Sentences with phrase «charges preferred against someone»

Meanwhile, the accused person who has no legal representative pleaded not guilty to all the count charges preferred against him.

, seeking the consolidation of two sets of charges preferred against him and others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

It is important to begin by understanding the nature of charges preferred against you as defense attorneys are often specialized in that regard.

The commission had earlier arraigned Olaniyan before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court 7, Maitama - Abuja, but had to seek for the transfer of the case to another trial judge due to the criminal charges preferred against Ademola by the Federal Government.

The Federal Government, on Thursday, tendered additional documents in the 32 - count money laundering charge preferred against the former Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswam and two others...

The immediate past Governor of Plateau State and Senator representing Plateau North, Jonah Jang Wednesday appeared in court to answer a 12 - count fraud charge preferred against...

«We are calling on men and women of good conscience across the globe, Amnesty International and relevant human rights organizations to prevail on the Attorney General of the Federation and the judicial commission to drop the fabricated charges preferred against our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and others detained illegally alongside him in Kuje Prison because they committed no offense against anybody or Nigeria state».

Senator Ali Ndume, the Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District, has been discharged of the four count terrorism charges preferred against him by the Nigerian Government since November 2011.

Meanwhile, all the four suspects arrested in connection with the crime and presently in custody of the Force will soon be arraigned before a competent court of law for criminal charges preferred against them while effort to arrest the fleeing members of the gang continues.

The Federal Government, on Thursday, tendered additional documents in the 32 - count money laundering charge preferred against the former Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswam and two others before the Federal High Court in Abuja.

Fani - Kayode and Usman, former ministers of Aviation and Finance respectively, had pleaded not guilty to the 17 count charge preferred against them by the anti- graft agency.

Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Gudu, has fixed October 10, 2017 for further proceedings in trial of Joshua Dariye, a former Plateau State governor, who is facing a N1.162 billion fraud charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The statement reads, «The Attorney General of the Federation should have dropped all the concocted and fabricated charges preferred against our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and others who are still detained in prison to save their image in the face of the international community»

«Why did he not go to the court to defend himself of the criminal charges preferred against him by the Oluwo Oke?

Adesina had pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against him.

Former militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo), has challenged the warrant of arrest issued by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, to compel his appearance in court to answer to the criminal charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Going by the facts before him, he declared that ALFRED AGBESI WOYOME was NOT GUILTY of the charges preferred against him.

Mr. Dasuki, who was arraigned before Justice Sani Yusuf, alongside a former director of finance at the office of the NSA, Shuaibu Salisu, and a former Group General Manager of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Aminu Kura, and two firms, Acacia Holdings Limited and Reliance Reference Hospital, had on Monday filed for bail after pleading not guilty to the 19 - count charge preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Adegboruwa, in a statement, however, said his client was prepared to willingly come to court to answer any charges preferred against him.

The presiding magistrate, Mrs Basiru in her ruling on Friday said he is guilty of the one count charge preferred against him and sentences him to one year imprisonment but he was given an option of N20, 000 fine.

But on October 30, the appeal court dismissed the argument of Saraki that the CCT was not a court of competent jurisdiction to handle the criminal charges preferred against him.

«The Senate President believes he will have his day in the court to prove his innocence of the charges preferred against him during the trial proper.

Mr Suswam and his co-defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them

He, however, did not disclose the charges preferred against them.

Cable reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had arraigned Suleiman on September 30, 2014 but that he pleaded guilty to the 105 charges preferred against him.

The Lagos State High Court in Ikeja in December 2017 discharged and acquitted him of the charges preferred against him five years after -LSB-...]

Reacting, prosecution counsel, Mr. David Ighodo, however asked the court to remand the defendants in prison custody pending their trial, stressing that the charges preferred against them were grievous.

The founder of DAAR Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has reacted angrily to the money laundering charges preferred against him by the federal government.

Saraki's lawyer, Mr. Joseph Daudu (SAN), raised seven grounds of appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, urging the Supreme Court to set aside the lower court's judgment, the entire proceedings of the CCT and the charges preferred against him before the tribunal.

However, two days after President Buhari was sworn in, the new APC government WITHDREW the charges preferred against Sylva on June 1, 2015 and on October 3, 2018, the EFCC returned to Sylva, 48 houses seized from him during the administration of former president, Goodluck Jonathan in 2013 to him.

ICPC in a 49 - count charge preferred against him and a former Chief Accountant of IAR & T, Mr. Zaccheaus Tejumola, told the court that the duo opened an unauthorized bank account titled «the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training Ibadan Staff Club and Cooperative Account» into which they transferred N204, 926, 265.35 from the personnel emolument (salaries) account of the Institute.

She also averred that the defendant's confessional statement that he had diverted part of the One Billion Naira (N1, 000 000,000) UBA loan to other projects and services corroborated the charges preferred against him.

The first Defendant (Badeh) pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him, while the court relied on Section 478 of the Criminal Justice Act to enter a «not guilty» plea for the second defendant which is a corporation.

«However, two days after President Buhari was sworn in, the APC government withdrew the charges preferred against Sylva on June 1, 2015, and on October 3, 2016, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission returned to Sylva 48 houses seized from him during the administration of former President Jonathan.»

At the resumed hearing of the earlier charge of possession of illegal firearms filed against Dasuki yesterday, Justice Ademola Adeniyi of the Federal High Court Six, sitting in Abuja expressed surprise at the decision of prosecution counsel to bring additional charges against immediate past National Security Adviser (NSA) on a day set aside for definite hearing on the one count charge preferred against him.

Although this did not happen, on June 15, 2017, the CCT discharged and acquitted Saraki of all 18 charges preferred against him.

Justice R. A. Adebiyi convicted Essein on all the Six count charge preferred against him by the EFCC and sentenced him accordingly.

She said the court would require some explanations in respect of the charge preferred against the defendant.

Both defendants who were arraigned on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 pleaded not guilty to charge preferred against them and consequently sought bail through their counsel; an application which was countered by the prosecuting counsel.

Chief Metuh is facing a seven - count charge preferred against him and his firm Destra Investments by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the 5 - count charge preferred against them while their counsel, Barrister Tunbosun Oladipupo applied for bail on behalf of the accused in the most liberal terms, adding that the offences are bailable.

In the suit filed through his counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), the Army Officer is contesting his continued unlawful detention for about 12 weeks without any charge preferred against him.

It will be recalled that the trial of Dariye, a former Plateau State governor, began on July 13, 2007, but he had proceeded to the Supreme Court to quash the 23 - count charge preferred against him, for defrauding the state of about N1.6 billion.