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News Jagaban A witness in the ongoing trial of a senior lawyer, Joseph Nwobike, on Friday, told a Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere how Mr. Nwobike paid N750, 000 into Justice Mohammed Yunusa’s bank account with Zenith bank. Mr. Nwobike is standing trial for allegedly bribing a Federal High Court judge. The witness, Oyekunle Aderemi, a compliance officer with Zenith Bank, made the disclosure when he was confronted with the statement of account of the defendant. In the account statement, the witness identified a transaction of March 19, 2015, in which the defendant paid N750, 000 into Mr. Yunusa’s account. Earlier, the prosecution had moved to tender the account statement but the defence counsel, O. Akanni, objected to the admissibility of the document. But when the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, applied to withdraw the document, Mr. Akanni dramatically withdrew his objection and the document was admitted and marked as exhibit P2. Mr. Oyedepo also cross-ex

News Jagaban The Nigerian Army on Friday April 22nd paraded Prince Onyemauche pictured above, accused of impersonation as a Colonel in the Army. According to Army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman who paraded Onyemauche before journalists at the army headquarters in Abuja, said he was arrested alongside one sergeant Jacob Phillip by troops of 176 Special Forces Gurads Battalion along Wazobia Motor Park, Gwagwalada Abuja on Feb 17th. Sani said Onyemauche was driving Toyota Tacoma Pick-up van when he was arrested after earlier escaping check in Abaji where he claimed to be a Colonel in the Nigerian army. Sani said after the suspects were arrested, items recovered from their vehicle includes an Ak 47 Rifle, with registration number 3290 and four magazines, out of which, two were empty while the other two were loaded with 42 rounds of 7.62 ammunition. “A luger pistol, 21 x 9mm Parabellium ammunition and the sum of one million, eleven thousand three hundred naira (N1, 011,300.00) was found.”