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Anambra: Lawyer Faults Car Gift To Federal Security Teams

Anambra: Lawyer Faults Car Gift To Federal Security Teams

Activist and lawyer, Tochukwu Nweke, has condemned the donation of 111 vehicles and 77 motorcycles, equipped with Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras, by Anambra State government to security agencies in the state at the weekend.

Speaking to Newsmen yesterday, he described the gesture as playing Santa Claus by a proverbial mouse.

The vehicles were for monitoring and tracking criminals in the state.

Governor Willie Obiano had while presenting the security apparatuses to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Abubakar Adamu, at the second phase of ‘Operation Nkpochapu’, also launched the Smart City Security Surveillance System.

The system will complement Federal …

US White House Lawyer Emmet Flood quits

US White House Lawyer Emmet Flood quits

President Trump on Saturday announced the departure of top White House attorney Emmet Flood, who represented the administration during Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s 22-month Russia probe.

Trump tweeted that Flood will step down on June 14.

“Emmet Flood, who came to the White House to help me with the Mueller Report, will be leaving service on June 14th.

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“He has done an outstanding job – NO COLLUSION – NO OBSTRUCTION! Case Closed! Emmet is my friend, and I thank him for the GREAT JOB he has done,” Trump wrote.

Flood, …

Metuh hires new Lawyer to defend alleged ₦400m fraud case

The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, has engaged a new lawyer, Abel Oziokor, to continue with his defence at the Federal High Court, Abuja, where he is standing trial on alleged N400 million fraud and money laundering charges.

Oziokor’s appointment comes shortly after Metuh had debriefed his former counsel, Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), who had been in charge of the case since 2015, when the trial started.

Metuh and his company, Dextra Investment Ltd., are being prosecuted by the federal government over alleged money laundering and illegal receipt of funds from the office of