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A chieftain of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Doyin Okupe, has predicted that the immediate
past Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, will rule the State again.
Okupe, a former
Aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, said even though the former Governor
was not his friend and refused to pick his calls, he (Ambode) was an unsung
hero.
Okupe said the
ex-Governor must have learnt his lessons and will come back stronger.
Okupe tweeted,
“Former Governor Ambode is not my friend.
“I called him but
he never once picked my call.
“Yet I sincerely
believe he is an unsung Hero. An extraordinary, dutiful and diligent performer.
“He may be a bad
politician, I believe he has learnt his lesson. Ambode will still rule Lagos
again, if the Lord tarries.”
EFCC vs Doyin Okupe: What judge told EFCC in court on Tuesday
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High
Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned the trial of a former Senior Special
Assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, to June 26, 2019,
after cross examination of the fifth witness, Mr. Remigus Ugor, a Compliance
Officer with Zenith Bank PLC.
Okupe is being prosecuted by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 59-count charge bordering on money
laundering, criminal diversion of funds to the tune of N702, 000,000 (Seven
Hundred and Two Million Naira) only.
At the resumed hearing, Remigus Ugor, while
being cross examined by Okupe’s Counsel, Akinlabi Akinbade, told the court that
Okupe is a signatory to the two accounts he tendered as evidence but that he
cannot tell, if the defendant has other bank accounts.
While being cross examined by the defense
Counsel to Value Trust Investment Ltd, Ugor told the court that he does not
know the purpose for which the payment was made or what it was paid for, adding
that it’s only the bank customers that know the reason for the deposits made to
the banks.
The witness also released different payments
made from Value Trust Investment Ltd; to various individuals and companies,
which included a cheque of N3million to Gbenga Arulegba of ‘Focus Nigeria’ a
programme ran on African Independent Television, AIT, on June 18, 2013, and
another N2,200,000 to Aruleba on August 6, 2012.
According to Ugor, there was a payment of
N500, 000, sometime in 2013, to one Suleiman Aledeh, another N12million
transfer to Channels Incorporated Ltd on November 4, 2014, and another sum of
N2, 150,000 payments to one Charles Iorhemba of Nigeria Television Authority,
NTA.
Ugor also told the court that the bank can
open a company account without a SCUML’s certificate depending on the nature of
the company. While being cross-examined by the defense counsel to Abrahams
telecoms Ltd, Ezenwa Ifegbulam, on whether the deposit of N35, 050,000, on
October 2014, made to Abraham Telecoms was a suspicious or fraudulent
transactions, Ugor told the court that he cannot say if it was fraudulent or
not, adding that he knows the bank reports transactions above N10million to
supervisory bodies.
The judge adjourned the case to June 26 and
28, 2019 for continuation of trial.
Benue Killings, Herdsmen Not Responsible - Doyin Okupe
Doyin Okupe, a former aide to former president
Goodluck Jonathan has absolved herdsmen of any wrong doing in the gruesome and
countless killings going on in some parts of the country.
Okupe, in a Facebook post declared that the
terrorist group, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or Islamic State of
Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), are responsible for the killings in Nigeria.
He also revealed that arming of local vigilante and
backing of the police or Army is the only solution to end the killings.
Okupe wrote, “For God’s sake, Benue killings not by
herdsmen. These are ISIS terrorists.
“Armed local vigilante backed by police or army is
the solution.
Recall that Rev
Fathers Gor Joseph and Felix were on Tuesday killed after suspected herdsmen
attacked the village.
Again, no fewer than 20
persons were reportedly killed and several persons declared missing after
herdsmen attacked Tse Agudu in Mbawa Council Ward, Guma LGA Area of Benue
State.
Doyin Okupe, a former aide to former president
Goodluck Jonathan has absolved herdsmen of any wrong doing in the gruesome and
countless killings going on in some parts of the country.
