0:00
three-man panel of justices at the
0:02
federal court of appeal in Anugu state
0:04
have upheld the decision of the lower
0:06
high court that had earlier sentenced a
0:08
staff of guarantee trust bank GT bank on
0:12
Yakuchi in Wosu to 7 years imprisonment
0:15
in line with the enacted Nigeria law of
0:17
failed banks or recovery of debts and
0:20
financial malpractices act which the
0:22
convict fraudulently used the property
0:24
of one Mrs adabimpe foluk to apply and
0:28
disperse 50 million naira loan into the
0:30
savings account of GT bank customer and
0:33
withdrew 40 million naira of the money
0:36
from the beneficial savings account for
0:38
his personal use this is coming at a
0:41
critical period many Nigerians are
0:43
doubting the credibility and integrity
0:45
of GT Bank management after a popular
0:48
human rights activist Martins Vincent Os
0:51
aka Vidman was arrested last Friday at
0:54
the exist gate of GT Bank branch in
0:57
Abuja by the economic and financial
0:59
crimes commission EFCC when the activist
1:03
went with his mother to seek
1:04
clarification over apparent unauthorized
1:07
constant savings withdrawals as loan
1:09
repayments from his mother's savings
1:11
asset with the bank with the activist
1:13
mother saying she never took loan from
1:15
the bank and EFCC arresting and
1:18
releasing Vid Darkman after almost 5
1:20
days in detention without specifically
1:22
stating the alleged offense or offenses
1:25
committed by the activist may have
1:26
created room for some level of
1:28
insinuations in certain quarters that
1:31
sees GT bank management as people
1:33
probably using the state security assets
1:35
to commit act of criminal intimidation
1:38
and oppression of complainers to cover
1:40
up the bank suspected loan fraud and
1:43
malpractices according to EFCC news
1:46
release made available about an hour ago
1:49
the Anugu division of the Court of
1:50
Appeal has upheld the conviction and 7
1:53
years prison sentence of one on Yakuchi
1:56
Inosu a former employee of Guaranty
1:58
Trust Bank for his commission of over 50
2:00
million naira 50 million naira loan
2:03
fraud inosu was prosecuted by the Enugu
2:07
zonal directorate of the economic and
2:09
financial crimes commission EFCC on a
2:12
9-count charge bordering on forgery and
2:15
obtaining by false pretense to the tune
2:17
of 50 million naira and was convicted
2:19
and sentenced by justice
2:22
arrogy of federal high court sitting in
2:25
Independence layout Anugu on January
2:29
2021 the convict who was an account
2:32
officer of one anuso Shindu owner of
2:35
Fluxy Aluminum Odo Products Limited used
2:38
a forged document titled an application
2:41
to mortgage consent to mortgage and
2:43
tripartite legal mortgage to deceive GTB
2:46
into believing that one Mrs adamimp
2:48
Foluk pledged her property as collateral
2:51
for the said loan to Fluxy Aluminium Odo
2:54
Products Limited investigations revealed
2:57
that he benefited 40 million naira from
2:59
the fraudulent act by directly
3:01
withdrawing it from the account of
3:03
flocky aluminium odo products limited in
3:06
the course of his trial prosecution
3:09
council assistant commander of the EFCC
3:12
a two main forced called four witnesses
3:15
and tended 16 exhibits which were
3:17
admitted in evidences exhibit EFCC
3:21
1-6 at the end of the trial Justice
3:24
Agogori held that the EFCC proved its
3:27
case beyond reasonable doubt and
3:29
convicted and sentenced in Wosu
3:31
accordingly dissatisfied with the
3:33
judgment the convict approached the
3:35
appeal court praying it to set aside the
3:38
judgment of the trial court while Eku
3:40
the prosecution council prayed the court
3:42
to uphold the judgment of the high court
3:44
and dismiss the appeal on the grounds
3:46
that the prosecution proved its case
3:48
beyond reasonable doubt the court of
3:51
appeals set aside the convictions from
3:53
the trial court on counts 1 to 8 but
3:55
upheld that on count nine count nine of
3:58
the charge reads that you on yakuchi in
4:01
Wosu sometime in September 2010 in Enugu
4:05
within the jurisdiction of the Federal
4:07
High Court of Nigeria while being an
4:10
officer of Guarantee Trust Bank and
4:12
being connected with the grant of loan
4:15
knowingly processed and facilitated the
4:17
grant loan of 50 million naira 50
4:20
