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Igbinedion's Son in-law drags Esama of Benin to court

Posted by Paul "EFCC" Hawk Adams on February 14, 2011 at 8:08pm
Son in-law drags Igbinedion to court


BY GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE

BENIN - THE Esama of Benin Kingdom, Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion has been dragged before a Benin High Court by his son in-law, Prince Avan Akenzua 11 over an alleged illegal breaking and entry into his house and removed property worth millions of Naira.

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Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion and Son-in-Law
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Also sued along with Chief Igbinedion is one Collins Igbinudu.

The plaintiff in a 5-paragraph statement of claim is urging the court to order the defendants, their servants, and agents, privies to return his safe, jewelries of inestimable value (coral beads, diamond, gold of classical orient) and artifacts.

Prince Avan who is also the son to the Enogie of Uyiekpen Akenzua, junior bother to Omo N' Oba Erediauwa, also prayed the court to order the defendants to refund the sum of 200,000 pounds sterling, the sum of N9,672,000.00, WAEC certificate, University Degree Certificate, NYSC Certificate, original copies of Certificates of Occupancy of land as well as N500,000,000.00 as general damages, grave embarrassment, trauma and humiliation.

When the case up for mentioning weekend, Counsel to Chief Igbinedion, Mr. Dan Okoh informed the court that he had filed notice of extension of time as he was recently briefed on the case.

He also prayed the court to give him within seven days to file his statement of defence.

However, counsel to the plaintiff, Mr. Pedro Egharevba while not opposing his application, said that the defence counsel must conform to the time frame and demanded for cost.

The trial Judge, Justice Alero Eruaga while urging the defendants' counsel to file his statement of defence within seven days. Awarded a N1000.00 cost against the defendants.

In a related development, Prince Avan Akenzua 11, is also seeking the dissolution of the marriage contracted between himself and the daughter of Chief Gabriel Igbinedion,Omosede Gabriella Igbinedion- Akenzua on 13rd September, 2008 in Benin- City.

The plaintiff in a petition filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja by his counsel, Alexander Oketa Esq. of Festus Keyamo Chambers, is seeking the dissolution of the marriage on ground of cruelty on part of the respondent, Omosede Gabriella Igbinedion- Akenzua, that the marriage has broken down irretrievably, as the desertion for at least one year.

Plaintiff is also sought the court's order to take possession of the only single male chic of the marriage , Prince Avan Amafidon Akenzua 11 at the age of nine, so as to bring him up in a godly way even as he pleaded to take responsibility of the child before the said age.

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Ebonyi SSG drags journalist to court over sex story

Posted by Paul "EFCC" Hawk Adams on May 25, 2010 at 8:10pm
ABAKALIKI — EBONYI Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mr. Fidelis Mbam, has dragged the publisher of Golden Truth Newspaper, a local tabloid based in the state, Mr. James Nwite, to an Abakaliki Magistrate Court for the publisher’s intent to investigate a story which alleged the SSG to be involved in a sex escapade.

Though the publisher was granted bail in the sum of N100,000 with a surety and four passport photographs, he was detained for four days in Abakaliki Police custody.

The SSG’s ordeal is coming on the heels of a similar clamp down on two journalists in Enugu State who have been detained in Enugu Prisons over a similar sex story allegedly involving the Chief Judge of Enugu State, Mr. Innocent Umezulike.

While Ebonyi SSG’s sex story is alleged to be with his housemaid, Enugu Chief Judge was alleged to have had an affair with a young girl in the house of a popular Enugu-based publisher.

Yet unpublished.

All the journalists involved in both cases were at investigative stages of their stories when they were hounded into police custodies with either stringent bail conditions or no bail applications entertained.

According to Abakaliki Magistrate Court charge sheet, the local tabloid publisher, James Nwite, and one other now at large, on or before 9 April 2010 in Abakaliki did conspire with each other to commit felony to wit: Publishing defamatory matter with intent to extort and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 516A..

When the matter came up for mention at Magistrate Court 4, Nwite pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge and was granted bail.

The presiding Magistrate, Mr. Alobu, later adjourned the matter till 9 June 2010.

Defence counsel speaks

Briefing newsmen immediately after the court session, the counsel to defendant, Mr. Onyeka Nwebonyi, said every Nigerian had the right to go to court to seek redress on any matter, adding that he had not seen any publication by his client on the matter being alleged by the plaintiff.

