Sentences with phrase «said they acted contrary»

Awunah said they acted contrary to the stipulation of Force Order 237 and strict warning issued by the Inspector General of Police, Idris Ibrahim.

Counsel for the EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo, said they acted contrary to Section 18 (a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2012, and were liable to punishment under Section 15 (3) and 4 of the same Act.

Not exact matches

«If we clear a path to the creation of compelling electric vehicles, but then lay intellectual property landmines behind us to inhibit others, we are acting in a manner contrary to that goal,» said Musk.

I should wish, on the contrary, to say that the objective efficacy of the death of Christ lies in it being an act of God Incarnate directed towards man, placing him in a new relation to himself by a decisive act of acceptance.

More sophisticated theologians have qualified this outrageous notion by saying that God can do nothing which is irrational, such as make square circles, or which is contrary to God's own nature and purpose, which are assumed to be good in some ultimate sense, and therefore that God can not engage in genuinely evil acts.

If we condemned the actions of a few and turn around and exclude others we will be acting contrary to what this country stands for, said Barak Obama.

For my part I can in a way understand Abraham, but at the same time I apprehend that I have not the courage to speak, and still less to act as he did — but by this I do not by any means intend to say that what he did was insignificant, for on the contrary it is the one only marvel.

In 1837, the first editor of Washington's Collected Works wrote: «If a man who spoke, wrote, and acted as a Christian through a long life, who gave numerous proofs of his believing himself to be such, and who was never known to say, write, or do a thing contrary to his professions, if such a man is not to be ranked among the believers of Christianity, it would be impossible to establish the point by any train of reasoning.»

It is truly divine to be at the opposite end of that spectrum and finally get it through our head that God is there when you could do / say / act very contrary to Him.

Those who, as you say «put their faith in science» are doing nothing of the sort — there is no act of faith involved — on the contrary the evidence presented (such as in the case of the age of the Earth or the Universe) stands or falls strictly on its scientific merit: «Faith» is irrelevant.

When, for example, he attracts criticism for saying he admires Vladimir Putin in a magazine interview, Alastair Campbell is blamed for having «trapped» him into saying it; when he loses the first TV debate it's because he allowed himself «to be persuaded to act out of character»; and when it comes to the declining value of Brent crude Salmond writes breezily that «no - one really knows what the price of oil is going to be in the short term», despite having spent several years arguing precisely the contrary.

But the PM last month anointed Johnson as the «sole nominee» after the venue's trustees objected to the house - share proposal, saying it ran contrary to the act of parliament enacting the wishes of its owner, Lord Stanhope.

«Contrary to current reports, DHS has not denied any waiver request associated with Hurricane Maria,» said a senior DHS official, on a media press call about the Jones Act and Puerto Rico on Wednesday morning.

The offences were said to be contrary to and punishable under various provisions of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011, and the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act.

The offences were said to be contrary to and punishable under section 3 (3)(1)(a) of the Recovery of Public Property (Special Provision) Act 2004.

The offence is said to be contrary to the provisions of Section 18 (a) of Money Laundering (Prohibition)(Amendment) Act, 2012.

In count five and six, FG alleged that Yakubu had with intent to avoid a lawful transaction under the law, transferred at various times in Kaduna, aggregate sums of $ 9,772, 800 and # 74, 000, when he reasonably ought to know that the said funds formed part of the proceed of some form of unlawful activity and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 7 (4)(b)(ii) of the Advance Fee Fraud Act, 2006.

The Voting Rights Act did not prohibit geography in determining Legislative Districts (contrary to liberal pop culture which also says that First Amendment separated church and state.

«That you, Olisa Metuh and Destra Investments Limited on or about the 24th November, 2014 in Abuja, did retain the sum of N400m on behalf of the Peoples Democratic Party of its campaign activities by concealing the said sum in your account with Diamond Bank Plc, when you reasonably ought to have known that such fund formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful activity of Col. Sambo Dasuki (Rtd), the then National Security Adviser, (to wit: criminal breach of trust and corruption), and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 17 (a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 as amended in 2012 and punishable under Section 17 (b) of the same Act.