million naira 0.0 0 to Flocky Aluminum
4:23
Odo Products Limited received the sum of
4:26
40 million naira 40 million naira 0.0 O
4:29
as personal gratification out of the
4:32
said loan after it was granted thereby
4:34
committed an offense contrary to section
4:37
151 E and punishable under section 161
4:41
of the failed banks recovery of debts
4:44
and financial malpractices in banks act
4:47
cap F2 laws of the federation of Nigeria
4:51
in a unanimous judgment of a
4:52
three-member panel of the appeal court
4:55
delivered by justice seab bee Abu Bakr
4:58
the court of appeal appeal held that the
4:59
evidence of the first prosecution
5:01
witness PW1 corroborated the confession
5:04
of the appellant that he collected 40
5:06
million naira from the loan sum of 50
5:09
million naira granted to the third
5:11
respondent flocky aluminum odo products
5:14
limited the appellant has admitted that
5:16
he collected 40 million naira from the
5:18
loans sum which has proved the last
5:21
ingredient of the offense against the
5:23
appellent consequently the conviction of
5:26
the appellant on this count nine of the
5:28
charge charge by the trial court was in
5:29
order in my humble view the court said
5:33
it would be recalled that we had
5:34
reported that the Nigeria
5:36
Anti-Corruption Police Economic and
5:38
Financial Crimes Commission EFCC may
5:41
have failed to state the alleged crime
5:44
or crimes committed by a human rights
5:46
activist Martins Vincent aka Vidman
5:50
since 5 days over 120 hours the
5:53
anti-corruption police arrested him in
5:55
Abuja when he went with his mother to GT
5:58
Bank to get clarification from the bank
6:01
over constant apparent unauthorized
6:04
withdrawals affected by the bank on the
6:06
woman's savings account although Varied
6:09
Darkman was arrested alongside his
6:10
friend Steven Avuara aka CPAC but
6:13
according to the statement issued by the
6:15
activist lawyers legal chamber Deji
6:18
Adanganju and partners Steven Avuara was
6:21
released shortly after he was arrested
6:23
on Friday with the chamber insisting
6:25
that desert on Tuesday e FCC have not
6:28
been able to state the crime or crimes
6:30
their client Vid Darkman committed
6:32
rather as it on Monday four operatives
6:35
of the EFCC engaged the human rights
6:38
activist in hours long questions that
6:41
borders on why he allegedly monetized
6:43
his social media pages his public
6:46
comments about a gospel musician his tax
6:49
records and his source of income this
6:51
apparently authenticated the BBC report
6:54
that the EFCC confirmed to it that Vid
6:57
Darkman was arrested and detained for
6:59
cyber talking a BBC report which EFCC
7:02
swiftly launched media war against the
7:05
British media tagging the BBC report as
7:08
a fake news and in retaliation the BBC
7:11
pigeon replied EFCC with a post that its
7:14
report is correct and undoubtedly the
7:16
crime of cyberalking may not be the duty
7:18
of the EFCC as such is apparently the
7:21
constitutional responsibility of the
7:23
Nigeria Police Force and if true that
7:26
the human rights activist was detained
7:28
for cyber talking it shows that the
7:30
country ruling political party the All
7:32
Progressives Congress APC may have
7:35
questions to answer the APC had earlier
7:38
issued threat message to the human
7:40
rights activist after the activist
7:42
called the Nigeria Senate President
7:44
God's Will Actio out over the Senate
7:47
President traveling to Rome in Italy to
7:49
attend Pope Francis burial while almost
7:52
daily killings and unabated high level
7:54
of insecurity are observed in several
7:57
states in the West Africa country and
7:59
furthermore EFCC in a statement on
8:02
Tuesday only issued an apparent vague
8:04
statement that he received series of
8:06
petitions against the activists as a way
8:09
to try to justify why the human rights
8:11
activist was arrested and detained but
8:14
the anti-corruption commission probably
8:16
could not make any reasonable allegation
8:19
against the human rights defender even
8:21
when the commission confirmed in the
8:23
statement that it has been investigating
8:25
the allegations filed against Darkman
8:28
before the activist was arrested in a
8:30
commandoike style at the exit gate of GT
8:32
bank we have reported that there is
8:35
apparent tension in Nigeria over the