“I maintain strongly that my client, the defendant, has not committed any offence in the eyes of the law,” he said.
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N1.6m ATM fraud: Customer drags bank to court

Posted by 9jabook.com on December 7, 2009 at 7:33pm
Yejide Gbenga-Ogundare and Omankhanlen Odidison report the plight of a bank customer who alleged that fraudsters stole money from his account with Automated Teller Machine while the bank claimed innocence. advertisement THE increasing cases of fraud perpetrated through automated Teller Machine (ATM) have been causing sleepless nights to virtually all security outfits in Nigeria, bank executives, and especially ordinary Nigerians, operating accounts in various banks. All efforts towards eradicating this crime by banks and security personnel in the country have proved abortive while the problem has defied all solutions proffered by professionals. As a result, ATM fraud continues to thrive in the country. Another disturbing aspect of ATM fraud is the allegation that it could not be possible without the connivance of insiders in the banks, but the link has so far not been authenticated. Also, many syndicates said to have been apprehended by security operatives never paid back what they stole. Many victims have, as a result of this, taken ATM fraud as personal issue to be resolved by individuals involved in the way they deem fit. Akintayo Afolabi Akinbode is one of those victims who had decided to take legal action as a means of recouping his stolen money. What was his solution? He decided to go to court, based on his belief that the bank cannot claim innocence of the fraud perpetrated on his account which he operates in one of its branches in the state. Meanwhile, the lingering altercation between Mr. Akintayo Afolabi Akinbode and Sterling Bank over the unauthorized withdrawals from his account via ATM, has continued unabated with the bank keeping mum. Efforts by the Nigerian Tribune to get the bank’s officials to react to this development proved abortive as they refused to comment. Narrating his ordeal to the Nigerian Tribune in Lagos, Akintayo said, a total sum of N1,630, 300.00, was withdrawn from his account No – 226/20449/110 domiciled in Ikoyi branch of the bank between 18th May and 26th June this year, without his knowledge or notice, stating that efforts to get the bank to redress the anomaly proved abortive. According to him, he operated two accounts at the Ikoyi branch of the bank and was last year issued two ATM cards, though he did not request for any, stating that when he tried to activate the cards, the activation process failed, and he immediately notified the bank. He said that since the cards could not be activated last year, he had neither reactivated nor used it to make withdrawals from his accounts. He further explained that any withdrawal of money that were in excess of N100, 000 from his account were always confirmed through a phone call to him or his wife by one Mrs. Sherifat Adediwin, through mobile phone number 08025019938 or 01- 7301077 before such payments were made. He is still wondering how the said amount was withdrawn from his account without his knowledge. Akintayo, who is already in court, had filed a writ of summons against his bank, Sterling Bank Plc, at the High Court of Lagos State through his counsel, Olaleke Akinloye Esq. to demand for some declarations and orders. He is asking for a declaration of the court that the alleged activation of the ATM card by his bank without his knowledge or notice is illegal; a declaration that all the alleged withdrawals made with the said ATM card between 18th May 2009 and 26th June 2009, without his notice, were illegal; and a declaration that the bank owed him care, by virtue of customer/bank relationship. The bank, he said, had breached the said care by allowing and permitting the usage of an ATM card for withdrawals of his money without his knowledge. Also, he is asking for an order mandating the bank to refund N1, 630, 300, being the total sum of money withdrawn from his account, with 10 per cent interest per month, beginning from 26th June until the money is fully refunded. He is also asking for the sum of N5,000,000 as damages, and N500, 000 as cost of legal action. Akintayo said following the discovery of the unauthorised withdrawals with the ATM card on 26th June this year, he immediately notified his bank that the said ATM card be hot-listed or deactivated, and further transactions on the account be suspended, and immediate commencement of investigations to unravel the masterminds of the said withdrawals be conducted. He, however, claimed that the bank refused to honour his instruction concerning his account. As a result, after the day, a total sum of N75, 000 was still withdrawn from his account with an ATM card. The bank, on their part, decided to write back to Akintayo, denying liability for the unauthorised withdrawals. In his final resolve, Akintayo, through his counsel, claimed that the almost daily withdrawals from his account with ATM, without notifying him, was planned, hatched and executed by his bank, or in collusion with other persons
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