The Head of Protocol of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF Ibrahim Abubakar, 43 was on Wednesday night, killed in an armed robbery attack.
The incident happened in his residence at Kado Estate in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The remains of the deceased will be buried in his hometown, Kaduna today in accordance with Islamic rites.
He is survived by a wife and three sons.
An Abuja Federal High Court on Tuesday ordered the restriction of a former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, to the Abuja Clinics where he has been on admission for an undisclosed ailment.
The presiding judge, Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed also ordered that his son, Abbah Muhammad Bello be remanded in Kuje Prison, Abuja till Thursday when he will rule on their applications for bail.
THE NATION reports that
Bello, his son Ahmed Mohammed Bello and their company BAM Properties are accused of receiving N300m from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA on March 17, 2015 for political campaign under the pretext that it was meant for a housing project named “Safe Houses”.
See the charges against the father and son.
“That you Bello Abba Mohammed, BAM Projects and Properties and Dr. Haliru Bello on or about 17th March 2015 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court took possession of the sum of N300million paid into the account of BAM Projects and Properties Limited with Sterling Bank Plc from the account of the Office of the National Security Adviser with the CBN when you reasonably ought to have known that the said fund formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful activity of Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki(rtd), the then National Security Adviser( to wit: criminal breach of trust and corruption) and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 15(2) (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 as amended in 2012 and punishable under Section (15) (3) of the same Act.
“That you Bello Abba Mohammed, BAM Projects and Properties Limited and Dr. Haliru Bello on or about 17th March 2015 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court converted the sum of N300million which sum was transferred from the account of the Office of the National Security Adviser with the CBN purporting same to be for “Safe Houses” but which you claimed to have for political campaign and when you reasonably ought to have known that the said fund formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful activity of Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki(rtd), the then National Security Adviser( to wit: criminal breach of trust and corruption) and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 15(2) (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 as amended in 2012 and punishable under Section (15) (3) of the same Act.
“That you Bello Abba Mohammed and BAM Projects and Properties Limited on or about 17th March 2015 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did retain the sum of N300million on behalf of Dr. Haliru Bello and Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (rtd), the former Chairman of PDP and National Security Adviser respectively by concealing the said sum in your account with Sterling Bank Plc when you knew the said Dr. Haliru Bello and Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki(rtd) to be engaged in a criminal conduct to wit: theft of public fund for a political activity and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 17(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 as amended in 2012 and punishable under Section (17) (b) of the same Act.
“That you Bello Abba Mohammed, BAM Projects and Properties Limited and Dr. Haliru Bello on or about 17th March 2015 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did conspire to launder the sum of N300million which sum you claimed to have received for political campaign and when you reasonably ought to have known that the said fund formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful activity of Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki(rtd), the then National Security Adviser( to wit: criminal breach of trust and corruption) and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 18(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 as amended in 2012 and punishable under Section (15) (3) of the same Act.”
Feelers from the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in Abuja indicate that a former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Tony Anenih has written to the commission to explain how he distributed the N260m paid into his account from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA.
A reputable source at the anti graft agency told THE NATION that :
“Chief Tony Anenih has written the EFCC on how he disbursed N260million from ONSA to various groups including a team being coordinated by Tanko Yakassai.
“Anenih specifically indicated in the letter that N63million was given to Yakassai’s group. He mentioned a few others whose identities we will not disclose until our investigation has reached an appreciable stage.
“We will unveil the names of all the beneficiaries of the N260million soon. But we are at a level that we need to invite Yakassai to shed more light on why his group was allocated N63million arms funds.”
The source hinted that Anenih would be invited for a chat with the EFCC over the N260m.
Abujacitynews learnt that among the charges against former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki and a former ONSA Director of Finance and Administration, Shaibu Salisu is the transfer of N260million to Chief Anenih.
