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ARRAIGNMENT OF CHINONSO UBA
On Wednesday, the 23rd day of October 2024, Mr. Chinonso Uba (aka Nonso Nkwa) was arraigned at Magistrate court Owerri before His Worship Adikaibe, on five (5) count charges profiled by N.S. Onwochie Esq. Legal Prosecution Officer, Owerri Imo State and on behalf of the Commissioner of Police (C.O.P).
The Five (5) count charges include; Conspiracy, Treason, Arson among others.
The prosecuting Counsel N.S Onwochei Esq., O.C. legal appeared for Commissioner of Police/State, while C.K Mgbekonye Esq., E.T. Okolie Esq., F. N. Obisike Esq., O. F. Olegeme, Esq. and E.N. Nwaibari, Esq. appeared for the Defendant, the charge was read to the Defendant, he was not allowed to take plea on the ground that the court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the charges.
The leading counsel C.K. Mgbekonye, Esq. applied for his bail wherein he urged the court to admit the Defendant to bail, he relied on Section 36 sub 5 of the 1999 constitution as amended, he equally urged the court to admit the Defendant to bail as the offenses are one that the court can exercise discretion to grant bail pending trial.In opposition thereto, the Prosecution, N.S. Onwochei Esq. vehemently opposed the bail application citing section 93 (1) of the Imo State administration of Criminal Justice Law which gave only the High Court power to grant bail upon application.
Going further, he urged the court to refuse bail on the ground that the court lack jurisdiction to grant bail or even hear the charges. In view of the above, the Court declined jurisdiction to grant bail and remanded the Defendant at the Owerri Correctional Center.
The court equally reminded the defense counsel of their right to apply for the Defendant’s bail at the high court. Case adjourned to 12/11/2024 for D.P.P. report and transmission of the case file.
Cc; Nonsonkwa’s media team
Justice Maryam Aliyu Hassan of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Gwarimpa in Abuja has ordered that former Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige, be kept at Kuje prison till December 18.
Ngige will be on remand till the date when his bail application would be decided by the court.
Justice Hassan issued the order on Monday shortly after taking arguments for and against the bail request of the former governor of Anambra State.
Ngige’s lawyer, Patrick Ikwueto, SAN, pleaded with the judge to admit the former minister to bail, mainly on health ground.
He submitted that the former minister would not jump bail or interfere with witnesses if admitted to bail.
However, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, represented by Sylvanus Tahir, SAN, vehemently opposed the bail request, insisting that Ngige was a flight risk.
Tahir told the judge that Ngige was granted administrative bail by the EFCC and allowed to travel abroad for medical care but never reported back to the Commission.
Besides, he said that the international passport released to Ngige; to facilitate the abroad trip was never returned till today.
The senior lawyer argued that it was when Ngige was re-arrested that he came up with a purported claim that he lost his passport.
He insisted that the claim of passport loss was an afterthought and should not be believed by the court.
After the submissions, Justice Hassan fixed December 18 to deliver ruling in the bail request.
Ngige was last Friday slammed with an eight-count charge bordering on corrupt practices.
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Man whose marriage ended after 2 days speaks after his ex-wife claimed he caused it by asking for thr££some.
Bobby denied the allegations made by Uchechi Sandra Nnenne that her family sponsored their wedding which took place on Jan. 4, 2025.
According to Bobby, whom Sandra called Mr B in her story, he spent over N25million on their wedding.
He also denied Sandra’s claims that he kept borrowing money from her.
He sent LIB receipts of some credit alerts he made to Sandra’s account and others made to the accounts of vendors they employed for their wedding.
He also denied requesting thr££some from her. He said he called off the wedding on Jan. 15. He alleged he did this after finding out she was pregnant for another man. He accused her of getting pregnant for her boss. He did not provide evidence to back this allegation.
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Sandra also didn’t provide evidence to back her allegations. (Check her claims in previous post).
A young woman allegedly gave birth to a baby boy and k!lled the newborn shortly after delivery in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State.
The disturbing incident reportedly occurred in the early hours of Sunday, December 14, 2025 behind Government Secondary School, Gboko, throwing the community into pandemonium and mourning.
Residents are calling for immediate police intervention to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident and ensure justice is served.
Authorities are yet to issue an official statement as of the time of this report.
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