Court Stories

As a judge, many controversial cases were brought before me that made headlines in the newspapers. One of such cases was the criminal case of Ejigbadero. I was assigned the Ejigbadero case by the Honourable Chief Justice of Lagos State in 1975. The case attracted a lot of public interest because it involved a well-known socialite, one Jimoh Ishola who ...

A Sokoto Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered the remand of 48-year-old  estate agent, Lawali Maigara, for alleged land fraud. The defendant was accused of defrauding one Mubarak Bello of Fakon Iddi area of Sokoto of N400,000 on land transaction. The defendant was arraigned on a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy, breach of trust and cheating, offences contrary to Sections, 312 ...

“Justice Abdulazeez Anka of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos yesterday affirmed the interim forfeiture of a property belonging to representative of Delta North in the Senate, Peter Nwaoboshi.”- The Guardian Justice Anka had, on April 24, 2017, granted an interim forfeiture of the said property, a 12-floor high rise building to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Counsel ...

Premium times reports that a Septuagenarian, Shakin Oworu, allegedly defrauds hair care company to acquire property. He was on Wednesday charged at an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Mr. Oworu, aged between 70 and 79, was arraigned alongside his daughters, Bukola ‎Opara (Née Oworu) and Nasiru Ismaila, on a four-count charge of conspiracy, forgery, stealing and receiving stolen property. The ...

“A 71-year-old widow, Mrs Edna Osaghae has petitioned the Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode over alleged plots by some officers in the office of the State’ Surveyor General to illegally take over her Magodo property.”- PM News According to the petition dated September 20, 2017, a copy of which was made available to newsmen on Sunday, the widow said ...

“The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said yesterday it has arraigned the Treasurer of Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Abuja Municipal, Mr. Percy Ndam, to court for alleged  N495.8 million fraud.”- The Nation Ndam was accused of conspiring with two contractor, Frank Igbinedion and Uche Nwedi,  to convert the cash into personal use. The said funds ...

“An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Wednesday, sentenced a teenager, Muyideen Nasiru, to 39 months imprisonment for stealing church’s property– aluminum frames and other items worth N500,000 from a church.” – The Nation The magistrate, Mrs. O.K. Omotosho, sentenced Nasiru after he pleaded guilty to a three-count charge of conspiracy, break-in and stealing. Omotosho said the convict should spend his ...

“The State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) Panti-Yaba, Lagos, yesterday arraigned a man before a Magistrate Court, who claimed to be the Oba of Lagos and using same to perpetrate fraud in the proposed Lekki Airport Investment project.”- The Guardian The police told the court that the suspect falsely presented himself to the victim, who is the complainant, Moriselade ...

According to PM News, documents issued by a UK court that restrain former Petroleum Resources Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, and her business fronts, Jide Omokore and Kolawole Aluko, from disposing of properties acquired through the dodgy Strategic Alliance Agreements (SAAs) facilitated by the erstwhile minister have been released. The assets in question were acquired via companies listed as third parties in ...

Land fraud: Three men, including two brothers, were yesterday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly forging a document and stealing N25million from a woman, Uzezi Obahor. Paul Obahor, 42, his brother, Isaiah, 32; and Sunday Okovwutu, 52, are standing trial on a four-count charge of conspiracy, stealing, forgery and failing to report felonies. Prosecuting Inspector Simeon Imhonwa told ...