Defence Counsel

An Osogbo Magistrates‘ Court in Osun State, on Thursday, ordered the remand of a 30-year-old tailor, Abdulrasaq Sodiq, in Ilesa Correctional Center for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl.

A 38-year-old pastor, Mr Idowu Samson, was on Monday arraigned before an Iseyin Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly defiling a nine-year-old girl (name withheld).

The Kano Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned one Kolapo Oduwole before Justice Musa Danladi of the Katsina State High Court on a six-count charge of forgery and fraud in the sum of N80,000,000( Eighty Million Naira only).

A Grade I Area Court in Kubwa, FCT, on Thursday sentenced a 26-year-old man, John Emeka, to one month imprisonment for cheating a Bet9ja shop of the sum of N6, 000.

An Osun State Police Command, on Tuesday, arraigned two fake soldiers Abolaji Gabriel, 35, Samuel Mathew, 20, before Osun Magistrate court sitting in Osogbo over alleged impersonation.

A former bank staff, Oluwafemi Raji, and two others on Wednesday appeared in an Ile-Ife Magistrates ‘ Court over alleged attempt to steal N1.3 million, belonging to customers.

A 40-year-old man, Ishola Kamorudeen, on Tuesday appeared in an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defrauding his former wife, Rukayat Mufutau, of N1, 740, 000.

The principal suspect Amiru Umar, 32 was arraigned alongside eight others on two-count charge bordering on criminal conspiracy and attempt to commit culpable homicide.

A General Court Martial presided over by Maj. Gen. P. Fekrogha on Wednesday sentenced Army Lance Corporal Babangida Ibrahim to 55 years imprisonment for killing a World Health Organisation worker, Bello Abdullahi, in Zamfara State and stealing his property.

Two men, Afimo Lawrence and Kayode Apata, on Friday, appeared before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged threat to life.

A 29-year-old man, Adewole Adeyeni, on Monday appeared in an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun for publicly smoking marijuana.

An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Monday, ordered that a 17-year-old driver, who allegedly drove recklessly, causing the death of a pedestrian, be remanded in a correctional facility.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday closed its case in the N32.9 billion money laundering trial of an internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha (alias Mompha), before a Federal High Court in Lagos with the testimony of its 10th witness.

The prosecution on Friday closed its case in the N32.9 billion money laundering trial of an internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha (alias Mompha) before a Federal High Court in Lagos.

The Sokoto State Zonal Head of Operations of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdullahi Lawal, at the resumed hearing on a case of bribery against two Chinese, Meng Wei Kun and Xu Kuai, narrated how he coordinated the sting operation, leading to the arrest of the suspects, who offered him a bribe of N50 million naira.

A Grade I Area Court, Kubwa, on Tuesday ordered that a 30-year-old man, Ifeanyi Ekene, who allegedly battered a policeman while discharging his duty, be remanded in a correctional facility.

A 30-year-old man, Ifeanyi Ekene, was on Tuesday arraigned before a Kubwa Grade I Area Court , Abuja, for alleged incitement, disturbance of public peace and international insult.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a self-acclaimed social media influencer, Adedamola Adewale Rukayat (a.k.a Adeherself), before Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offence Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on one-count charge of possession of fraudulent documents.