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IX Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) officials and 16 others from some commercial banks are to face trial for alleged N8 billion fraud, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said yesterday. The suspects, the agency alleged, stole and recirculated defaced and mutilated currencies. A statement by the Head of Media and Publicity of EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said: “The suspects drawn from various business units of the apex bank are to be arraigned by the anti-graft agency before a Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, from Tuesday June 2, 2015 to Thursday June 4, 2015. “They include Patience Okoro Eye (Abuja), Afolabi Olufemi (Lagos), Kolawole Babalola (Ibadan), Olaniran Muniru Adeola (Ibadan), Fatai Yusuf, Adekunle (Head, Security, CBN, (Ibadan) and Ilori Adekunle Sunday (Akure). “The remaining 16 suspects are drawn from various commercial banks who were found to have conspired with the CBN executives to swing the heist. “All the suspects who are currently in the custody of the EFCC are now ruing the day they literally allowed greed and craze for materialism to becloud their sense of judgment and responsibility, when they elected to help themselves to tons of defaced Naira notes. “ Instead of carrying out the statutory instruction to destroy the currency, they substituted it with newspapers neatly cut to Naira sizes and proceeded to recycle the defaced and mutilated currency. “The fraud is partly to blame for the Continued on page 4
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WILL THE CHIBOK GIRLS KIDNAPPED ON APRIL 15, LAST YEAR EVER RETURN?
•Name: Fatai A. Yusuf Offence: Conspiracy, abuse of office and stealing Date: 5/11/2014
•Name: Afolabi Olufemi Johnson Offence: Alleged case of conspiracy, abuse of office and stealing Date: 08/01/2015
•Name: Patience Okoro Eye Offence: Alleged case of conspiracy, abuse of office and stealing Date: 08/01/2015
•Name: Olaniran Muniru Adeolu Offence: Conspiracy, abuse of office and stealing Date: 6/11/2014
•Name: Kolawole Babalola Offence: Conspiracy, abuse of office and stealing Date: 05/11/2014
•Name: Ilori Adekunle Sunday Offence: Alleged case of conspiracy, abuse of office and stealing Date: 08/01/2015
RESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari last night appointed his spokesmen in the first set of appointments made by his administration. Managing Director/ Editor-in-Chief of The Sun Mr. Femi Adesina is Special Adviser (Media and Publicity). Mallam Garba Shehu is Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity). The President also appointed Mallam Lawal Abdullahi Kazaure as the State Chief of Protocol (SCOP). Adesina was re-elected President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) last month after serving out a two-year first term. He started his 28-year career in newspapering at the Vanguard as a feature writer before joining ConContinued on page 4
Why Constitution amendment deal collapsed
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ORMER President Goodluck Jonathan could not assent to constitution amendments because of the collapse of talks between the Federal Government’s team and the National Assembly, it was learnt yesterday. The National Assembly could not
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abide by the terms of the agreement by both parties. The Assembly was also unable to satisfy the constitutional provisions which could make the former President to sign the amendments into
law. But with five working days left for the 7th National Assembly to wind up, the principal officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives are in a dilemma on Continued on page 4
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