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EXPOSED: How Nigeria’s Attorney-General, Malami Stopped Prosecution Of Dino Melaye

Abubakar Malami SaharaReporters has gathered fresh facts on how the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, used his office to stop the prosecution of corruption cases in the country. In the fresh case, it was discovered that Malami squashed a corruption case involving Senator Dino Melaye. SaharaReporters had, in December 2015, published a report detailing how Melaye illegally operated bank accounts in the United States of America . Abubakar Malami Melaye opened two accounts, one a current and the other a savings account, using the name Daniel “Din” Melaye, posing as a student. By claiming to be a student, Senator Melaye was able to open a “Campus Edge” current account with account number 4460 1649 8396 and regular savings account with account number 4460 1647 5966 with Bank of America in the state of Maryland. He obtained a debit card with an account number ending with 8873. One of his last transactions on the account took place on December 4, 2015. See ...

They Want Me To Withdraw The Case, Widow Allegedly Raped By Police Inspector Says

A 23-year-old widow, Queen Marshal (not real name),  allegedly raped by a police inspector in Rivers State has dismissed the rumour that she has abandoned the case and is now seeking settlement.  The woman was allegedly arrested on July 28 and held till July 29 by police at Saakpenwaa, Tai Local Government Area of the state for not wearing a face mask. SaharaReporters gathered that she was taken to a guest house where she was allegedly raped by the leader of the team, one Peter Ebah, a police inspector, till daybreak. Two members of the police team were said to have admitted this while facing the investigating team led by the DCP State Criminal Investigation Department(SCID). A source, familiar with the matter, hinted that the two officers subsequently pleaded for leniency. A friend of the widow, who received her distress message on the day of the incident, who was also invited by the SCID, also corroborated the claim by the source. It was gathered that the invest...

Akeredolu Faults Policing Structure In Nigeria, Restates Call For State Police

Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has faulted the structure of the Nigerian Police Force. He said the current structure of the police is not in the interest of the people. Akeredolu spoke during Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television. Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu The Ondo governor maintained that a chain of command in the police force would not work in the interest of Nigerians. “There are lots of problems we have with our security architecture in this country. We have said and what we know is that the police are overstretched. For as long as we have this structure, it is not going to be an effective one. “If we are talking about the security of our people, we are talking about the protection of lives and property. All of us are thinking about what can be effective so there must be a change in our security architecture. “To have a single command will not be in the interest of the country,” he said. Akeredolu said Nigeria...

Insecurity: Allow ‘Responsible Nigerians’ Carry AK47, Others, Ortom Advises Government

President Muhammadu Buhari and the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has urged the Nigerian government to grant licences to responsible citizens to carry sophisticated weapons such as AK47 as part of measures to curb the rise in insecurity in the country. The governor said that the policy should be backed by a strict legal framework to prevent illegal possession of arms by the citizenry without exception. President Muhammadu Buhari and the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom THISDAYLIVE This and others were some of the submissions contained in the paper Ortom presented on Tuesday during a virtual meeting convened by the Centre for Values in Leadership, in collaboration with Nigeria Governors’ Forum. In the paper titled ‘Insecurity and Governance Challenges in the New Normal’, Ortom said governments at all levels must come to terms with the fact that insecurity is a real threat to the development of the country and must be willing to...