The immediate past governor of Imo State, EMEKA IHEDIOHA, has filed a suit to stop the Imo State House of Assembly from investigating him over allegations of missing funds.
He filed the suit at the State High Court sitting in Owerri, the state capital.
In his prayers, the former governor sought a perpetual injunction restraining the lawmakers from probing him over the sum of N19.63 billion said to be missing from the Local Government account during his seven-month tenure.
There was a violent protest in the Karmo area of Abuja early today following the alleged killing of a businessman, SOLOMON EZE, by a police officer.
It was gathered that EZE was killed last night.
Angry residents of the area reportedly stoned an Assistant Commissioner of Police and Abuja Municipal Area Council officials who visited the community to pacify the people.
Some youths were also said to have attempted to burn down the police post in the community.
The total infections from Corona virus in the country has risen to 4,399 just as the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control confirmed 248 new cases.
According to the agency, Nigeria also recorded 17 more deaths from the pandemic, taking the country’s death toll to 143 with total recoveries rising to 778.
81 of the new cases were in Lagos State, 35 in Jigawa, while Borno and Kano states each had 26 new confirmed cases.
20 new cases were confirmed for Bauchi, 13 in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, 12 in Edo, 10 in Sokoto and7 in Zamfara.
Kwara and Kebbi each had 4 new cases; Gombe, Taraba, Ogun and Ekiti each had 2 cases, while Osun and Bayelsa had a case each.
The Supreme Court has nullified the judgment which convicted the former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu.
A seven-man panel of the apex court also set aside the judgment which convicted Ude Udeogu, a former Director of Finance and Account at the Abia State Government House.
The Supreme Court gave the judgement more than one year after both men were convicted of corruption allegations levelled against them by the Federal Government.
The Supreme Court then proceeded to set aside the judgement that convicted the defendants and ordered a fresh trial of the defendants by another judge.
The Court was of the view that Justice Mohammed Idris, who conducted the trial, was no longer a judge of the Federal High Court as at the time he sat and delivered the judgement that convicted the defendants for allegedly stealing about N7.1billion from Abia state treasury.
The Supreme Court added that Justice Idris, having been elevated to the Court of Appeal before then, lacked the powers to return to sit as a High Court Judge.
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