JUDICIARY
Judge orders Nigerian Navy to pay entitlements of late Ndubuisi Kanu
An Ikeja High Court has ordered the Nigerian Navy to pay the entitlements of a former Military Administrator of Lagos and Imo, the late Rear Adm. Ndubuisi Kanu, to a dedicated interest-yielding account.
Justice Christopher Balogun gave the order on Monday in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Balogun gave the order in an ongoing suit filed by one of the spouses of the deceased, Mrs Gladys Kanu, seeking that the Nigerian Navy should calculate the entitlements of the late Kanu and pay them.
In the suit marked LD/3685FPM/2021, Gladys is also seeking to be declared as the sole widow of the former military administrator.
Gladys is also seeking an order of the court to declare that she is the only woman legally married to the late Kanu.
According to her, she and the deceased were co-habiting until his death.
Gladys said that she was married to Kanu for 27 years but was in a relationship with him for 31 years.
Respondents in the suit are Nigerian Navy, children of the deceased.
The children are – Kelly Kanu, Simone Abiona (nee Kanu) and Andrey Joe- Ezigbo (nee Kanu).
The others are Paula Ndidiamaka Kanu, Karen Johnson (nee Kanu), Jeffery Kanu, Laura Kanu and Stephen Kanu.
Two other wives of the late naval chief, Josephine Ndubuisi-Kanu and Christine Kanu, are also respondents in the suit.
During Monday’s proceedings, counsel to Nigerian Navy, Mrs C. G. Cirbam, told the court that she filed an application before the court to remove Nigerian Navy from the list of respondents since the burial of Kanu had been conducted.
Her submission was, however, opposed by the claimant’s counsel, Mr O.Owoh, who informed the court that Nigerian Navy could not be struck out from the list of respondents because it was still holding the entitlements of the deceased.
The judge, Balogun, granted accelerated hearing in the suit.
The judge held that the deceased had three wives who bore children for him.
He said that according to the Administration of Estates Law of Lagos State, all the 10 offsprings of Kanu were his legitimate children and were entitled to benefits from his estate.
NAN reports that Kanu died in Lagos on Jan. 13, 2021, at the age of 77 as a result of COVID-19 complications.
After his death, there was a family dispute about how the funeral should be conducted.
The dispute was resolved by the court on Oct. 11, 2021.
There is an ongoing dispute in his family regarding administration of his estate.
The case has been adjourned until Feb. 7 for continuation of hearing. (NAN)
JUDICIARY
Court Remands Landlord for Alleged Defilement of Tenant’s Daughter
A family court sitting at Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Tuesday ordered the remand of one Musibau Lamidi, 50, for alleged defilement of his tenant’s six-year-old daughter.
The Magistrate, Mrs S. A . Adesina, ordered that the landlord should be kept at the Agodi custodial facility pending advice from Oyo State Director of Public Prosecutions.
Adesina did not take the landlord’s plea.
She adjourned the case until April 25 for mention.
Reports says that Musibau, a resident of Olode, Ibadan, was charged on one-count of defilement.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Gbemisola Adedeji, told the court that the defendant, on March 13, between 8. 00 a.
m. and 4.00 p.m. defiled his tenant’s daughter.Adedeji said that Musibau had an issue with the child’s mother and asked her to pack out.
The prosecutor said that when the woman went to look for a house to rent, the defendant defiled her daughter.
She said that the offence contravened Section 34 of the Oyo State Child Right’s
Law of 2006. (NAN)
JUDICIARY
4 Friends Docked for Allegedly Threatening Cleric’s Life
Four friends were on Monday docked in a Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan for allegedly threatening the life of pastor Charles Gold.
The police charged Olatunji Musibau, 44;Abiodun Folarin, 50; Kazeem Oluremi, 60 and Yusuf Sodiq, 23, with conspiracy and conduct likely to cause breach of peace.
The Prosecution Counsel, Mr Philip Amusan, told the court that the defendants allegedly committed the offence on March 8, at about 2 p.
m., at New Bodija Area in Ibadan.Amusan alleged that the defendants and others at large, threatened violence against pastor Gold, of Echo Evangelical Ministry Ibadan.
He said the offence contravened the probisions of sections 516 and 383 of the Criminal Laws of Oyo State, 2000.
The defendants however pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Court President, Mrs Moji Aworemi, admitted the defendants to bail in the sum of N150, 000 each and one surety each in like sum.
Aworemi held that the surety must be a blood relation to the defendants.
She adjourned the case until April 29, for mention. (NAN)
JUDICIARY
2 Teenagers in Court for Allegedly Stealing Sewing Machine
Two teenagers, Simor Aaron, 19, and Francis David, 18, were arraigned on Wednesday before a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a sewing machine and other items worth N325,000.
The defendants, both residents of High-Cost Narayi, Kaduna, are standing trial on a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing, to which they pleaded not guilty.
The Prosecutor, Insp Chidi Leo, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on March 11, at Barnawa Kaduna.
According to Leo, the duo burgled a tailoring shop of one Gladys Peter and stole her sewing machine, six wrappers, and four clothing materials all valued at N325,000.
The prosecutor stated that the defendants were caught and handed over to the police by members of the vigilante group on patrol in the area.
Leo said that the offences contravened Sections 281 and 217 of the Penal Code of Kaduna State, 2017, which stipulates a three-year jail term for stealing and two years imprisonment for conspiracy.
The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N100,000 each with two sureties each in like sum, who must be gainfully employed.
Emmanuel adjourned the case until April 22, for hearing. (NAN)