Account No. 0040437573 from the account of the Office of the National Security Adviser with the Central Bank of Nigeria without contract award, when you reasonably ought to have known that the said fund formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful activity of Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (Rtd) the then NSA (To wit: criminal breach of trust and corruption) and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 15 (2)(d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011, as amended in 2012 and punishable under section 15 (3) of the same Act.

«That you, Olisa Metuh and Destra Investment Limited on or about the 24th November, 2014 in Abuja converted the sum of N400m paid into the account of Destra Investment Limited with Diamond Bank Plc, Account No: 0040437573 from the account of the office of the National Security Adviser with the Central Bank of Nigeria without contract award when you reasonably ought to have known that the said fund formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful activity of Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (Rtd) the then National Security Adviser (To Wit: criminal breach of trust and corruption) and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 15 (2), (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 as amended in 2012 and punishable under Section 15 (3) of the same Act.

Contrary to their mischief, it should be noted that General Buratai was Director of Procurement at Defence Headquarters from March 2014 to May 2015, not from 2012 to 2015 as they wished to mislead the public, the Army said in a statement by its Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman.

But the state's APC Publicity Secretary, Mr. Chris Finebone, said contrary to the governor's claim, the Acting President was pressed for time and managed to inaugurate only two road projects.

The duo were said to have made the transaction without going through any financial institution an act the EFCC claimed was contrary to sections 1 (a) and 16 (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition)(Amendment) Act, 2012 and punishable under Section 16 (2)(b) of the same Aact the EFCC claimed was contrary to sections 1 (a) and 16 (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition)(Amendment) Act, 2012 and punishable under Section 16 (2)(b) of the same AAct, 2012 and punishable under Section 16 (2)(b) of the same ActAct.

It said that Metuh, by his action, committed an offence contrary to sections 166 and 326 of the Penal Code Act.

The prosecution said the defendants acted contrary to sections 18 (a) and15 (2)(d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 and are liable to punishment under Section 15 (3) of the same Act.

The judge was also said to have on October 7, 2016 had in his possession «one Pump Action Rifle with serial number AVAR MAGNUM 6084 without a valid licence an thereby committed an offence contrary to section 3 of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, 2004.»

One of the charge reads: «That you, Obiageli Nwagu trading under the name and style of Pizzaz Enterprises on or about the 2nd day of December, 2013 at Enugu within the jurisdiction of the High Court of Enugu State issued a First City Monument Bank Plc cheque No: 01952241 dated 2ndDecember, 2013, valued at N3, 800,000.00 to Chinwe Uzakah, the said cheque when presented for payment within three months was dishonored on the grounds that insufficient funds were standing to the credit of the account upon which it was drawn and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (1) of the Dishonored Cheque (Offences) Act, Cap D11, Laws of the Federation 2004 and punishable under Section 1 (1)(b) of the same Act».

He also said the accused «conspired to undertake small scale mining operation without license contrary to section 23 (1) of the criminal offences Act 1960, Act 29».

Both offences are said to be contrary to section 24 of the Corrupt Practices and other related offences Act, 2000 and punishable under the same law

One of the counts reads: «That you Air Chief Marshal Alex S Badeh (whilst being the Chief of Air Staff, Nigerian Air Force) and IYALIKAM NIGERIA LIMITED between 28th March and 5th December, 2013 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Court, did use an aggregate sum of N878, 362,732.94 (Eight Hundred and Seventy - Eight Million, Three Hundred and Sixty Two Thousand, Seven Hundred and Thirty - Two Naira, Ninety - Four kobo) removed from the accounts of the Nigerian Air Force and paid into the account of Rytebuilders Technologies Limited with Zenith Bank Plc for the construction of a shopping mall situate at Plot 1386, Oda Crescent Cadastral Zone A07, Wuse II, Abuja for yourself, when you reasonably ought to have known that the said funds formed part of the proceed of unlawful activity (to wit: criminal breach of trust and corruption) of Air Chief Marshal Alex S Badeh and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 15 (2)(d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and punishable under Section 15 (3) of the same Act»

The commission said the charges were contrary to section 15 (2d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and punishable under section 15 (3) of the same aAct, 2011 (as amended) and punishable under section 15 (3) of the same actact.

