The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Police Commissioner, Benneth Igweh has refuted reports that the command has arrested and is detaining the Aide-De-Camp (ADC) to the embattled former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello and other police officers attached to the on-the-run ex-governor.
CP Igweh disclosed this to THE WHISTLER on Saturday when contacted on reports revealing that the Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) FCT, had detained Bello’s ADC and other police details withdrawn from him.
“The ADC was not arrested. It is not true,” CP Igweh simply said.
However, THE WHISTLER gathered that the female ADC was sighted at the police command heading to the SCID on Friday.
It is not certain if the female ADC was invited for questioning, detained or is expected to face an orderly room trial for not arresting Bello.
The development followed a directive by the Nigeria Police withdrawing all officers attached to Bello, following their alleged involvement in aiding his escape from operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday.
THE WHISTLER had contacted the Force Headquarters to confirm its involvement in her arrest, including that of other officers withdrawn from Bello, but its spokesperson, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi has yet to respond to queries sent via a text message.
The text also sent via his WhatsApp contact showed being read but has not been responded to as of the time of filing this report.
The embattled former governor is being prosecuted over an N80.2bn money laundering case, by the EFCC.
THE WHISTLER reported how the sitting governor of the state, Usman Ododo helped Bello to escape from his residence in Abuja when operatives of the EFCC attempted to arrest him.
The EFCC further arraigned him before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, but the former governor failed to appear before Justice Emeka Nwite.
The agency, however, proceeded with the trial in absentia, arraigning Bello alongside three other suspects.
The former governor along with the suspects including Ali Bello, Dauda Suleiman and Abdulsalem Hudu were arraigned on 19-count charges bordering on money laundering.
Consequently, the EFCC declared Bello a wanted person while the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) placed him on its watch list for conspiracy, breach of trust and money laundering.
The NIS also alerted the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Services and the Director of the National Intelligence Agency, requesting that Bello should be arrested if seen at any entry and exit point.
Controversy As FCT Police Commissioner Denies Arrest Of Yahaya Bello’s ADC, Security Detail is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
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The Nigerian army has been dragged to the Federal High Court in Warri, by residents of Okuama-Ewu, Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, who are seeking N200bn in damages over the alleged cordoning of their community, destruction of their homes, dehumanization, and allegation of killing 17 military personnel without police investigations.
The applicants, mainly farmers, traders, and businessmen, who are seeking the enforcement of their fundamental human rights to a fair hearing, the dignity of the human person, private and family life, freedom of movement, choice of residency, private and family life, and the right to own property are Victor Akemor, Madam Omotiwori Olarehor, Victor Odi, Okrika Emmanuel, Austin Eferemua, and Evelyn Edjekola.
Others in suit no. FHC/WR/CS/41/2024 before Hon Justice I.M Sani are Pa James Ubredu, David Oghenewede, Lucky Orode, and Iwriogbo Best, Felix Orhiunu, Bernard Michael, Oghenekobiruo, Vero Joseph, Ebikawe Emmanuel, Francis Uphurie, and Hon Belvis Adogbo.
They are suing for themselves and for, on behalf of, members of, in the interest of and public interest of the residents of the Okuama community.
The reliefs they are seeking include;
“A declaration of this honourable court that the respondent’s accusation, media trial, and sentencing of the applicants, and the residents of the Okuama community for the murder of 17 soldiers, which they have no hands in, on March 14, without any police investigation, or any public inquiry indicting them for the crime without following due process of law, is a flagrant violation of the applicants’ rights. the residents of the Okuama community’s right to a fair hearing, which is, therefore, illegal, unlawful, and unconstitutional.
”A declaration of this honourable court that the respondent’s deployment of troops for the invasion, and brutal reprisal attacks on the applicants and residents of Okuama community for the death of 17 soldiers, which they have no hands in, without any police investigation, or any public inquiry indicting them for the crime, and without following due process of law, dishing out collective punishment on them, killing, maiming, brutalizing, harassing, intimidating, coercing demolishing, destroying, razing, and burning down of their properties, leaving only the Anglican Church, the Okuama Secondary School, and the Aderha Primary School buildings standing, causing them to disperse and flee to various towns, villages, forests, bushes and creeks for safety, living the life of destitute under torturous, inhuman, degrading and excruciating condition without shelter, food, drinking water, medication, money or means of income, and clothes, exposed to weather, diseases, snake and mosquito bites, and other dangerous wild animals is a flagrant violation of the applicants, and the residents of the Okuama community have the right to the dignity of their human person, and, therefore, illegal, unlawful, and unconstitutional.
