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Court Orders Prison Head Over To appear before it over Contemnor’s Custody

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  Justice Akintunde Savage of a Lagos High Court has summoned the State Controller of Nigeria Correctional Services (NCoS) Alagbon in Ikoyi to throw light on whether or not the contemnor, Chairman of Confidence Cargo, Freight Forwarder, Dada Aigbe was in the facility. The court also ordered that the Deputy Sheriff of the State High Court, Micheal Alogaga, to appear before it on same day, to tell court how he served the contemnor the court processes. This judge order was sequel to an application by Barrister, Maruf Jimoh-Akogun, counsel to a judgement creditor in a suit filed by a Lagos monarch, HRM Oba Shakirudeen Adeshina Kuti for themselves and on behalf of the Ajamogun/Onikotun family of Ewu kingdom. The claimants had filed the suit against the Osolo of Osolo, HRM Oba Agbabiaka (now late), Kabir Orisedeko Elemo and the Baale Mafoluku Ajao Estate, Chief Hussam Raheem Shekoni Elemo, who were listed as the first and second defendants respectively. Counsel to the claimant, the judgment

NGO Supports Girl’s Eye Surgery with N1M

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    Agege Molebi United Forum (AMUF) today handed over a cheque of One Million Naira to a young girl, who was hit in the eye by tear gas canister to aid her surgery at the hospital.   The young girl, Aminat Alege, 12 years old, was on Friday, February 9,  2024 hit in the eye by a tear gas canister allegedly fired by a police man in Dopemu.   Nobody has claimed responsibility or came to the assistance of the family since the incident.   Touched by the plight of the young student and her family, Agege Molebi United Forum (AMUF), a Non-Governmental Organization based in Agege presented a cheque of One Miliion Naira to enable the young girl undergo the needed surgery on her eye.   Presenting the cheque at the Alege’s residence in Agege, one of the leaders of Agege Molebi United Forum and Commander, Rapid Response Squad (RRS), CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi noted that they decided to come forward to assist the little girl because she is a resident of Agege and that nobody has come forward to assist

Despite Valid Court Order, Lagos Police Fails To Commit Lagos Businessman,Dada Aigbe To Prison

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The Lagos State Police Command appear to have compromised the order of the court which sentence a businessman Mr Dada Aigbe, to Kirikiri Correctional Facility for disobeying a lawful court order over interfering in a land matter over which he is not a party. A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja committed the Chairman of Confidence Cargo, Freight Forwarder, Mr Aigbe, to Kirikiri for one month or until he purges himself of the contempt of the court and files an affidavit to henceforth not disobeys any court order.   The land dispute is between HRM, Oba Shakirudeen Adeshina Kuti, the complainants and Osolo of Isolo, HRM, Oba Agbabiaka Kabiru Orisedeko Kuti and the Baale of Mafoluku, Ajao Estate; Chief Hussam Raheem Shekoni Elemo, as defendants before Justice M.A Savage. The fact of the case as contained in the petition before the court is that the complainant’s ancestral family land along Airport Road, Ewu Town, Mafoluku, Oshodi, Lagos was allegedly invaded by Oludada Aigbe and his thugs.