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N446bn theft case :Protest as FG drops charges against Mohammed Abacha

protests on wednesday greeted the federal government's withdrawal of the N446.3bn theft  charge it instituted against Mohammed Abacha,son of a former Head of State, the late Gen. facebook.com/Gideon Amatthew Sani Abacha. Those who flayed the action which took place at the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, were prominent Lagos lawyers-Femi Falana,Jiti Ogunye,Fred Agbaje and Femi Aborisade- as well as as the chairman of the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders,Mr Debo Adenian;an c his e lcivil Socity Network Against Corruption counterpart, mr Lanre Suraj while some of the lawyer  arg that the government action had serious negative implication on the country's ant-graft campaign, Adeniran and Suraj said it had a political undertone. The government had preferred nine counts of stealing against Mohammed in february 2014 . It had accused him of unlawfully receiving about N446.3bn allegedly stolen from its coffers between 1995 and 1998. But on wednesday ,the Atto

IMPEACHMENT: I'M NOT BOTHERED BY PLOT TO REMOVE ME- NYAKO

Nineteen out of 25 members of the Adamawa state House of Assemly yesterday endorsed a move to impeach Governor Murtala Nyako and his deputy Barr Bala James Nigilari. This is the first time in this political dispensation that a state assembly, will serve an impeachment notice on a governor and his deputy in line with section 188 of the 1999 constitution(amended). The latest move followed weeks of intense altercation between the executive and legislative arms of government which led to the invitation and even arrest of some commissioners who failed to honour the House's invitation to answer charges of financial recklessness levelled against them. facebook.com/primetimenewsng