”A declaration of this honourable court that the respondent’s troops invasion, and forceful eviction of the applicants, and the residents of the Okuama community from their homes in a manner that interfered, and robbed them of their privacy, family bond, and unity, causing them to disperse and live apart for the death of 17 soldiers, which they have no hands in, without any police investigation or any public inquiry indicting them for the crime, and without following due process of law is a violation of the applicants and residents of the Okuama community right to private and family life, and, therefore, illegal unlawful and unconstitutional.
”A declaration of this honourable court that the respondent’s cordon-off of the Okuama community, of the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, preventing, barring, prohibiting, and restraining the applicants, and residents of Okuama community from gaining access into their community, and homes to live their normal li, fe and carry on their normal business, and, thereby depriving them of their right to move freely in and out of their community and their right of choice to reside in Okuama community for the murder of 17 soldiers, which they have no hands in, without any police investigation or any public inquiry indicting them for the crime, and without following due process of law is a flagrant violation of their freedom of movement, and right of choice of place of residency, and, therefore, illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional.
”A declaration of this honourable court that the respondent’s troops razing and burning down of the properties of the applicants and residents of the Okuama community, leaving only the Anglian Church, the Okuama Secondary School and the Aderha Primary School buildings standing, forcefully and compulsorily seizing, and taking over possession of their land without any Delta State Government or Federal Government of Nigeria compulsory acquisition of the land and payment of compensation to the applicants and residents of the Okuama community, and without their input and the looting of the applicants, and the residents of the Okuama community’s moveable properties, the particulars which are contained in the affidavit in support of this application by the troops and neighboring villagers for the murder of 17 soldiers, which they have no hands in without any police investigation, or any public inquiry indicting them for the crime, without following due process of law, is a flagrant violation of the applicants’ and residents of the Okuama community right to own both moveable and immovable properties, and, therefore, illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional.
”A declaration of this honourable court that respondent’s troops entering into the Okuama community to perform the statutory and constitutional duties of the Nigerian Police Force on March 14, 2024, and the respondent’s troops invasion, brutal reprisal attack, killing, maiming brutalizing. harassment, intimidation, and coercion of the applicants and residents of the Okuama community for the death of 17 soldiers, which they have no hands in without any police investigation or any public inquiry indicting them for the crime, and without following due process of law through collective punishment on 15/3/2024 without due process, and the backing of law that led to the forceful eviction of the applicants, and the entire residents of the Okuama community from their homes, the demolition, destruction, razing and burning down of their buildings, properties leaving only the Anglian Church the Okuama Secondary School and the Aderha Primary School buildings standing, the looting of their movable properties causing them to disperse and flee to various villages, towns, bushes, forests and creeks for safety, where they now live as destitute under inhuman, degrading and excruciating conditions, the cordoning off of the Okuama Community land from the applicants and the residents, refusing them access into their community, and their rights to live there and the unlawful seizure and taking over possession of their land by the respondent’s troops, is an abuse of power.
”An order of this honourable court for the enforcement of the fundamental rights to the dignity of the human person, right to a fair hearing, right to private and family life, freedom of movement and right of choice of place of residence and right to own property of the Applicants and residents of the Okuama community, against the respondent, her servants, and agents and/or privies.
”An order of this honourable court restraining the respondent, her servants, agents, and/or privies from further violating fundamental rights to the dignity of the human person, right to a fair hearing, right to privacy, and family life, freedom of movement and right of choice of place of residency and right to own property of the applicants and residents of the Okuama community.
”An order of this honourable court compelling the respondent to stop her troop’s continued invasion and occupation of the Okuama community, enabling the applicants and residents of the Okuama community to take back possession of their land that has been illegally and unlawfully seized and occupied by the respondent to rebuild their community.
”An order of this honourable court compelling the respondent to stop her troops of the cordon off of the Okuama community to allow the applicants and residents of the Okuama community to have access to move freely in and out of their community and have their right of choice to reside there as Nigerian citizens.
”An order of this honourable court compelling the respondent to allow the applicants and the residents of the Okuama community to go back home from the towns, villages, forests, and bushes, where they are presently living as destitute fugitives under torturous, inhuman, degrading and excruciating condition without shelter, food, drinking water, medication, money and cloth exposed to weather, diseases, snake and mosquito bites and other dangerous wild animals to help them regain their right to the dignity of their human person and to rebuild their community.
”A perpetual injunction of this honourable court restraining the respondent, her servants, agents, and/or privies from killing, embarrassing, coercing, bullying, harassing, intimidating, tormenting, torturing, dehumanizing, debasing and frustrating the Applicants and the residents of the Okuama community from enjoying their fundamental right to dignity of their human person, right to fair hearing, right to private and family life, freedom of movement, right of choice of place of residence, and right to own property.
