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Late Alex Ogbu and wife with baby Francisca, the wife of slain journalist Alex Ogbu, has accused the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, and FCT Commissioner of Police, Bala Ciroma, of cover-up and attempting to frustrate the investigation surrounding the death of her husband. She alleged that they planned to delay the investigation so that she would lose interest in the matter. Late Alex Ogbu and wife with baby Ogbu was shot in the head by a policeman while covering a protest by members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) on January 21, 2020, at Berger roundabouts in Abuja. The police had claimed that the journalist died after hitting his head on a stone and not killed by a bullet. Francisca, who spoke to SaharaReporters on Wednesday in Abuja, said the commissioner and IGP had continued to toss her around whenever she visited the command in an attempt to know the progress of the investigation. “Whenever I go to the office of the commissioner, he will tell me...

Some members of Sotitobire Miracle Centre, Akure, Ondo State have kicked against the life imprisonment passed on the founder of the Church, Prophet Alfa Babatunde, by the state High Court. Earlier this month, the court found Babatunde guilty over the disappearance of a toddler, Gold Eniola Kolawole, in his church last November, alongside five other members of the church. The other five members who received life sentence include, Omodara Olayinka, Margaret Oyebola, Grace Ogunjobi, Egunjobi Motunrayo, Esther Kayode, and Anjorin Gbenga. On Wednesday, during a visit by SaharaReporters to the church, some members of the church said they were ready to appeal the judgement. Two of the church members, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told our correspondent that effort was being made by some elders of the church to challenge the case and judgment at an upper court. “So, why would he be accused of kidnapping a child for fetish means?” a member of the church who did not want t...

Magu The Presidential panel set up to probe the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has begun a physical verification of all assets seized by the EFCC, The PUNCH reports. The panel, led by a former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami, has visited Lagos, Abuja, Rivers State and a few other major offices of the commission. Magu A source close to the panel said the aim of the exercise was to verify claims made by Magu regarding the seizure of assets. The source, who wished to remain anonymous, said, “Members of the panel have been visiting major zonal offices of the EFCC. We have visited Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt, and we will visit Ibadan this week. “We visited some of the houses which Magu claimed to have seized. However, some of them which he claimed to have been seized had no markings of ‘EFCC Keep Off!’ while in some other cases, the alleged looters were still living in them. “Some houses are also bei...

Lagos Assembly Speaker Mudashiru Obasa A group, the Obasa Movement, has planned to organise a special prayer session for the embattled Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa. Obasa is currently being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for embezzling funds running into millions of naira belonging to the state Assembly. Lagos Assembly Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa A source said the prayer session would be held at the Speaker’s constituency office on Thursday. He said party supporters from all the local government Areas had been mobilised financially and are expected to wear white clothes. SaharaReporters had, in a series of publications, detailed the sleaze involving Obasa, members of his family and cronies whom he awarded questionable contracts on behalf of the state Assembly and, who in turn, served as agents of his numerous corrupt dealings. Obasa operated over 60 bank accounts and engaged in the award of contracts to his...

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has endorsed the #EndSARS protests rocking the nation. Adeboye said this in a tweet on Wednesday evening. The respected cleric tweeted, “Our daughters will not be able to prophesy, and young men will not see visions if we don’t keep them alive. “I support the youths in this peaceful protest as they “speak up” to #EndPoliceBrutality #EndSARS #ENDSWAT.” Our daughters will not be able to prophesy and young men will not see visions if we don’t keep them alive. I support the youths in this peaceful protest as they “speak up” to #EndPoliceBrutality #EndSARS #ENDSWAT pic.twitter.com/UFnAfsskly — Pastor Adeboye (@PastorEAAdeboye) October 14, 2020 Adeboye, who is a mentor to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, had earlier in the year embarked on a protest against the killings in several parts of the country. He had two weeks ago called for restructuring the country, a move which was critici...