Woman gets three-year sentence for drug trafficking
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Woman gets three-year sentence for drug trafficking
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday sentenced a 35-year-old woman, Sikirat Jimoh, to three years in prison for drug trafficking.
Jimoh, a Nigerian resident in Ghana, was arraigned on February 12 on a one-count charge of dealing in Cannabis Sativa (Indian hemp).
She had pleaded guilty to the charge and Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke adjourned the suit for sentencing.
Delivering judgment, Aneke sentenced the convict to three years imprisonment, without an option of fine.
“Following the plea of the accused, she is hereby found guilty as charged.
“The convict is accordingly sentenced to three years imprisonment, beginning from the date of her arrest,” he said.
The judge also ordered the drug exhibits to be destroyed.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the prosecutor, Mr. Jeremiah Aernan, had told the court that the convict who resides at New Town, in Accra, Ghana, was arrested on October 7, 2013.
Aernan said the convict was apprehended by Custom officers at the Sarki checkpoint in Oyo, at about 10:00pm, during a routine stop and search exercise of cars.
He said the convict, who was on board a white Peugeot Station Wagon Car, was arrested when about 28 parcels of compressed dried weeds were recovered from her possession.
He said the substance weighed about 27 kilogrammes.
According to the prosecutor, the driver of the vehicle immediately escaped into the bush, while the woman was arrested.
Aernan told the court that the Nigerian Custom Service, Ikeja, eventually transferred the case to the office of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on October 9, 2013, for prosecution.
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Why We Handed Hospitals, Schools To Missionaries – Obi
Why We Handed Hospitals, Schools To Missionaries – Obi
— February 25, 2014
The Anambra state governor, Peter Obi has explained that the state government decided to hand over the running of health and education sector of the state to missionaries because they have proved to be excellent managers
He disclosed that international organisations who visited the state had applauded the government for providing health facilities but frowned at the attitude of the workers. He explained that this prompted the decision of the state government to hand over the running of those sectors to the missionaries.
The governor who spoke in Abuja when he led the governor elect, Willie Obiano on a courtesy visit to the society for family health (SFH) said the state government had achieved 90 per cent success in its immunization programme.
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Factional Governors’ Forum Says Sanusi’s Suspension Is Breach Of Constitution
In a meeting that took place in Abuja and ended in the early hours of Tuesday, the governors said the suspension appeared aimed at diverting focus from the allegations of corruption and the missing 20 billion dollars from the accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
In the resolutions read by the chairman, Governor Chibuike Amaechi, the forum also joined the call for a forensic audit of the NNPC’s account.
“The suspension of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria by the president is a clear breach of the Nigerian constitution and the CBN Act of 2007.
“It is a diversion form the current national discourse on the allegations of corruption and questionable accountability of the NNPC.
“We support the call by the Minister of Finance Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the Senate Committee on Finance for a forensic audit of the NNPC’s account.”
Governor Ameachi and other governors deplored what they called a deliberate refusal of the presidency to convene the National Economic Council meeting for the past seven months.
“The refusal of the president to convene a national Economic Council meeting has hindered the constitutional opportunity to discuss the perilous sate of the Nigerian Economy thus plunging the nation into economic and political crises,” governor Ameachi said, reading from the resolutions.
They called on the Judiciary to expedite action on the hearing of constitutional cases, especially the case of the excess crude account and the illegal deductions on oil subsidy.
The forum also took positions on the issue of increasing insecurity in the north east where the Boko Haram sect had carried out several attacks recently.
The governors called on the Federal Government to wake up to its responsibility of protecting lives and property in the country especially in the north east.
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Large turnout in Plateau council polls
A large turnout of voters has been reported in Pankshin, Kanke, Mangu, and Bokkos, as voters in Plateau elect local council officials.
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria, covering the exercise in the central senatorial district, reports that many voters had formed queues in several polling units as early as 7.15 am.
NAN also observed that among the voters were the aged, and young, some of whom said they were delighted to vote for the first time.
At Sharam polling unit in Ampang Ward ‘A’ of Kanke Local Government voting started as early as 9.30am, contrary to the PLASIEC electoral law that stipulated that the exercise should start at 12 noon.
According to the law, accreditation was expected to last till 12 pm, with voting starting thereafter.
But Mr Bako Zabe, PLASIEC presiding officer of the unit, who spoke to NAN at 10.54 am, said voting commenced early because accreditation had started before 8 am.
“We completed accreditation before 9.30 am and did not think we should keep waiting for hours because most of the voters, as you can see, are old people,” he said.
He said it was agreed by general consensus that the election should start as quickly as possible to allow people to return home and go about their normal activities.
The presiding officer, however, explained that late comers would be accredited and allowed to vote up till 3 pm, when the exercise was expected to close.
One of the voters at the polling unit, Prof Nenfort Gomwalk, a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos, told NAN that he was very impressed with the conduct of the exercise.
“I am very impressed with the preparations; as you can see the process is very peaceful and orderly.
“I think the electoral body prepared very well and this is very impressive,” he said.
NAN reports that the situation was similar at Kabir RCM polling unit of Pada Ward of Kanke Local Government, where voting commenced before 10 am.
The Presiding officer, Mr Musuka Daniel, told NAN that accreditation and voting were taking place simultaneously.
“Because of the high turnout and the fact that we did not start the accreditation at 8 am as expected, we decided to combine the accreditation and voting to save time and also help the aged that had waited for long,” he said.
He said the process was smooth as the people were ready and anxious to vote.
NAN reports that only 15 of the state’s 17 local governments are participating in the exercise after Jos North and Wase were excluded for security reasons.
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