AFCON 2017: Siasia drops three players for indiscipline

Three players including defender Segun Oduduwa and midfielders Stanley Dimgba and Usman Mohammed have been barred from coming to the Super Eagles camp at Bolton White Apartments for reporting late to the camp of the U-23 team without authorization.

“We cannot have those three in camp anymore. This is very serious business, and only serious minded persons can be involved. They reported late to the camp of the U-23 team, so they cannot be tolerated in the camp of the senior team.

“I have said it over the past few days that the right mentality would count big among the traits we are looking for in the players to feature against Egypt,” he said.

With the exclusion of the three players, only 40 players will fight  for shirts in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations double header against the Pharaohs of Egypt, with 19 home based players  training for two weeks before the arrival of 21 foreign–based professionals just days to the first leg encounter in Kaduna.

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No $1m was found in Badeh's house - Counsel

Samuel O Zibri SAN, counsel to the embattled former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh rtd, has denied media reports that $1,000,000 cash was recovered by the EFCC from the home of his client.

In a statement he issued yesterday, Zibri said:

“The said publication is not only malicious but wicked. It is totally false and smacks of media campaign of calumny against the person of Air Marshal Alex. A Badeh (rtd).

“The 10-count charge against our client along with the proof of evidence in the Federal High Court are public documents and can be accessed by the general public.

“There is no such allegation and we challenge the faceless EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) official to substantiate his claim.

“The trial has commenced and as a law-abiding citizen, our client will defend himself in accordance with the law."

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Badeh goes to Kuje Prison

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered that former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh be remanded in Kuje Prison.

Justice Okon Abang gave the order in a ruling he made following Badeh's arraignment on a 10-count charge of criminal breach of trust and corruption by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC in a suit marked  FHC/ABJ/CR/46/2016.

The former Defence Chief is accused among others, of diverting about N3.97 billion from the account of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF in 2013 while he was the Chief of Air Staff.

He is alleged to have lavished the funds on choice properties in highbrow areas of Abuja.

In one of the charges, Badeh is accused of expending about N400m to purchase, renovate and equip a duplex at No. 19 Kumasi Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja,for his son Alex Badeh Jr.

Badeh however, pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

Having fixed March 10 for hearing, the judge ordered that the accused be remanded in Kuje Prison pending the determination of his bail application.

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Former Defence Chief, Badeh's day in court (Photos)

Former Chief of Defense Staff, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh was arraigned before a Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday on a 10 count charge of criminal breach of trust and corruption.

See photos below.

Credits: The Nation

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Carwash operator jailed in Abuja for driving client's car without his consent

27 year-old Suleiman Ibrahim who runs a carwash was on Monday, handed a prison sentence of one month by a Grade 1 Area Court in Kado, Abuja for mischievous behavior.
The prosecutor, Salisu Khaleel had told the court that the complainant left his Blue Mazda car with Ibrahim for washing.

He said that the complainant, Yusuf Kingsley of Karmo, Abuja who reported the case to the Life Camp Police Station on Feb. 29 alleged that Ibrahim drove the car without his consent and crashed it along Gwarimpa expressway, Abuja, causing damage to the rear.

He said that the offence contravened Section 327 of the Penal Code.

When the one-count charge of mischief was read to Ibrahim, he pleaded guilty and begged for leniency, promising not to commit the offence again.

The judge, Abubakar Sadiq, sentenced Ibrahim to one month in prison with an option of N5,000 fine.

He however, warned the convict to desist from further involvement in mischief.

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Carwash operator jailed in Abuja for driving client's car without his consent

27 year-old Suleiman Ibrahim who runs a carwash was on Monday, handed a prison sentence of one month by a Grade 1 Area Court in Kado, Abuja for mischievous behavior.
The prosecutor, Salisu Khaleel had told the court that the complainant left his Blue Mazda car with Ibrahim for washing.

He said that the complainant, Yusuf Kingsley of Karmo, Abuja who reported the case to the Life Camp Police Station on Feb. 29 alleged that Ibrahim drove the car without his consent and crashed it along Gwarimpa expressway, Abuja, causing damage to the rear.

He said that the offence contravened Section 327 of the Penal Code.

When the one-count charge of mischief was read to Ibrahim, he pleaded guilty and begged for leniency, promising not to commit the offence again.

The judge, Abubakar Sadiq, sentenced Ibrahim to one month in prison with an option of N5,000 fine.

He however, warned the convict to desist from further involvement in mischief.

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EFCC recovers $1m cash from former military chief's bedroom

Abuja
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has disclosed that it has seized the $1million cash that its operatives found in the bedroom of retired Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh.

The money is believed to be part of the $2.1b arms procurement fund.

According to an EFCC source, Badeh was discovered to have been diverting arms procurement fund through Bureau de Change operators.

“When we searched his mansion at 6, Ogun River Street in Maitama District in Abuja, $1million raw cash was found in one of the rooms.

“Our operatives made sure that the search of the house was conducted in the presence of Badeh’s neighbours who can attest to the discovery. We ensured that these neighbours witnessed our operation.”

Meanwhile, Badeh's trial on 10 charges bordering on fraudulent diversion of N3.97 billion belonging to the Nigerian Air Force, NAF begins today in Abuja.

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