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A High court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos has ordered kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike aka Evans, to refund the sum of €233,000 ransom he collected from one of his victims, Chief Donatus Dunu.

Justice Olukayode Ogunjobi on Wednesday, February 15, also ordered the convicted kidnapper to pay N50 million as general damages in favour of the Claimant.

Evans abducted Dunu, who is a pharmacist, on February 14, 2017. Duru later escaped from captivity after the convicted kidnapper took €233,000 from his family.

Upon his escape, Dunu, who is the CEO of Maydon Pharmaceutical Company, filed a suit demanding the return of the sum of £223,000 he paid as ransom while in the custody of the kidnap kingpin. He also demanded the sum of N50 million as damages.

Delivering his judgment, Justice Ogunjobi held, “I accept the unchallenged and uncontroverted evidence of the Claimant and his witnesses. The evidence support the reliefs sought by the Claimant.

Consequently, the Claimant is entitled to be paid or repaid and or recover from the Defendant, the sum of €233,000 ransom coercively paid by the Claimant to Defendant when the Defendant kidnapped the Claimant in the year 2017 and held the Claimant hostage for months.

The sum of N50million is awarded as general damages in favour of the Claimant against the Defendant.

Post judgment interest is awarded on the said sum of €233,000 at the rate of 10% per annum from judgment i.e. 14th of February, 2023 until final liquidation.

The adjudged said sum of €233,000 and N50,000,000 is hereby ordered to be paid or recovered from the Assets of the Defendant. This is the Judgment of the Court.”

The court however refused the claim for prejudgement interest of 40 percent per annum on the €233,000.

The president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria CBN to ensure the recirculation of old N200 note till April 10 in order to ease cash shortage Nigerians currently facing.

The President made this known on Thursday morning during an address to Nigerians.

He also apologised to Nigerians over the difficulties experienced in accessing the scarce new naira notes.

He therefore threw his weight behind the CBN governor to render other old notes, N500 and N1000 as illegal tender in Nigeria.

Details later….

Oyo State governor; ‘Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, reaffirmed his unwavering admiration for teachers and the teaching profession, noting that his administration will continue to do everything possible to ensure that teachers and other workers are satisfied on the job.

The governor, who declared that the state government will pay the state’s teachers annual leave bonus for 2022 by end of February, said that the welfare of workers will continue to be paramount to his government.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, on behalf of the Media Committee of the Governor’s Campaign Council, stated this on Wednesday, when he met with the representatives of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Itesiwaju Local Government Chapter in Otu.

The governor equally told residents of the Council at separate meetings with the leadership of religious faiths and the traditional council that his administration will explore tourism and solid mineral development to expand the state’s economy under Omititun 2.0.

Speaking with the traditional rulers at the Itesiwaju Local Government Hall, Otu, Governor Makinde stated that he is seeking to be re-elected so as to consolidate on the gains under Omituntun 1.0, which were recorded in the past 44 months.

Governor Makinde equally met with the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) at the First Baptist Church, Otu; the League of Imams and Alfa at the Central Mosque, Otu as well as the traditional worshippers, urging them to support the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidates in National Assembly, state Assembly and governorship elections.

While campaigning at separate meetings with traditional worshippers, commercial motorcycle riders’ associations and non-indigenes of the Council, the governor said that his administration has been able to deliver on its 2019 campaign promises.

The governor explained that everything his administration has been able to achieve under Omituntun 1.0 will be consolidated under Omituntun 2.0, warning residents of the Council not to allow opposition political parties whom he said have nothing to campaign with to deceive them ahead of the coming elections.

In his remarks during the traditional council’s meeting with the governor and his entourage, the Eleyinpo of Ipapo, Oba Yekeen Ademola, as well as representatives of each group met by the governor, lauded his administration’s achievements in the last 44 months.

They also promised to work for the success of his second term bid.

Seun Kuti, a nigeria renowned musician and the chairman of Movement of the people (MOP) in his interview with Arise TV has said his preferred candidate for the 2023 presidential election is the AAC presidential candidate, Omoyele sowore.

However he is being held back to campaign for him because he (Seun) is the chairman of his political party, Movement of the People.

“It is impossible for me to have a candidate in the election that is not in my movement. I have been stopped by my organization from campaigning or choosing any candidate.

What I have said though is that of all the candidates in this election, the one I preferred and think is the best is Omoyele Sowore, he said.”

The Supreme Court has adjourned the suit filed by governors to challenge the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to Wednesday, February 22.

Details later.

Residents are currently protesting peacefully against Old Naira Note swap deadline right now at Eleyele, Ibadan.

People trooped out today to express their grievances on the Naira swap deadline which Central Bank of Nigeria CBN had maintained since yesterday that there would be no going back on the February 10th deadline.

Meanwhile, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu said by the party leaders to have planned his State campaign in Ibadan tommorrow before the latest development.

Some APC stalwarts in the State have alleged that the protest which lately rocked the state was a plot by the State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde to disrupt the planned campaign visit.

According to the former Deputy National Youth Leader of the APC, Afeez Bolaji Repete, he alleged that the protest was orchestrated by some groups of people in the Oyo State PDP to prevent Tinubu’s visitation to the state. He also alleged that Makinde had plotted to to disrupt the planned campaign scheduled to hold tommorrow.

Details later.

Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has warned that the State government would shut down any Commercial Banks operating in the state that refused to accept old naira notes.

The warning is sequel to complains received from the people by the state government that commercial banks and some filling stations are rejecting the old naira notes as legal tender.

The governor spoke on Tuesday while addressing market men and women at Itoku Kampala market in Abeokuta, as part of his reelection campaign to Abeokuta North Local Government Areas.

Abiodun , who frowned at the action of the banks, noted that since the new naira notes was not available, commercial banks must accept the old notes to ease the suffering of the people.

He called on the people to remain calm, assuring that his government was working assiduously to ensure that the present situation was brought under control.

Speaking on the epileptic power supply affecting the market, the governor assured that he would reach out to the appropriate authority to improve on the power supply to the market.

Abiodun added that the controversy surrounding the non-issuance of documents to some shop owners at the market would be addressed.

He promised that some of the outstanding issues currently affecting the market would be given a priority during his second term in office.

The governor appreciated the traders for their support so far, imploring them to vote all the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 25 and March 11 election.

The governor promised that 200 market men and women would benefit from the government’s loan arrangement, saying that the Oko Owo Dapo scheme would be extended to them.

Abiodun expressed dismay that the transformer given to the market was not functioning effectively and directed that new ones be brought to the market immediately.

Addressing the people at the Mokola-Elega Under Bridge, Abiodun stated that his administration would complete the road during his second term, calling for their maximum support in the elections.

The Otun Iyaloja of Itoku, Mrs Simbiat Oyetola, commended the governor for the boreholes provided in the market, urging the governor to assist the traders in resolving the problem of epileptic power supply.