018.

Yunusa was charged on four counts of attempted perversion of the course of justice and corruption by a public official, while Agbo was charged with offering gratification to a public official.

They, however, denied the charges.

 

Trial of Ondo PDP Chiefs for alleged N500m fraud

Two leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Clement Faboyede and Modupe Adetokunbo, are standing trial over alleged N500 million fraud before Justice Saliu Saidu, at the Federal High Court, Lagos.

Adetokunbo, coordinator of Ondo State, President Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation in 2015, and the state Chairman of the party, Faboyede, are being tried before Justice Saidu on a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy and money laundering.

They were first arraigned before the court in June 2018 by the EFCC.

The defendants pleaded not guilty.

Further hearing in the matter has been adjourned till February 19.

 

Recovery of pensions collected by former governors, others

Nigerians will be looking forward to the new year to see how the federal government will recover pension collectec by former governors now serving as ministers and members of the National Assembly.

They include former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, former Akwa Ibom state governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos had ordered the federal government to recover pensions collected by former governors in a suit filed by the Socio Economic Rights and Accointabilty Project (SERAP)

Justice Oluremi Oguntayo who delivered the judgement had also ordered the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) to challenge the legality of states’ pension laws permitting former governors and other ex-public officials to collect such pensions.

The judgment by Justice Oguntoyinbo followed an application for an order of mandamus in suit number FHC/L/CS/1497/2017 brought by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) against federal government and the Attorney General of the federation.

The judgment is coming on the heels of the invalidated pension law for former governors and other ex-public officers in Zamfara State, which provided for the upkeep of ex-governors to the tune of N700 million annually.

Justice Oguntoyinbo adjourned the suit to February 3, 2020 for hearing on report of compliance with the court orders/judgment by the Federal Government.

Ambode vs Lagos State House of Assembly

The suit filed by former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State challenging the decision of the State assembly to probe  will be at the fore in the new year.

Ambode, in the suit before Justice Yetunde Adesanya of an Ikeja High Court, is seeking  to stop the probe of his administration over procurement of the 820 buses for public transportation under the Bus Rapid Initiative (BRI).

But the lawmakers, aside from challenging court’s jurisdiction to hear Ambode’s suit in their application, they are also asking the court to discharge them of the injunction by Ambode seeking to restrain them from probing him.

They asked the court to strike out the suit,

Justice Adesanya adjourned the suit until January 16, 2020 for hearing of all pending applications.

Read Also: Defections, court battles as parties intensify campaigns

 
 
Source: www.thenationonline.ng

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St. John Properties, a Baltimore-based commercial real estate property management and development company, provided a $10 million bonus for its 198 employees to split at its annual holiday party on Dec. 7.

“The [bonus] distribution was based solely on years of service. It had nothing to do with a person's position in the company,” Larry Maykrantz, president of St. John Properties, told Yahoo Finance in a phone interview. “We spent a little bit of time discussing it and believe me, once we made that decision, we realized that was the only fair and equitable way of handling this.”

Individual employee bonuses ranged from $100 to $270,000, according to the company’s LinkedIn post. On average, each employee received about $50,000.
Only five people in the company knew about this bonus surprise. Maykrantz stressed that it was kept “extremely secretive.”

“I steer the boat, but they’re the ones that run the boat,” St. John Properties Founder and Chairman Edward St. John told the holiday party. “They’re the ones that make the boat go. Without the team we are nothing. We are absolutely nothing.”

‘In celebration of that major achievement’

What prompted this hefty bonus was the company’s goal back in 2005 to double the size of its portfolio from 10 million square feet to 20 million square feet, according to Maykrantz. At the time, St. John Properties had no idea how long the goal would take to reach, surmising it would take nearly 40 years.

“It took 14 years,” Maykrantz said. “In celebration of that major achievement, we wanted to find a way to thank and reward of all our employees.”

Once the announcement was made, the employees were visibly overwhelmed with emotion.

“I heard screaming, crying, laughing, hugging, and then within 10 to 15 minutes, everyone came forward to the front podium where Ed St. John and I were standing and started forming lines to shake our hands, to kiss us, to hug us, to thank us,” Maykrantz said.

One employee who has been with the company with 44 years received a $270,000 bonus, while a new employee who started earlier this week received a $100 bonus.

“We thought that would just tell him a little bit about who we are,” Maykrantz said. “He was so happy with that sign of appreciation.”

He described the announcement and night overall as “unbelievable.”

“What occurred that night exceeded my expectations tenfold,” Maykrantz said. “It was one of the most incredible experiences I’ve had in my 40 years of business experience. It literally brought tears to my eyes to hear of all the great potential impact of what we did had on all 198 people.”

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PSG v Galatasaray: PSG to win@ 1.14


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