A former Law School Academic director, simply identified Chinaso, on Monday, inadvertently admitted in court that there is an examination malpractice syndicate at the Nigerian Law School in Abuja. Chinaso made this known during the ongoing trial of journalist and human rights activist, Agba Jalingo. Chinaso was in court as a witness for Elizabeth Ayade, the wife of Frank Ayade, a brother of former Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade in the case of Commissioner of Police vs Agba Jalingo.
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has said the operatives of the Nigeria Police Force are notorious for neglecting their basic roles of protection of lives and properties due to corruption and poor incentives. SaharaReporters had reported that Sowore, while speaking in an interview with the Africa Independent Television (AIT), said the Nigerian policemen had been reduced to protecting only the Very Important Personalities (VIPs) while the rest of Nigerians languished at the mercy of terrorists and kidnappers.
A frivolous petition bordering on defamation which was filed by Mrs. Elizabeth Alami Ayade, wife of Dr. Frank Ayade, the younger brother of Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade led to the arrest of journalist, Agba Jalingo, on Friday in Lagos State. According to Cross River Watch where Jalingo is publisher, Mrs. Alami Ayade, through her lawyers in Abuja – Uyi Frank Obayagbona & Co had written to Jalingo, claiming he wrote a defamatory article about her and wants N500million as compensation.
Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force, State Criminal Investigation Department have moved arrested journalist, Agba Jalingo to Abuja. SaharaReporters can confirm this from his Facebook post on Saturday morning. He said, "At the airport en route Abuja with detectives from SCID Force headquarters."