NYSC certificate forgery: Court grants Bayelsa senator N50m bail
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo has granted the senator representing Bayelsa Central, Benson Konbowei, a N50m bail.
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A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo has granted the senator representing Bayelsa Central, Benson Konbowei, a N50m bail.
The counsel to the police, Reuben Egwaba, opposed the bail application for the senator.
Konbowei Benson, the senator for Bayelsa Central, was charge for acting contrary to provisions of Penal Code Act, forgery of the NYSC exemption certificate and submitting the forged certificate to secure admission into the School of Postgraduate Studies of the Imo State University.
Punch Newspapers Sections Dennis Naku, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, has said the officer who killed a tricycle driver in Rukpokwu, near Port Harcourt on Thursday was on illegal duty. He also said the officer would be dismissed and charged with murder. Mukan, who stated this on a live television interview in Port Harcourt monitored by The PUNCH, also said the officer has no reason to use his weapon on an innocent citizen. The police commissioner said, “You know it (the incident) happened where Keke (tricycle) people are operating. An inspector of poli...