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Court Rejects Police Request for Termination of Alleged Fraud Case Involving Oil Vessel Sale

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"hw6BirBA" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin&comma; the Kwara State capital on Tuesday&comma; rejected the request by the police headquarters in Abuja&comma; seeking the termination of an alleged fraudulent sale of a &dollar;400&comma;000 oil vessel to Alhaji Kamoru Ibitoye Yusuf&comma; owner of Kam Steel Holdings limited&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"WgI96cGq" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The court during its last sitting&comma; remanded the defendants&comma; Esther Shehu and David Kpanaki for allegedly conspiring to defraud Alhaji Yusuf in the matter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They were dragged to court on a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy&comma; cheating&comma; screening an offender and obstruction&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The case was then adjourned to August 31&comma; 2023 for hearing&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"gxWdcYDi" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; on Tuesday&comma; the police prosecutor&comma; Nasir Yusuf&comma; informed the court that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We will not be able to proceed with the application”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He explained that the state O C legal&comma; Timothy Aderemi Ajibola&comma; had directed the termination of the case based on the receipt of a letter from the force headquarters&comma; Abuja&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That the case should be terminated and the defendant alongside the case diary&comma; brought to the force headquarters Abuja”&comma; he added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He tendered the letter from the force headquarters which was admitted as evidence by the court&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The defence counsel&comma; Mashood Abdulkadir did not object to the decision&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He however expressed dissatisfaction with the move&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But counsel to the complainant&comma; Ahmed Tafa rejected the move describing the development as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;strange”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But ruling on the matter&comma; Magistrate Ibrahim Mohammed said he cannot terminate the case &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;given the antecedent”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The investigation before me has not been controverted and I am threatened by the level of applications filed by the &lpar;prosecutor&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The case was not meant for this business today&period; It was instituted by a direct complaint following which the court ordered for the investigation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;So on what basis would you order for the termination of a case that was instituted at the instance of the court in the first place&period; The police have not shown commitment for the court to grant their request&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Kwara State Director of Public Prosecution &lpar;DPP&rpar; has held that the defendants have a case to answer&period; If The police want to seek termination&comma; they should go through the DPP&comma; not the court”&comma; Ibrahim added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He adjourned the case to Friday August 18&comma; 2023 for determination of termination motion adding that the August 31&comma; 2023 date still stands to determine the issue of the bail of the defendants&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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