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday indicted some government agencies who he said hindered the development of businesses in Nigeria contrary to the Federal Government's desire to ease the process of doing business.

There's no magic formula (contrary to what some dating experts say), so don't assume that saying the right things or acting in a way that doesn't feel authentic to you is the only way you'll be successful.

Contrary to what people are saying, the acting was not very good.

Stopping would disrupt tutoring for tens of thousands of children, he said, an outcome he views as absurd and contrary to the intent of the No Child Left Behind Act.

When we act in ways that are contrary to our stated goals (that is, a teacher who says she cares about collaboration but resists having her students work collaboratively), we may have «hidden commitments» that drive our behaviors.

This is not to say that malfeasance and bad science should not be reported and acted upon, on the contrary, the imperative is on those who believe themselves to have been mistreated to stand up and voice their objections to the status quo.

«Quoting the Bible, the politician went on to say that «no man or men, however powerful, can mess with Almighty God with impunity and get away with it» and that «a Christian nation that abandons its faith and acts contrary to the Gospel will be beset by natural disasters.»

Section 47 says that the Act applies to all statutes and regulations «unless, (a) a contrary intention appears; or (b) its application would give to a term or provision a meaning that is inconsistent with the context.»

He says it relates to the top court's 2002 decision in R. v. Neil, which stated the general rule is that a lawyer or law firm shouldn't act directly contrary to the immediate interests of a current client, even on an unrelated matter.

While the action for damages had been initially conceived to protect those having a subjective right to be enforced before national courts, a reasonable solution in the present situation could be that the party who had drawn a benefit from the implementing act contrary to EU law now would be required to carry the burden of undertaking the necessary steps of an action for damages against the Member State; this would appear more justified than to impose said burden on the party who possesses a right created through the concretisation of the content of a principle (para 79).

England football captain John Terry has been charged in accordance with s 28 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, contrary to s 31 (1)(c) of the 1998 Act, over alleged racist comments said to have been made during a Premiership football match in October.

Wrongful death beneficiaries have not entered into a contract to arbitrate, the court's opinion said, adding that consequently, its conclusion does not run contrary to the federal arbitration act's mandate.

When Nazir Karigar is sentenced the first week of April for conspiring to bribe a foreign public official, contrary to the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act, it is likely the court will be looking to send a strong message, say legal observers.

It would appear to run contrary to the principles of the Youth Criminal Justice Act and the purpose behind sealing those records in the first place,» he says.

I will say now, however, that, if the Prime Minister is seeking to abolish the Senate by a deliberate choice not to appoint senators, he would be acting contrary to the Constitution of Canada and he would be undermining the principle of rule of law.

Matthew Evans, partner at Hugh James, says: «Amateur executors may not want the money of the deceased to go outside of their immediate family and so take matters in their own hands distributing the assets as they see fit, even if that means they are acting contrary to their responsibilities as a legal executor.

The Copyright Act 13 (3) says Where the author of a work was in the employment of some other person under a contract of service or apprenticeship and the work was made in the course of his employment by that person, the person by whom the author was employed shall, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary, be the first owner of the copyright...

Once a person or group is identified, directly or indirectly, on the basis of a prohibited ground of discrimination, it is somewhat disingenuous, and contrary to the objectives of the Act, to say that it is their behaviour and not their group membership that exposes them to hatred or contempt.