8:37
arrest of a popular human rights
8:39
activist Martins Vincent aka Vid Darkman
8:43
or VDM who was allegedly seized by
8:45
Nigeria security operatives in a manner
8:48
that have kept many wondering suspecting
8:50
acts of oppression and intimidation
8:52
based on threats issued by the ruling
8:55
political party All Progressives
8:57
Congress APC against the human rights
9:00
activist after the activist condemned
9:02
the Nigeria Senate President President
9:04
God's will Actio for traveling to
9:06
Vatican in Italy to attend Pope Francis
9:09
burial ceremony while he said the Senate
9:12
President has failed to visit states
9:14
where almost daily burial ceremonies are
9:16
often held in some states like Plateau
9:19
Bonu Quir Anugu and Ogan states where
9:22
gunman bandits are killing the Senate
9:25
President fellow citizens in large
9:27
numbers unabated in recent time in
9:30
Nigeria and angered by the talks the APC
9:33
South South zonal organizing secretary
9:36
blessing Agbomb here issued 7 days
9:38
ultimatum to Bidman to apologize to the
9:41
Senate President who led fiveman federal
9:44
government delegation to Rome to attend
9:46
the late Catholic head funeral ceremony
9:48
but immediately Vidman in a video issued
9:51
the public apology to the victims of
9:53
insecurity in the West Africa country
9:56
and in the video he further accused and
9:58
condemned the Senate President and other
10:00
Nigeria leaders for being insensitivity
10:03
to their institutional responsibilities
10:05
of protecting lives saying insecurity
10:09
killing hundreds of people often in
10:11
Nigeria is as a result of leadership
10:13
failure on the part of the Senate
10:15
President and members of the Bola Ahmed
10:17
Tonubuled government and surprisingly
10:20
Deji Adanju the lawyer to the activist
10:23
said that Vid Darkman was arrested at
10:25
Guaranty Trust Bank GTB in Abuja on
10:28
Friday in a more dehumanizing manner and
10:31
after he was trapped at the exit door at
10:33
the GTB premises for 5 minutes some
10:36
security operatives came and cover his
10:38
face with a black cloth before he was
10:40
led away and for more than 48 hours
10:43
Nigeria authority is yet to issue
10:46
statement over the arrest of the human
10:48
rights activist who had on Friday went
10:50
with her mother to the GTB bank to get
10:53
clarification over the unauthorized
10:55
withdrawals constantly done on his
10:57
mother savings account after the
10:59
activist suspected that someone may have
11:01
used his mother national identification
11:03
number nin to take loan from the GTB
11:10
hundreds of passengers ran out of two
11:12
planes on Tuesday early morning night at
11:14
San Francisco International Airport in
11:17
the untied states after United Airlines
11:20
flight Boeing 877 heading to Hong Kong
11:22
kissed the wing of another United
11:24
Airlines flight 863 destined for Sydney
11:27
in Australia with some level of damages
11:30
to both aircrafts while on ground
11:32
operations preparing for takeoff forcing
11:35
almost half a thousand passengers inside
11:37
the two large air carriers to deplane
11:40
and according to the US Federal Aviation
11:42
Administration FAA the incident did not
11:45
cause harm to any of those on board the
11:47
planes this the United Airlines saying
11:50
it has removed the two planes from
11:52
services to enable the aircraft engineer
11:55
diagnosed the level of damages and
11:57
recommend appropriately for their
11:58
repairs fazat News Media stated that in
12:02
the early morning hours at San Francisco
12:05
International Airport a moment of
12:07
unexpected chaos unfolded as two United
12:11
777s massive machines carrying the hopes
12:14
and plans of hundreds of passengers
12:16
collided on the tarmac the incident
12:19
which occurred during routine ground
12:21
operations left travelers shaken but
12:24
unharmed and cast a spotlight on the
12:26
intricate dance of aircraft movements at
12:28
one of the nation's busiest airports
12:31
united Flight 877 bound for Hong Kong
12:35
and United Flight 863 destined for
12:38
Sydney became the center of attention as
12:40
their wing tips grazed in a jarring
12:42
encounter that halted both journeys
12:44
before they could begin the collision
12:46
took place shortly after dawn as flight
12:49
877 was being pushed back from its gate
