EFCC Seizes N5bn Houses of Ex-NAF Chief, Amosu, Others

 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has seized houses and other properties said to be owned by the immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd.), and other senior military officers worth as much as N5billion.

The properties, which were seized in the Ikoyi, Ikeja and Badagry areas of Lagos, allegedly belonged to Amosu; the immediate past Chief of Accounts and Budgeting of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal J.B. Adigun; and Air Commodore O. O. Gbadebo, who was the Director of Finance and Budget at NAF.

A senior EFCC official revealed that the suspects and others are now cooperating fully with the anti-graft agency after seeing real evidence.

The source, who spoke to PUNCH in Abuja, said, “We have sealed a block of 12 luxury flats, located on Agodogba Street, Park View Estate, Ikoyi, belonging to Adigun. It is worth over N1.7bn. The same Adigun also owns another block of luxury flats on Sinari Daranijo Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. It is worth N1.8bn.

“A parcel of land, located on Bourdillon Drive, Ikoyi, worth N908m, belonging to Adigun has also been seized by the EFCC operatives.”

The source added that six other properties had been traced to Adigun, including a set of four terrace houses on Agede Street, off Aminu Kano in the Wuse 2 area of Abuja.

He stated that the properties traced to Amosu were located in the Ikeja area of Lagos metropolis.

The operative said apart from the buildings, Amosu’s vehicles had also been confiscated by the anti-graft agency.

He added, “Amosu confessed to owning an ultra-modern hospital on Adeniyi Jones Avenue in Ikeja. The hospital, St Solomon Health Care Limited, which is worth about N85m, has been sealed off.

“A house located on Adeyemo Alakija Street, GRA Ikeja, near the Ghanaian High Commission, which belongs to Amosu has also been sealed. It is worth over N200m.

“Amosu, who is from Badagry, also built a house in the area. That house has also been sealed off. I cannot state the worth of the house for now.

“We have also seized a bulletproof Toyota Sports Utility Vehicle and a Toyota Avalon, belonging to Amosu. He is cooperating with us.”

The detective said six other properties had been traced to Amosu, including in Harmony Estate in Abuja.

The EFCC source said a block of flats, belonging to Gbadebo, had also been seized.

“Gbadebo was the assistant to Adigun. He is also helping with investigation. He owns a block of eight two-bedroomed flats in a border town between Lagos and Ogun states. He also has a fish pond in the compound. The building has also been sealed off,” he said.

Till date, EFCC detectives are still tracing and sealing off other properties.

Amosu and over 10 senior officers are being probed by the EFCC as part of investigations into the $2.1bn arms scam, especially the 10 contracts of the NAF, said to be worth $930,500,690.00.

Also, the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, is still with EFCC.

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Taraba Governorship Election : Aisha Alhassan Loses Out as Supreme Court Upholds Election of Ishaku

 The Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Al-Hassan, has lost her bid to govern Taraba State as the Supreme court today upheld the election of the state governor, Darius Ishaku.

Al-Hassan had approached the Apex court to set aside the Court of Appeal Abuja's ruling on Dec. 31st 2015 that upheld the election of Ishaku.

The Supreme Court in its ruling today, said the state election tribunal had no power to nullify Ishaku's election because he was not validly nominated by the PDP.

The apex court stressed that the issue of nomination of a candidate by a political party “is clearly a pre-election matter which no tribunal has the jurisdiction to entertain”.

The court ruled that neither APC nor its candidate, Alhassan, had the requisite locus-standi to query the outcome of the PDP governorship primary election that produced Ishaku. The appellate court said contention on whether the PDP rightly or wrongly conducted its governorship primary election, did not fall within matters that could be entertained by an election petition tribunal.

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Shocking : Female Crime Reporter's Half-naked, Bound Body Found By Side Of Road(Photos)

 Half-naked, bound and with a plastic bag over her head, was how they found the body of a Mexican crime reporter who was murdered after being abducted by 8 armed men wearing military uniforms.

Mother-of-two, Anabel Flores Salazar, who was a journalist for the newspaper El Sol de Orizaba, was snatched from her home by men with guns claiming they had a warrant for her arrest.

She was forced into one of three gray trucks and driven away from her home in Orizaba, in the state of Veracruz, her aunt, who was at the home, said.

Ms Flores Salazar's body was found tied up and abandoned by the side of a road in the neighboring state, Puebla, on Tuesday, a day after she was abducted.

Veracruz Governor Javier Duarte Ochoa said officials were investigating whether she had been targeted because she was a journalist.

Flores Salazar's aunt, Sandra Luz Salazar, told the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) that the men pointed guns at family members as they bundled the reporter into the truck.

'We pleaded with them not to take her. I told them that she recently had a baby,' she said.

Ms Flores Salazar, 32, had a four-year-old son, as well as a baby.

The journalist's aunt said she did not know of any threats against her before she was murdered, but the Veracruz state prosecutor's office said the reporter had been with an alleged gang member when he was arrested in August 2014.

A statement from the prosecutor did not say why or if this was a significant part of the investigation into Ms Flores Salazar's death.

However, an official told the CPJ that she was in the same restaurant when he was detained, but was not directly with him.

Eleven journalists have been killed in Mexico because of their reporting since 2011, with six of those deaths in Veracruz, making the country one of the most dangerous in the world for reporters.

The CPJ - a non-profit group that promotes press freedom around the world - is investigating seven more suspicious deaths of reporters in Veracruz.

The organization called on federal authorities to take over the investigation, saying Gov Ochoa 'has a dismal record of impunity'.

Carlos Lauría, the CPJ's senior program coordinator for the Americas, said the governor was 'incapable and unwilling to prosecute crimes against the Press'.

The investigation has been passed to Mexico's Special Prosecutor for Crimes against Freedom of Expression, the state attorney general said.

NFF Fine Coach Sunday Oliseh $30,000 Over 'Insane' Video Rant

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The 41-year-old posted an 8-minute video on his website to hit back at what he called the 'insanity' of his critics. The coach has since apologized to the NFF for his outburst aimed at the Nigerian media as well as his critical former international teammates.

It is also believed that Sunday Oliseh will consult his lawyers to contest the fine imposed on him by the football body.

On Tuesday, top chiefs of the football body led by Amaju Pinnick held a meeting with the sports minister Barr. Solomon Dalung on the future of the embattled chief coach.

After Nigerians and football lovers criticized the Delta born coach for not appreciating his job by calling his critics insane, the embattled Super Eagles took to twitter to address the situation..

He Tweeted;

"When I spoke of critics I did not mean the general public of Nigeria! I would never dare refer to my beloved country men as insane!"

 "How dare I insult 170 Million people who I love and have shown me so much love. Please forgive the error of editing! God bless you all."

Since Sunday Oliseh assumed leadership of the Super Eagles following the sack of Stephen Keshi, he has not been short of controversies.

Goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama and Emmanuel Emenike have resigned from the Super Eagles following squabbles with the coach while following the team's exit from the just concluded CHAN, Oliseh blasted the NFF for not properly motivating the players by not paying them their salaries.

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