JUDICIARY
Alia Signs 10 Bills Into Law
Benue State Governor, Rev Fr Dr Hyacinth Alia has signed into law 10 bills recently passed by the Benue State House of Assembly.
Performing the exercise at Old Banquet Hall, Government House, Makurdi, Alia explained that the laws were meant to protect the general safety of Benue people and also ensure that their rights as citizens are not abuse by other people.
The laws now include: A Law to Make Provisions for Benue State Drug and Health Commodities Management Agency and Other Matters Connected Therewith 2024; A Law to Prohibit Harassment, Extortion of Money from Land Developers (Marching Ground), Violent and Fraudulent Conducts in Relation to Landed Properties and for Purposes Connected Therewith 2024; A Law to Provide for the Establishment of Benue State Civil Protection Guards and for Purposes Connected Therewith 2024 (Here, the Livestock Guards and the Community Volunteer Guards will be merged); A Law to Establish the Benue State Legislative Budget and Research Office and for Purposes Connected Therewith 2024; A Law to Repeal a Law to make Provisions for the Maintenance of the Former Elected Governors of the State and their Deputies and for Other Matters Connected Therewith 2024.
Others include A Law to Provide for Benue State Youth Development Commission, Implementation of Sustainable Youth Policy and Other Matters Connected Therewith 2024;A Law to Amend the Public Procurement Commission Law and for Purposes Connected Therewith 2024; A Law to Regulate the Engagement of Casual Workers in the Benue State Public Service and for Purposes Connected Therewith 2024; A Law to Provide for the Retirement of Magistrate, Judges and Other Matters Connected Therewith 2024 and A Law to Regulate the Benue State House of Assembly Commission Law and Other Matters Connected Therewith 2024.
After assenting to the bills, the Governor advised the people of the state to forget about partisanship when it comes to law and order, stressing that what he signed into law had nothing to do with APC, PDP, APGA, Labour or any other party.
He said he signed into law what would make the people understand that Benue is their home and that they would protect their home and pass onto those coming after them their genuineness, their legitimacy, their sincerity, and their truth, adding that the already existing Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law was not tempered with.
Governor Alia who revealed the intention of his administration to guarantee wholesome peace in Benue State, warned against intra and inter state crises and called on traditional rulers to see what they could do to ensure that permanent peace returns in their respective communities.
Presenting the bills to the Governor, Speaker, Benue State House of Assembly, Hyacinth Aondona Dajoh said the bills were a testament to the commitment of the 10th Benue Assembly to making laws that will impact positively on the people of the state
Earlier, the Benue State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and Public Order, Barr. Fidelis Bemsen Mnyim explained that no part of the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law was repealed.
Local Government Caretaker Chairmen, the leadership of the 10th Benue Assembly, and some traditional rulers across the three zones in the state witnessed the exercise.
Three men, were on Tuesday, arraigned before an Ikorodu Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing an electricity transformer valued N50 million.
The defendants, Kehinde Akinkugbe, Tope Salisu, and Isiaka Amusa, whose addresses were not given, are being charged with conspiracy, stealing and malicious damage.
The defendants, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Prosecutor, ASP Aminu Isaac, told the court that Akinkugbe, Salisu and Amusa, committed the offences at about 2.
30a.m on Aug. 22, at Ajeri Street, Ijede, Ikorodu, Lagos.Isaac said that the defendants maliciously damaged an electricity transformer, belonging to the Federal Government.
The prosecutor said that the defendants were apprehended by residents of the area, who later reported the matter to the police.
He said that the offences contravened Sections 411, 287 and 339 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs A.B. Olagbegi-Adelabu, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N1 million each, with two sureties in like sum.
Olagbegi-Adelabu, ordered that one of the sureties must own a landed property, and should present evidence of three years tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
The Magistrate adjourned the case until Oct. 10 for mention.(NAN)
President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Justice KudiratKekere-Ekun as the 23rd and second female Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), in acting capacity pending confirmation by the Senate.She takes over from Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who retired on Aug. 22 at the age of 70.(NAN)
A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Friday, sentenced a 28-year old labourer , Naanswan Daboer to 18 months imprisonment for attempting to steal from a church premises.The Magistrate, Mr Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced Daboer after he pleaded guilty to the crime.The magistrate , however, gave the convict a fine of N100,000.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel,Ibrahim Gokwat told the court that the case was reported on July 9, at the “C” Division Police Station by Yohanna Nanjul and Musa John, the complaints. The prosecutor said that the convict trespassed in to the church premises and switched off their security lights but was caught.The offence, according to him, is punishable under the Plateau Penal Code Law. (NAN)
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