12:52
a standard procedure where a tug vehicle
12:54
maneuvers the aircraft away from the
12:56
terminal at the same time flight 863 was
13:00
taxiing nearby navigating the complex
13:03
network of taxiways that crisscross the
13:05
airport the two planes both Boeing
13:10
777300 made contact in a slow but
13:12
forceful scrape leaving visible damage
13:15
to their wing tips passengers aboard
13:17
both aircraft some of whom were
13:19
preparing for longhaul international
13:21
flights experienced a moment of
13:23
confusion as the planes came to an
13:25
abrupt stop san Francisco International
13:29
Airport a hub for United Airlines is no
13:32
stranger to the highstakes choreography
13:34
of ground operations with planes moving
13:37
like pieces on a chessboard the margin
13:40
for error is razor thin yet this
13:43
incident underscored the challenges of
13:45
managing such operations under pressure
13:48
ground crews and emergency responders
13:50
acted swiftly cordoning off the area to
13:53
assess the damage and ensure the safety
13:57
remarkably no injuries were reported a
14:00
testament to the protocols in place and
14:02
the quick response of airport personnel
14:05
united Airlines in a statement released
14:07
shortly after the incident expressed
14:10
regret for the disruption to passengers
14:12
plans and emphasized its unwavering
14:14
commitment to safety the airline
14:16
confirmed that both aircraft were
14:18
removed from service for detailed
14:20
inspections a process likely to involve
14:23
engineers pouring over every inch of the
14:25
damaged wing tips to determine the
14:27
extent of repairs needed for passengers
14:30
the cancellations meant rebooking on
14:32
later flights with some facing delays of
14:34
several hours or more as United
14:36
scrambled to accommodate them on
14:38
alternative routes cnn reported that the
14:41
incident occurred for the second time in
14:44
less than a month the incident occurred
14:46
about 12:30 a.m local time in an area
14:50
where air traffic controllers do not
14:52
communicate with flight crews the FAA
14:54
added "No injuries occurred and
14:57
passengers on both planes deplained
14:59
normally." A United Airlines
15:01
spokesperson said in a statement "We are
15:04
working with our customers to rebook
15:06
them on other flights the FAA also is
15:09
investigating an incident last month at
15:11
Ronald Reagan Washington National
15:13
Airport involving two American Airlines
15:16
regional jets that bumped wings the wing
15:19
tip of American Airlines flight 5490
15:22
struck American Airlines flight 4522 on
15:25
a taxiway around 12:45 pagem the FAA
15:30
said in a statement "Flight 5490 was
15:33
headed to Charleston South Carolina
15:35
while flight 4522 was headed to JFK
15:39
International Airport in New York with
15:41
seven members of Congress on board the
15:44
April incident came as the Washington
15:46
airport is coping with a series of
15:48
recent incidents including a mid-air
15:50
collision in January that left 67 people
15:53
dead and a military flyover in March
15:55
that came dangerously close to a
15:57
departing plane the latter prompted a
16:00
federal investigation focusing on an air
16:02
traffic control communications breakdown
16:09
report Carno State Command of the
16:11
Nigeria Police Force has arrested an
16:14
18-year-old woman sounded gibberil for
16:16
allegedly killing her husband Salisu
16:18
Idras by thus cutting his throat with a
16:21
knife while he was asleep on Tuesday
16:23
early morning night at Ferawa community
16:25
in Kambzo local government area of Kano
16:28
state barely 9 days after they held
16:31
their wedding ceremony according to a
16:33
statement issued by the command
16:35
spokesperson SP Abdulahi Haruna Kayawa
16:39
the incident occurred at about 12:35 a.m
16:42
in Farawa quarters of Kambzo local
16:44
government area the suspect Saud is
16:47
accused of slitting the throat of her
16:49
30-year-old husband Sissu Idrris with a
16:52
sharp knife while he was reportedly
16:54
asleep upon receiving the report the
16:57
commissioner of police CP Ibrahim Adamu
17:00
Bakori PhD swiftly deployed a team of
17:04
detectives to the scene the statement
17:06
reads "The victim was rushed to Aminu
17:09
Caro Teaching Hospital where he was
17:11
confirmed dead by medical personnel."
