Task force removes 195 vehicles from expressway.
Deputy Public Relations Officer, Tin Can Island Port, Kingsley Ukabiala said on Tuesday that about 195 abandoned vehicles had so far been removed from the access road to the facility.
Ukabiala said in Lagos that the task force set up to remove abandoned vehicles between Tin Can First Gate and the Second Gate was doing a marvellous job.
He said the task force had been directed to extend its activities from Second Gate up to Liverpool Road as from Aug. 2.
Ukabiala assured motorists that when completed, the exercise would help to ease the traffic jam on the expressway.
The task force is made up of men of the Nigeria Police, Nigerian Ports Authority and Lagos State Traffic Management Authority.
2 accused charged with assaulting police officer get bail
A Surulere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has granted bail to Paul Okechukwu and Peter Nwadibia who were arraigned for assaulting a police officer on July 29.
At the resumed hearing on Tuesday, Magistrate M.K.O. Fadeyi said that each of the accused was granted bail in the sum of N50,000 with two `responsible` sureties in like sum.
The magistrate adjourned the case till Aug. 25 for further hearing.
The police arraigned the accused on July 29 in the same court for resisting arrest and for pushing a police officer into a canal.
The accused are facing a four-count charge of conspiracy, violently resisting arrest, obstructing a police officer from performing his lawful duty and assault.
The prosecutor, Constable Ishola Samuel, told the court that the accused on July 27 at Alafia Bus Stop, Orile Iganmu, Lagos, conspired to commit the alleged offences.
Samuel said that Okechukwu was earlier reported to the police over alleged breach of the peace at a motor park in Orile Iganmu.
He said the accused pushed Sgt. Abimbola Oyeyemi into a canal at Orile Iganmu as she tried to arrest Okechukwu.
According to him, the offences contravened Sections 145, 197,356 and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
Lawyer, 2 others charged with defrauding Intercontinental Bank of N6m
A 42-year-old lawyer, Isaac Adiatu, and two others were on Tuesday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates` Court for allegedly defrauding Intercontinental Bank of six million naira.
Adiatu, Amos Olawale (44) and Nosa Ogbebor (47) are facing a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit felony, forgery and fraud.
The prosecutor, Asp. L.O. Mamah, alleged that the accused persons, with others at large, had on Nov. 2, 2006 forged a sworn affidavit, police report and a Lagos State Electronic Tax Clearance Certificate.
Also, the accused persons were alleged to have forged a letter of consent and a Certificate of Occupancy in respect of a block of flats in Ijaiye Ojokoro area of Lagos, belonging to one Late Yekini Kehinde.
The prosecutor said that Ogbebor had on Jan. 24, 2007 used the forged Certificate of Occupancy to obtain a six million naira loan from Intercontinental Bank.
The prosecutor said that the accused persons allegedly took the loan and mortgaged the property without the knowledge and consent of the family of Kehinde who died in 2004.
The bank later discovered during its loan recovery process that Ogbebor was not the true owner of the said property.
He said that the alleged offences contravened Sections 117, 419A, 420, 435, 466 and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990.
The three accused persons pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Magistrate, Mr O.A.Akinde, granted Adiatu bail on self-recognition but ordered him to deposit a certified true copy of his Call-to-Bar certificate and current bar practising receipt.
Olawale and Ogbebor were granted one million bail each, with two sureties in like sum.
The magistrate ordered that each of the sureties must deposit N100,000 with the court’s registrar and adjourned the matter to Sept. 2 for mention.
Deputy Public Relations Officer, Tin Can Island Port, Kingsley Ukabiala said on Tuesday that about 195 abandoned vehicles had so far been removed from the access road to the facility.
Ukabiala said in Lagos that the task force set up to remove abandoned vehicles between Tin Can First Gate and the Second Gate was doing a marvellous job.
He said the task force had been directed to extend its activities from Second Gate up to Liverpool Road as from Aug. 2.
Ukabiala assured motorists that when completed, the exercise would help to ease the traffic jam on the expressway.
The task force is made up of men of the Nigeria Police, Nigerian Ports Authority and Lagos State Traffic Management Authority.
2 accused charged with assaulting police officer get bail
A Surulere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has granted bail to Paul Okechukwu and Peter Nwadibia who were arraigned for assaulting a police officer on July 29.
At the resumed hearing on Tuesday, Magistrate M.K.O. Fadeyi said that each of the accused was granted bail in the sum of N50,000 with two `responsible` sureties in like sum.
The magistrate adjourned the case till Aug. 25 for further hearing.
The police arraigned the accused on July 29 in the same court for resisting arrest and for pushing a police officer into a canal.
The accused are facing a four-count charge of conspiracy, violently resisting arrest, obstructing a police officer from performing his lawful duty and assault.
The prosecutor, Constable Ishola Samuel, told the court that the accused on July 27 at Alafia Bus Stop, Orile Iganmu, Lagos, conspired to commit the alleged offences.
Samuel said that Okechukwu was earlier reported to the police over alleged breach of the peace at a motor park in Orile Iganmu.
He said the accused pushed Sgt. Abimbola Oyeyemi into a canal at Orile Iganmu as she tried to arrest Okechukwu.
According to him, the offences contravened Sections 145, 197,356 and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
Lawyer, 2 others charged with defrauding Intercontinental Bank of N6m
A 42-year-old lawyer, Isaac Adiatu, and two others were on Tuesday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates` Court for allegedly defrauding Intercontinental Bank of six million naira.
Adiatu, Amos Olawale (44) and Nosa Ogbebor (47) are facing a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit felony, forgery and fraud.
The prosecutor, Asp. L.O. Mamah, alleged that the accused persons, with others at large, had on Nov. 2, 2006 forged a sworn affidavit, police report and a Lagos State Electronic Tax Clearance Certificate.
Also, the accused persons were alleged to have forged a letter of consent and a Certificate of Occupancy in respect of a block of flats in Ijaiye Ojokoro area of Lagos, belonging to one Late Yekini Kehinde.
The prosecutor said that Ogbebor had on Jan. 24, 2007 used the forged Certificate of Occupancy to obtain a six million naira loan from Intercontinental Bank.
The prosecutor said that the accused persons allegedly took the loan and mortgaged the property without the knowledge and consent of the family of Kehinde who died in 2004.
The bank later discovered during its loan recovery process that Ogbebor was not the true owner of the said property.
He said that the alleged offences contravened Sections 117, 419A, 420, 435, 466 and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990.
The three accused persons pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Magistrate, Mr O.A.Akinde, granted Adiatu bail on self-recognition but ordered him to deposit a certified true copy of his Call-to-Bar certificate and current bar practising receipt.
Olawale and Ogbebor were granted one million bail each, with two sureties in like sum.
The magistrate ordered that each of the sureties must deposit N100,000 with the court’s registrar and adjourned the matter to Sept. 2 for mention.
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