”The sum of N100,000,000.00 (One hundred billion Naira) as general damages against the respondent in favour of the applicants and the residents of the Okuoma community for the respondent’s violation of their fundamental right to the dignity of their human person, right to a fair hearing, right to private and family life, freedom of movement, right of choice of place of residency and right to own property and the destruction, burning and razing down of the whole buildings in the Okuama community, leaving only the Anglian Church, the Okuama Secondary School and the Aderha Primary School buildings standing, and the looting of their moveable properties, the particulars, which contain in the applicants affidavit in support.
“The sum of N100,000,000.00 (One hundred billion Naira) as exemplary damages against the respondent, in favour of the applicants and the residents of the Okuama community for the respondent’s abuse of power to oppress, repress, and subjugate the applicants and residents of the Okuama community.
”And for such further order or orders as this honourable court may deem fit to make in the circumstances of this case.”
The Nigerian army now has seven days to respond to the claim after proper service. The court will fix a date for the hearing of the application.
The Nigeria Police Force has detained a female police officer who served as the aide-de-camp for former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello as well as other security details for aiding his escape from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja.
The ADC was arrested, along with other police officers assigned to 48-year-old Bello, and they are being held at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Their arrests and incarceration came after the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, issued an order on Thursday night requiring their immediate departure from the former governor.
Senior police sources, who spoke to PUNCH on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to comment publicly on the matter, said the officers were arrested on suspicion of assisting Bello’s escape from Economic and Financial Crimes Commission operatives who had gone to arrest him at his Abuja home on Wednesday.
“The ADC and the other police details attached to Yahaya Bello have been arrested and detained.
“They were arrested on the order of the IG, on the suspicion that they aided and abetted the former governor’s escape from the EFCC on Wednesday,” one of the sources said.
Another source said, “Yahaya Bello’s female ADC and other police officers attached to him were brought to the command this morning, and they’ve been detained for aiding and abetting (the governor’s escape).”
SaharaReporters had reported on Thursday night that the police withdrew the security details attached to Yahaya Bello.
The order for the withdrawal was contained in a Police Wireless Message obtained by SaharaReporters.
It read, “CB:4001/DOPS/PMF/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.48/ 34 X ORDER AND DIRECTIVES X FOLLOWING MESSAGE RECEIVED FROM NIGPOLD OPS ABUJA X BEGINS X CB:4001/DOPS/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.21/462 DTO:180955/04/2024 X ORDER AND DIRECTIVES X REF MYLET NO CB:3412/DOPS/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.1/36 DATED 15/04/2024 X AND MY EARLIER LET NO CB:3412/DOPS/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.1/30 DATED 24/01/2024 X INGENPOL HAS ORDERED THE WITHDRAWAL OF ALL MEN
YOURS X ATTACHED TO HIS EXCELLENCY X ALHAJI YAHAYA BELLO X FORMER EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF KOGI STATE WIE X ALL TO
ACKNOWLEDGE COMPLIANCE X TREAT WITH UTMOST IMPORTANCE. PLEASE X ENDS X ABOVE FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND STRICT
On Wednesday, some Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives barricaded Bello’s Abuja residence.
However, the current governor of Kogi State, Usman Ododo, intervened to prevent the arrest of the former governor of the state by the EFCC operatives.
Ododo’s team had escorted Bello out of the location in the governor’s vehicle.
Bello was also absent in court earlier on Thursday when the EFCC arraigned him.
His arraignment came after a warrant of arrest and enrolment order was granted to the EFCC by the court on Wednesday.
Subsequently, the agency declared Bello wanted for an alleged financial crime to the tune of N80.2 billion.
The commission said in a bulletin that “anybody with information as to his whereabout should report immediately to the Commission or the nearest police station.”
SaharaReporters earlier reported how EFCC asked all security agencies to place Bello on their watch list to prevent him from leaving the country “through any land, air or sea borders.”
Granting the request and circulating the EFCC directive, the Nigeria Immigration Service in an internal circular seen by SaharaReporters directed its area and zonal commands to arrest Bello if seen.
The circular stated that the former Kogi governor was under investigation and there was a suspicion that he might leave the country to evade investigations.
Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya has completed his quest to become the world record holder for the longest marathon chess and now awaits certification from the Guiness World Records.
Onakoya, the founder of Chess in Slums Africa, had been playing and winning chess matches in Times Square, New York since Wednesday afternoon.
He completed the 58-hour goal in the early hours of Saturday (Nigeria time) which he had set with his team, but went on to reach 60 hours to seal an even higher record.
