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Arms Deal Scandal: Court Dismisses Metuh’s Request for Medical Trip to the UK

Kunle Edun — Sat, 28 May 2016 15:36:46 +0000

The application by the embattled spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, seeking the release of his international passport to enable him travel abroad for medical treatment, has been dismissed by Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, May 25. Counsel to Metuh, Onyechi Ikpeazu,SAN, had on [...]

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Arms Deal Scandal: You Have A Case To Answer, A’Court Tells Metuh

Kunle Edun — Sat, 28 May 2016 15:30:02 +0000

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, May 25 has dismissed the appeal brought before it by the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, ruling that the trial judge, Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court Abuja was right when he dismissed Metuh’s no-case-submission. In [...]

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Arms Deal Scandal: Witness Reveals How He Acquired Properties For Badeh In Choice Areas

Kunle Edun — Sun, 22 May 2016 21:11:30 +0000

Hussein A. Umar, a private legal practitioner and a witness at the ongoing trial of the former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh, on Wednesday, May 18 told Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja how he assisted Badeh in the purchase of two properties in choice [...]

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Arms Deal Scandal: Okupe Reveals Metuh Was Paid N400m

Kunle Edun — Sun, 22 May 2016 20:48:46 +0000

Doyin Okupe, the erstwhile Senior Special Assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 appeared as the third defence witness (DW3) for Olisa Metuh, the embattled national spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who is standing trial over his alleged role in the infamous $2.1 billion arms deal involving the former [...]

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Armsgate: EFCC Witness Revealed How Badeh Looted Air Force Funds

Kunle Edun — Sun, 20 Mar 2016 19:37:40 +0000

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had presented its first witness, Air Commodore Salisu Abdullahi Yushau (retd) before Justice Okon E. Abang during the trial of a former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh, began on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at the Federal High Court, Abuja. Yushau, former director, finance/account (DFA), [...]

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Arms Procurement Scandal: Olisa Metuh Petitions Judge, Seeks Case Re-assignment

Kunle Edun — Sun, 20 Mar 2016 19:25:14 +0000

The spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, on Thursday, March 16, asked the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, to re-assign his case to another judge for fear of being denied justice by the trial judge, Justice Okon Abang. Metuh is standing trial on a 7-count charge [...]

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Arms Procurement Scandal: Court Grants Badeh N2bn Bail

Kunle Edun — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 19:36:08 +0000

The Federal High Court, Abuja sitting on Thursday, March 10 and presided over by Justice Okon E. Abang, has granted the former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh (retd), bail in the sum of N2billion. Badeh, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside Iyalikam [...]

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Arms Deal Scandal: EFCC Interrogates Stallion Group MD Over N1.3bn Gift To Yuguda, Dasuki

Wale Adebayo — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:56:48 +0000

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thurday, December 17, interrogated the Managing Director of Stallion Group, Harprrie Singh, over alleged N1.275billion gift to former Minister of State for Finance, Ambassador Bashir Yuguda. Singh told the EFCC that his firm had a $170million contract with the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) to supply some vehicles. [...]

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Arms Procurement Fund: Court Grants Chief Dokpesi N200m Bail

Kunle Edun — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 12:42:54 +0000

The former Chairman of DAAR Communication Plc, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has been granted bail bail in the sum of N200m (Two Hundred Million Naira) by Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, 14 December, 2015, granted , bail in the sum of N200m ( Two Hundred Million Naira). Dokpesi, [...]

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$2.1b Arms Procurement Fund: Ex-VP Sambo’s Office Received N20m Monthly From Dasuki, Says Ex-NSA’s Account Officer

Wale Adebayo — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 20:31:08 +0000

As the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) continues to dig deep into how the $2.1 billion arms deal funds was spent by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki, a former Accounts Officer II, Ibrahim Idris Wambai has alleged that the Office of Former Vice President Namadi Sambo was on [...]

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Alleged Arms Procurement Fraud: Chief Dokpesi Loses Bail Bid As Court Adjourns to December 14

Kunle Edun — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 14:37:58 +0000

High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, the former Chairman, DAAR Communications Plc, on Thursday, December 10, 2015 failed in his bid to regain freedom after being docked on Wednesday on a six-count charge bordering on alleged procurement fraud and breach of public trust to the tune of N2.1 billion before Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court [...]

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EFCC Will Recover All Stolen Public Funds In Disguise Of Arms Procurement – Magu

Kunle Edun — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:27:47 +0000

Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has said that the Commission will leave no stone unturned in the effort to recover public funds that have been stolen in the guise of arms procurement in Nigeria. Magu, who stated that the Commission was on top of the ongoing investigation, added [...]

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$6bn Arms Budget Diversion: FG Should Made Those Involved Face The Full Wrath Of The Law – Falana

Ade Adewale — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 14:00:31 +0000

Human rights activist and lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to ignore the reckless campaign of calumny by some suspects implicated in the probe of the diversion of the $2.1 billion and N643 billion arms budget. Falana, who said this in a statement he issued in Lagos yesterday, also [...]

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