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As part of efforts to ensure the security of lives and property in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, the FCT administration in conjunction with security agencies has mapped out strategies to nip in the bud the menace of scavengers, cultism and drug abuse within the territory.
FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, who disclosed this at the regular FCT Security Committee meeting in Abuja, said the scavengers, who often operated under the influence of hard drugs, perpetrated a lot of criminal activities within Abuja which would not be tolerated anymore.
According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Anthony Ogunleye, the minister lamented that scavengers have concentrated their criminal activities on vandalizing public utilities whenever there is a crisis.
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Death of co-defendant stalls EFCC’s arraignment of ex-FCT Minister’s Chief of Staff
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The death of a managing director of Jibmir Ventures Nigerian Limited, Jibril Tahir, on Monday stalled the arraignment of ex-FCT Minister’s Chief of Staff, Yau Mohammed and two others for obtaining N192.5 million under false pretence in an FCT High Court Kubwa.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was to arraign Tahir, Mohammed, Shuaibu Yakubu and Jibmir Ventures Nigeria Limited on a ten count charge bordering on obtaining under false pretence.
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The former Chairman of the disbanded Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Mr Okoi Obono-Obla, has been arraigned in court by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on allegation of offences bordering on fraud.
He was arraigned before Justice Olukayode Adeniyi, of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Apo, for allegedly forging an O’ Level certificate.
According to a statement authorized by the commission’s spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, and made available to newsmen in Abuja, on Saturday, Obono-Obla was arraigned with his Special Adviser on Protocol, Aliyu Ibrahim and the Managing Director of ABR Global Petroleum Resources Limited, Daniel Omughele, for allegedly diverting N19.9 million meant for the furnishing of SPIP’s office.