“We have done it,” he wrote via his personal X handle.
“We’re pushing to 60 hours guys. We’re not stopping yet. Let’s keep going.”
Onakoya had said his attempt was to raise funds of up to $1million and awareness for providing educational opportunities to underprivileged children across Africa.
He added: “We have a fundraising goal to meet for the education of African children around the world. This is our why – the reason we are doing this.
Let’s demonstrate to the world the incredible power of love. Together, we can make this happen.”
Onakoya broke the record of Norwegian players Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad, who played for 56-hour, 9-minute in 2018 and aimed at reaching 58 hours target.
As it stands, the Guinness World Record is yet to confirm Onakoya as the new record holder, but in a few hours, it would verify!
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A Nigerian chess master, coach, and the founder of Chess in Slums Africa Tunde Onakoya, has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest marathon chess with a play of 58 hours non-stop.
Onakoya set a new world record of 58 hours to raise $1m to educate children in underprivileged communities across Africa.
The chess-a-thon began on Wednesday, April 17, at New York City’s iconic Times Square and was concluded on Friday, April 19, 2024.
The 29-year-old broke the record of Norwegian players Hallvard Haug Flatebs and Sjur Ferkingstad, who played for 56-hour, 9-minute in 2018.
The chest master confirmed his achievements in a post on his official X account, saying “We have done it.
“We’re pushing to 60 hours guys. We’re not stopping yet. Let’s keep going.
“We have a fundraising goal to meet for the education of African children around the world.
“Let’s demonstrate to the world the incredible power of love. Together, we can make this happen”.
Earlier Onakoya had said he would be joined by New York’s National Chess Master, Shawn Martinez.
It read in part, “This record attempt requires a team of two players. Tunde Onakoya (NG) will be facing off against Shawn Martinez (US) for the challenge. Both players hold the title of National Masters.
“Shawn Martinez, a US National Master, renowned New York City chess legend, and chess coach, poses as a formidable adversary. Both Tunde Onakoya and Shawn Martinez will hold the record title.”
“This record is for the longest time to continuously play chess. This record is to be mentioned in hours, minutes, and seconds. This record is to be attempted by a team of two players,” it added.
However, Onakoyas’s achievement is yet to be verified by the Guinness World Record, as the Organisation had said it takes 12 weeks to review documentation and announce if a record attempt has been accepted or rejected.
Nigeria’s Tunde Onakoya Shatters Chess Marathon World Record is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
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The Naira on Friday, April 19, depreciated to N1,140 per dollar in the parallel market, from N1,060 per dollar recorded on Thursday, April 18.
The Naira also depreciated in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM, to N1,169.99 per dollar. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for NAFEM rose to N1,169.99 per dollar from N1,154.98 per dollar on Thursday, indicating N15.01 depreciation for the naira.
There was an intraday high of N1,236 per dollar and an intraday low of N1,021 per dollar resulting in a margin of N215.
In a scathing rebuke directed at former senator Dino Melaye, former Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has branded him a ‘liability’ to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Ortom’s remarks add fuel to the ongoing internal strife within the opposition party, shedding light on the divisions and tensions simmering beneath the surface.
Ortom launched this attack through a statement issued by his media aide, Terver Akase, following the verbal attack by Melaye on the former governor during the North Central Zonal meeting held in Abuja on Thursday.
Melaye had berated the former governor for his statement in Port Harcourt supporting the government of President Tinubu and accused him (Ortom) of anti-party activities during the 2023 general election.
Responding to Melaye’s verbal and social media attack, Ortom, in a statement titled, “Melaye: ‘A leopard won’t change its spots, time to graduate from thuggery’ described the senator as a ‘liability not only to PDP, but also to the good people of Kogi State.
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“This is why the people rejected his bid to be their governor. In the last election, Dino could not even vote for himself. His rants and comedy often end up on social media. He makes no contributions to the party and instead drags its image to infamy with his acts of ignominy.”
Ortom’s comments underscore the growing discontent within the PDP ranks, with factions vying for control and influence ahead of upcoming elections.
Ortom’s characterization of Melaye as a liability to the party is likely to exacerbate existing rifts within the PDP, as supporters of both figures are left to navigate the fallout from the governor’s remarks. Melaye, a vocal and controversial figure in Nigerian politics, has yet to respond publicly to Ortom’s criticism.
The former governor’s statement may also signal broader tensions within the PDP as it seeks to consolidate its position as the main opposition to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). With internal discord threatening to undermine party unity, leaders like Ortom face the challenge of balancing personal ambitions with the need for party cohesion.