In the said charge, the EFCC alleged:
“That you Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki whilst being National Security Adviser and Shaibu Salisu, whilst being the Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) on or about 28th November 2014 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, and in such capacities entrusted with dominion over certain properties to wit: the sum of N260million being part of the funds in the account of the ONSA with Skye Bank Plc committed criminal breach of trust in respect of the said property when you transferred same to the bank account of Tony Anenih with First Bank of Nigeria Plc and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 315 of the Penal Code Act, Cap 532, Vol.4, LFN 2004.”
Following the sharp fall in government revenues occasioned by dwindling oil prices, the Managing Director of the IMF Christine Lagarde has cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari against implementing rigid economic policies capable of strangulating poor Nigerians.
She expressed her concern for the large number of poor Nigerians, stressing the need for flexibility in implementing fiscal policies.
“We believe that with very clear primary ambition to support the poor people of Nigeria, there could be added flexibility in the monetary policy, particularly if as we think, the price of oil is likely to be possibly low for longer, because clearly the authorities should not deplete the reserves of the country, simply because of rules that will be exceedingly rigid. I’m not suggesting that but that rigidity be totally removed but some degree of flexibility will be enough," she said.
She added that she would be meeting with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Minister of Finance to discuss the issue of flexibility in fiscal policies as they affect poor Nigerians.
"I am going to have more discussions with the finance minister, with Governor of Central Bank. We will be discussing issue of fiscal discipline, financing monetary policies and the degree of flexibility, all that with the fact that Nigeria with a vibrant large economy still has to deal with poor people, a lot of inequality and those two components should certainly be the drivers of reforms, whether it is looking at subsidies and how they are structured and how they can be phased out, whether it is monetary policy and the flexibility needed and knowing what effect it has on the poor, all, of those are ambitions that we could quickly recognize and support,” she added.
President Buhari says that his ministers will fully account for the funds that accrue to their ministries.
Buhari told the visiting IMF chief, Christine Lagarde at Presidential Villa, Abuja that his administration will enforce
He added that his administration will demand more discipline, probity and accountability in all revenue generating government agencies.
His words :
“We have just come out of budget discussions after many weeks of taking into consideration the many needs of the country, and the down turn of the economy with falling oil prices and the negative economic forecasts.
“We are working very hard and with the budget as our way forward, we will do our best to ensure that our country survives the current economic downturn.
“We have also told all heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government that on our watch, they will fully account for all funds that get into their coffers.”
Buhari won the 2015 Presidential election based on his promise to root out deeply entrenched corruption and insecurity.
Passengers whose luggage did not arrive with their Turkish Airlines Flight TK 624 from Istanbul to Abuja on December 20 have been compensated by the airline.
The compensation was made possible by the intervention of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA.
This was disclosed by the General Manager, Public Affairs of the NCAA, Mr Sam Adurogboye who informed pressmen that the airline has paid the prescribed indemnity to all the passengers affected by the luggage delay.
He said that the Consumer Protection Officers of the NCAA ensured that the passengers got the full monetary compensation as prescribed in the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations.
Adurogboye also said that apart from the monetary compensation, the airline was prevailed upon to freight all the contentious luggage to Abuja, noting that all the passengers have collected theirs.
He added that a comprehensive report of the chain of events has been submitted to the Director General of the NCAA, Captain Mukhtar Usman.
Raymond Dokpesi Jnr today, Tuesday, January 5, 2015 led the management of Daar Communications Plc to the Presidential Villa, Abuja to felicitate with President Muhammadu Buhari on the occasions of the Eid-el-Maulud, Christmas and New Year celebrations.
Also on the team were Tony Akiotu (Group MD), Imoni Mac Amarere (MD, DAAR News Services), Paulyn Ugbodaga (Head, Human Resource) and Kunle Onime (Head, Corporate Communications).
They were received by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adeshina and the Director of Information Mr O. J. Abuah.
The delegation presented a giant greeting card to the President.
See the presentation in pictures.
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