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Benue APC Crisis: Court of Appeal dismisses case against Agada
The Court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi Benue State, Thursday dismissed the Appeal filed by Moses Agaba against the Benue State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrd.Austin Agada.
The appeal was filed challenging the ruling of the Chief Judge of Benue State, Justice Maurice Ikpambese which declared the lifespan of an interim injunction against Agada, abated.
Recall that Justice Lilian Tsumba as the number 2 Judge in Aliade issued an interim injunction restraining Agada from parading himself as the Chairman of APC in Benue State on the ground that he had been allegedly suspended by his Ihaje Ward 1 Exco of the party and adjourned the case to 12/2/2024 for hearing of Motion for Interlocutory Injunction.
The state chairman quickly petitioned Justice Tsumba which prompted the Chief Judge to recall the file.
On the return date of 12/2/2024, counsel to Moses Agaba abandoned their Motion for Injunction and asked for a date to enable them to respond to an Application for the setting aside of the Interim Injunction filed by the State Legal Adviser of the APC, M.T. Alyebo Esq.
At this juncture, the attention of the Chief Judge was drawn to the fact that by Order 39 of the Rules of Court, the lifespan of the Interim Injunction is 7 days and as of 12/2/2024, the injunction had lapsed.
Ruling, Justice Ikpambses deprecated the conduct of the lawyer who filed the case in Aliade instead of Makurdi and deprecated Justice Tsumba for assuming jurisdiction when the case was not assigned to her by either the CJ or the most senior Judge in Aliade.
He declared the lifespan of the injunction abated and nullified all appointments made on the strength of the said Injunction.
Dissatisfied, Moses Agaba approached the Court of Appeal challenging the ruling.
When the Appeal came up Thursday, S D. Swem and others appeared for the Appellant while the State Legal Adviser, M. T. Alyebo appeared for the Respondent.
In a considered Judgement, the Court of Appeal dismissed the Appeal holding that from whichever angle one looks at the case, the Appellant did not address the main issue which is the lifespan of the Interim Injunction granted by Tsumba.
The Court ruled that the Appeal is therefore lacking in substance and merit. It is hereby dismissed.
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Akran of Badagry is dead, aged 89
The demise of the monarch marks the end of his 48-year reign on the throne, making him one of the longest-serving traditional rulers in Lagos State.
Photo: Akran of Badagry, De Wheno Aholu Menu-Toyi
The traditional ruler of the Badagry local government area in Lagos State, the Akran of Badagry, De Wheno Aholu Menu-Toyi, is dead, aged 89.
The demise of the monarch marks the end of his 48-year reign on the throne, making him one of the longest-serving traditional rulers in Lagos State.
According to the palace, the Akran was pronounced dead by medical experts, after a brief illness, and the traditional rites for his burial have gradually commenced.
Residents of Badagry, who are currently mourning the loss of their revered monarch, described his death as a heavy blow, noting that the town has lost not just a king but a father figure whose wisdom, counsel and presence brought reassurance in moments of uncertainty.
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Osun sues UBA, officials to court over illegal LG accounts
They were specifically accused of allowing the opening, operation and maintenance of accounts for each of the local government councils “by unknown private individuals as signatories…
• Map of Osun State
The Osun State Government has instituted a criminal case against United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) and four of its top officials over alleged illegal opening of local government accounts.
Tribune newspaper reported that the Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, has fixed January 30 for the hearing of the case, marked Charge No: MOS/601c/2025.
The defendants in the suit are: the UBA Plc, its Group Managing Director, Mr Oliver Alawuba, the Company Secretary and Group Legal Adviser, Mr Billy Odum and the Deputy Managing Director, Mr Chukwuma Nweke.
In the charge sheet, the government filed the 31-count charge against the bank and its officials, with each count relating to alleged infractions involving opening of bank accounts for the state’s 30 local government councils.
In count one, the prosecution alleged that the defendants, on or about December 9, 2025, and on subsequent days, at UBA’S Osun State branch office located in the Olonkoro area of Osogbo, conspired to commit a felony by opening, operating and maintaining what it described as illegal Osun State Local Government Council accounts.
The alleged offence, the charge stated, occurred within the Osogbo Magisterial District and is said to be contrary to and punishable under Section 516 of the Criminal Code, Cap 34, Volume 2, Laws of Osun State of Nigeria, 2002.
They were specifically accused of allowing the opening, operation and maintenance of accounts for each of the local government councils “by unknown private individuals as signatories” after the Local Government Service Commission had introduced to the defendants, Directors of Administration and General Services and Directors of Finance of all the local governments as signatories to the councils’ statutory accounts “and thereby committed an offence contrary to Sections 2 and 3 (1) and (2), and punishable under Section 5(1) and (2) of Osun State Local Government Accounts Administration Law, 2025.”
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Umahi: We’re not tolling Third Mainland Bridge
Umahi affirmed this during inauguration of the N40 billion Closed Circuit Television Camera Centre on the Third Mainland Bridge, the previous day.
• Third Mainland Bridge
The Minister of Works Senator Dave Umahi has confirmed that the Federal Government has no plan to toll the rehabilitated Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos.
Umahi affirmed this during inauguration of the N40 billion Closed Circuit Television Camera Centre on the Third Mainland Bridge, the previous day.
He said : “We will not engage construction on this bridge because it will entail static load on the bridge.
“It is also within the town, so it will introduce many bottlenecks; that is why we are not tolling this bridge,” he said.
Umahi said that security would be handled by the police, noting that the 11-kilometre bridge would have a five-minute response time.
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