17:14
The suspect is currently in custody at
17:16
the Criminal Investigation Department
17:18
SID homicide section and police say she
17:21
will be charged to court for the offense
17:23
of culpable homicide
17:25
while the motive behind the killing
17:27
remains unclear the police confirmed
17:29
that investigations are ongoing the
17:32
commissioner of police condemned the act
17:34
emphasizing the command's zero tolerance
17:36
for violence and criminal activity in
17:39
the state we will not tolerate any form
17:41
of violence or criminality in Carno
17:44
state cp Vakori stated "The command is
17:48
committed to conducting thorough
17:49
investigations to ensure justice is
17:52
served." According to Wicker Times a
17:55
news media with special focus on
17:57
northern Nigeria communities the
17:59
incident which occurred late Monday
18:01
night has sent shock waves through the
18:03
neighborhood witnesses said Saudi lured
18:06
her husband into a fatal trap by asking
18:08
him to close his eyes for a surprise
18:11
before slitting his throat with a knife
18:14
a neighbor and eyewitness Deini Mada
18:16
told Wicker Times that Sissu managed to
18:19
identify his wife as the attacker before
18:21
succumbing to his injuries later in the
18:23
hospital i asked him who did this to you
18:26
he said "Deie it's my wife who stabbed
18:29
my neck with a knife in the parlor." She
18:32
asked me to close my eyes so that she
18:34
would surprise me but I didn't know that
18:37
she had hidden her knife somewhere she
18:39
cut me in the neck deini narrated his
18:42
conversation with late Sissu shortly
18:44
after the incident he added "We met that
18:47
very night and said good night to each
18:49
other he entered his house and I entered
18:52
mine." Like 10 minutes later his mom
18:55
whose house is attached to her son's own
18:58
called me and said some people attacked
19:00
Cissu but on reaching there we found
19:03
that his throat was slit the suspected
19:06
killer wife reportedly locked herself in
19:08
a bedroom and was discovered by police
19:10
during a search she was on the phone
19:13
when police arrived and they arrested
19:15
her we did not even know that she was
19:18
still in the house the witness stated
19:21
according to Deie a close friend of the
19:23
deceased disclosed that the couple had
19:25
unresolved tensions that only a few
19:27
close allies of the victim are aware of
19:30
despite their pre-wedding affection she
19:33
refused to consummate the marriage and
19:34
often declined to cook for him on the
19:37
night of the murder Sissu purchased
19:39
Burassa and meat for dinner after she
19:41
again failed to prepare a meal he noted
19:44
that she appeared normal to all people
19:46
in the neighborhood sometimes they go to
19:49
their family house and return together
19:51
because it's close by family members
19:53
confirmed the victim was rushed to the
19:55
hospital but died shortly afterward his
19:58
brother Tanamuidas said he has been
20:01
buried according to Islamic rights
20:04
meanwhile a wedding invitation card made
20:07
available online indicated that the
20:09
couple married on April 27th 2025 at the
20:13
Ferawa community in Carno State in
20:16
another related case of homicide in the
20:18
state the Carno State Police Command has
20:21
arrested a 20-year-old man who killed
20:23
another with a sharp cuddlas with
20:25
multiple injuries inflicted on the
20:27
victim's body in a tweet on its exocial
20:30
media handle the police command said the
20:33
Carno State Police Command has arrested
20:35
one Ali Yu Umar a 20-year-old male who
20:38
attacked one Shahu Muhammad a
20:41
30-year-old male at his residence with a
20:43
sharp cubless and inflicted multiple
20:45
injuries on his body the victim was
20:48
rushed to the hospital for medical
20:50
attention where he was pronounced dead
20:57
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