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Ondo monarch jailed three years for contempt of court

5 months ago878 min

An Ondo State Chief Magistrates Court sitting in Igbokoda has sentenced the Baale of Ebute Ipare Community in Ilaje Local Government Area of the state, Francis Ogundeji, to three years imprisonment for disobedience to court order . The judgement was delivered on Monday by Senior Magistrate E.A. Manuwa but a copy of the judgement was made available to PUNCH Metro on Thursday. According to the judgement, Ogundeji and one Ikuejamoye Thomas were charged to court...

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Two jailed 10 years for illegal firearm possession

5 months ago6343 min

A High Court sitting in Kwale, Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State, has sentenced two men to 10 years imprisonment for illegal possession of firearms. The court, presided over by Justice O. F. Enenmo, sentenced the two men to jail for 10 years for illegally possessing a cut-to-size single-barrel gun. The defendants, Mr Joshua Anamali, 25, and Mr Nelson Adoh, 30, respectively, are in custody at the custodial centre, Kwale. The two defendants...

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Two bizmen jailed 14 years for importing codeine cough syrup

5 months ago2677 min

A Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced two businessmen, Emmanuel Chukwuemeka and Kingsley Amanambu, to 14 years imprisonment for unlawful importation of 8, 200 kilograms of cough syrup containing codeine. Justice Akintayo Aluko who sentenced them on Tuesday also ordered that they should forfeit a White Toyota Tacoma V6 with registration number, EKY 883 GK, used in transporting the prohibited drug, to the Federal Government of Nigeria, for being a proceed of...

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Two jailed 14 years for stealing iron rods in Anambra

5 months ago6413 min

A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Amawbia, Anambra State, on Monday, sentenced two men, Philip Avatus and Pius Dickson, to seven years imprisonment each, for stealing rods worth N1.1m in the state. Both men, who hail from Taraba State, pleaded guilty to the conspiracy, theft and malicious damage levelled against them. The court presided over by Chief Magistrate, Mike Anyadiegwu, noted their remorse and sentenced them to seven years each, with the terms running concurrently....

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Brazil-based baron, freight agent jailed 16 years for drug trafficking

5 months ago786 min

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced a Brazil-based Nigerian drug baron, Christian Anyanwu, to 16 years imprisonment for trafficking 1.40 kilograms of methamphetamine. The court also convicted a 35-year-old freight agent, Omolara Salako, for her role in the illegal activity. The convicts were first arraigned before Justice Yelim Bogoro, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, sometime in May 2023, on five counts. The charges included conspiracy, unlawful exportation, and non-declaration of...

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Man jailed 16 years for arson in Delta

5 months ago854 min

A High Court sitting at Kwale, Delta State has sentenced a man, Efajemue Israel Aziakpono, to six and 10 years imprisonment, respectively, for the offences of conspiracy to commit arson and arson. The court presided by Justice O.F. Enenmo convicted and sentenced Aziakpono to 16 years imprisonment for the offences, sentences which would run concurrently. The two other defendants charged alongside the convict were discharged and acquited on both counts. The three defendants, namely, Efajemue...

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Nigerians donate N1m for ex-inmates wrongfully jailed 24 years

5 months ago6293 min

Well-meaning Nigerians have donated at least one million naira on behalf of ex-inmates Ismail Lasisi and Lukman Adeyemi, who spent 24 years in prison for the ritual killing of a woman they knew nothing about. In an emotional interview with The Punch, Lasisi and Adeyemi shared their harrowing experience. They were arrested and detained in August 2000, they were sentenced to death in 2009. Adeyemi, who had housed Lasisi after a fallout with the prime...

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Man jailed for N3.1m visa fraud in Ogun

5 months ago10353 min

A Magistrates’ Court in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Friday, sentenced a 33-year-old man, Olawale Abiodun, to three years imprisonment for N3.1m visa fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that Abiodun, whose address was not provided, was found guilty of conspiracy, obtaining under false pretence, fraud, and stealing. The Magistrate, Mr S. S. Shotayo, said that the prosecutor, Insp. Evelyn Motim proved the charges preferred against the convict beyond a reasonable doubt. He sentenced Abiodun...

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Man jailed 14 years for sexually assaulting minor in Ekiti

5 months ago2894 min

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division on Tuesday sentenced a 24-year-old man, Sunday Asere, to 14 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl. Asere was arraigned on March 22, 2022, on one count of rape. The charge read, “The defendant sometime in January 2020 at Moferere in Ado Ekiti, did rape a six-year-old girl. “The offence is contrary to Section 31(2) of the Child’s Rights Law, Cap. C7, Laws of Ekiti State...