The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has released the images and names of prison inmates with terrorism cases who escaped from the Kuje Medium Custodial Centre, Abuja on Tuesday night. Some of the escaped convicts include members of terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and ISWAP.
President Muhammadu Buhari visited the scene of the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre; where unknown assailants attacked the facility on Tuesday night releasing numerous dangerous criminals including Boko Haram inmates. The President visited to conduct an on-the-spot assessment of the facility and was also briefed on details of the raid by officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS).
On Wednesday, A Magistrate Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja sentenced Ameerah Sufyan to 12 months of psychiatric care for raising a false kidnap alarm. On June 14, 2022, Ameerah alleged in a Twitter post that she and 16 other residents of Abuja, including 3 pregnant women and 2 children were abducted at gunpoint by men in police uniforms and taken to a forest.
Following the controversial resignation of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Tanko Mohammed, The Senate has insisted that the committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, and Legal Matter will go ahead with its probe to arrive at a logical conclusion concerning the petition against him by the Supreme Court Justices The Red Chamber also tasked the committee to liaise with the three arms of government as well as the Bar and the bench to collect as much position on both the short and long-term measures needed to address once and for all the problems facing the judiciary.
The remains of late Ekwueme singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu have been laid to rest in Abia State. Osinachi’s body was buried in her hometown, Isochi Umunneochi in Abia State. The burial was attended by her twin sister, siblings, parents, children, pastors from Dunamis church, and fans. The majority of the burial rites were carried out in Abuja. Before the final internment, a night of worship was held in Abuja on Thursday.
The Federal High Court, Abuja on 14th June 2022 has convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment two co-defendants in a suit filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) against the suspended deputy commissioner of police over alleged dealing with drugs.
