Sentences with phrase «accused of abuse of office»

Paraphrasing Senator Shehu Sani, the labour leader said it was time the legislature used «insecticide» on its chambers rather using «deodorants» on its members accused of abuse of office.

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We would accuse a male priest who behaved like this of being careless or selfish, of taking his vows lightly and even of abusing the power of his office.

As of this writing, a bishop accused of abusing minors remains in office and is using the full resources of the diocese to defend himself in the public arena.

Multiple lawmakers have left office in recent years in disgrace after they were accused of sexually harassing or abusing legislative aides.

The Wall Street Journal deemed AG Eric Schneiderman «America's worst attorney general,» and accused him of abusing his office to aide Clinton by going after Trump's charitable foundation.

Prosecutors had accused Silver, for two decades one of the most powerful politicians in New York, of abusing his office for years.

Paterson has been accused by many of not being up to the task and is under criminal investigation by Cuomo's office into whether he improperly involved himself in a domestic abuse case and perjured himself over World Series tickets.

The governor, who has not been accused of wrongdoing and whose office did not comment by press time, has never acknowledged that it was he who brought Percoco into government and vested in him the authority that he ultimately abused to solicit bribes.

Mr. Silver, 71, is accused of abusing his office to obtain nearly $ 4 million in illicit payments through two law firms, while saying the income had come from bona fide legal work.

Barbara Underwood was sworn in as acting attorney general after Schneiderman, who is accused of abusing four women, resigned his office at close of business Tuesday.

James» announcement comes just more than a week after former AG Eric Schneiderman resigned from office when four women accused him of physical and emotional abuse in a New Yorker article.

Prosecutors will not file criminal charges against the director and screenwriter James Toback, 73, in five cases in which he has been accused of sexual abuse because their statutes of limitations have expired, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said.

NJC's Director of Information; Soji Oye, said Justice Umezulike was accused of wantonly abusing priviledges of his office and using judicial powers to terrorise petitioners and defendants.

The deal required him to plead guilty to a misdemeanor sexual abuse charge after he was accused of raping a 52 - year - old grandmother in his Council campaign office July 8, 2007, after meeting her in a Middle Village bar earlier that day.

DA's Office confirms family members will likely be charged with labor trafficking in addition to abuse A Ramapo family whose matriarch recently was convicted of labor trafficking charges is accused of more of the same.

The NDC's critics have said that the opposition party should not overlook the scandalous press war that ensued between Ms. Osei on one hand and her deputies on the other, when each directly accused the other of being corrupt or said to have abused their respective offices.

The meeting held at the party's secretariat in the State, where the exco members present accused Nwoye of abuse of office.

The accused persons were arraigned on nine charges bordering on obtaining money under false pretences, abuse of office, misappropriation of funds and conspiracy to steal N156, 984,455.33 belonging to FUTA.

General News of Wednesday, 16 May 2018 Source: citinewsroom.com Former COCOBOD CEO, Dr. Stephen Opuni Lawyers for former Chief Executive of COCOBOD Stephen Opuni have accused the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) of abuse of power, following the freezing of his accounts.

When Cahill made his willingness to move sales - tax legislation through the state legislature, a transfer of almost $ 5 million a year, conditional on county safety - net takeover and elections expenses from the towns, his critics accused him of hubris, just short of abuse of office.

The 19 - count charge HAD / 05c / 2018, in which Fayemi and Kolawole were accused of stealing, abuse of office, criminal contempt, among others was filed before the State High Court, Ado Ekiti on Friday, January 26, 2018.

When Cahill made his willingness to move sales tax legislation through the state legislature, a transfer of almost $ 5 million a year, conditional on county Safety Net takeover and elections expenses from the towns, his critics accused him of hubris, just short of abuse of office.

When I was doing a clinical practicum in psychology, working with an abused female in an outpatient clinic who had come to counseling with concerns about her child, her enraged husband burst into the office one night and accused me of colluding with his wife to arrange for her to meet her boyfriend.

The two men were accused of «deliberate and dishonest abuse of office or the purported...

In a recent matter, K&S was retained by the Government of Uganda to prosecute the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) top brass who were accused of corruption, abuse of office and treason.

Because the New York - based Center for Constitutional Rights «filed a complaint in December with the Federal German Prosecutor's Office against Rumsfeld accusing him of war crimes and torture in connection with detainee abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.»