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Civil Servants Implicated in Multimillion-Naira Land Fraud At Federal Science and Technical College Yaba
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By Gloria Ikibah
Members of the Federal Science and Technical College, Yaba Staff Housing Society have petitioned the Lagos State Ministry of Justice to take over the prosecution of some staff accused of land grabbing and advance fee fraud.
The petition, filed through their solicitors Centrepiece Partners, expresses concerns over the handling of the litigation by the Commission of Police, Special Fraud Unit, Lagos.
The accused staff include the President Federal Science and Technical College, Yaba Staff Housing Society, Sanni Attaiye Matthew, another member, one Farayibi Oluwabukola, and several others who are said to be at large.
It will be recalled that members of the FSTCY staff thrift cooperative society had in December 2023, petitioned the Commissioner of Police, Special Fraud Unit in Lagos, to lay their complaint of being denied their land allocations meant to be allotted on ‘first come, first serve’ basis.
The petitioners alleged Sanni Attaiye Matthew denied original subscribers of the staff cooperative group access to their land allocations while also allegedly converted landed property valued at ₦300 million to personal accounts.
This eventually led to the prosecution of the accused persons before a Federal High Court Lagos on a three count charge of defrauding the Society by false pretence.
The three count charge read in part: “That you SANNI ATTAIYE MATTHEW ‘M’ FARABIYI OLUWABUKOLA ‘F’ and others at large within the period of 2015 till 2024 in Lagos within the Jurisdiction of this Honorable Court did sell and convert Landed Property belonging to Federal Technical College Yaba Staff Housing Society valued 300,000,000 (Three Hundred Million Naira) to your own use and benefit which you knew or reasonably ought to have known was the proceed of an unlawful act by you to wit: Stealing and Fraud and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 18 (2b) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act of 2011 as Amended in 2012 and punishable under Scction 18 (3) of the same Act.”
In a latest twist, however, the petitioners are seeking the intervention of the Director of Public Prosecution in the Lagos State Ministry of Justice to ensure that justice is served.
Writing a fresh petition through their lawyers dated February 26 2025, they appealed to the Director of Public Prosecution, Lagos State Ministry of Justice to take over the case citing reluctance of the Commission of Police, Special Fraud Unit, Lagos to prosecute the matter.
Their petition reads this:
“The PSFU’s Legal Team raised a 3 counts charge against these duo and others but they failed to appear in court after several invitations and notices by the police.
“This forced the prosecution to apply for and obtained an order dated 14” January, 2025 from the Federal High Court per Hon. Justice Kala declaring the 2 suspects i.e. MR. SANNI ATTAIYE MATTHEW AND MISS. FARAYIBI OLUWABUKOLA wanted and placed on wanted list by the Nigerian Police Special Fraud Unit, 13, Milverton Road, Ikoyi, Lagos until their arrest and prosecution.
“To our client’s utter dismay, the Commissioner of Police, in charge at the PSFU suo motu decided to halt the arraignment of the suspects.
“Upon the sudden appearance of MR. SANNI ATTAIYE MATTHEW at the Commissioner’s office. The Commissioner of Police solely decided to amicable resolve the matter. All our client’s call that the suspects be arraigned fell on the Commissioner’s deaf ears.
“This was when it dawned on our clients that the gentlemen must have been compromised by MR. SANNI ATTAIYE MATTHEW whose stalk in trade is to compromise all flaw enforcement agents this matter had travelled through with several millions of Naira he and his co-travellers in this fraudulent dealings have stolen from our clients.
“We urge you sir, to use the machinery of your good office to take-over the prosecution of this case to save our clients from this their prolonged suffering in the hands of these fraudulent individuals.”
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
Suspected bandits have kidnapped retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, former Director of Defence Information, and his wife on Matazu Road in Katsina State.
Security sources told PRNigeria that the couple was ambushed on Saturday morning, May 30, 2026, while travelling in a red Peugeot 504 saloon car.
The gunmen intercepted the vehicle and whisked the retired officer and his wife to an unknown location.
The driver escaped with gunshot wounds and is receiving treatment at a nearby hospital, a security source said.
The former DDI and his wife were waylaid by armed men on the route. The driver escaped with gunshot injuries and is receiving medical attention,” the source stated.
Security forces have launched search-and-rescue operations and deployed intelligence assets to track the abductors, according to the source. Official confirmation from the military was still pending at press time.
—Rising concern in Katsina—
The abduction comes amid persistent insecurity in parts of Katsina despite ongoing military operations against bandit groups in the North-West.
In recent years, several serving and retired security personnel have been targeted on highways linking Katsina to neighbouring states. PRNigeria reports that criminal groups now see high-profile individuals, including retired military officers, as lucrative targets.
Maj-Gen Abubakar served as Director of Defence Information and was one of the Nigerian military’s most visible spokespersons during the counterinsurgency campaign against Boko Haram.
The incident is expected to renew calls for stronger security along major highways and rural communities in Katsina, where residents continue to face kidnapping and banditry.
Credit :PRNigeria
Abia State Police Command has nabbed two suspects for conspiracy, attempted child theft and possession of hard drugs.
The Command which made this known on Saturday, named the suspects as Nzubechi Chinagorom and Chinonso Chibundu, indigenes of Olokoro, Umuahia South LGA of the Abia State.
In a statement signed by DSP Maureen Chinaka, the Police Public Relations Officer, the Command said its officers apprehended the suspects through actionable intelligence, in collaboration with Olokoro vigilante personnel.
She stated that the suspects went to the residence of one Miss Amarachi Chinyereugo and attempted to forcibly take away her two-week-old baby girl.
DSP Chinaka said that the Nzubechi Chinagorom allegedly stabbed the nursing mother with a kitchen knife during a struggle, causing the baby to fall and hit her head on ground.
The police spokesperson said that the two suspects fled from the scene and ran into a nearby bush on realizing that the nursing mother, Miss Amarachi Chinyereugo cried out for help.
She added that the suspects were later apprehended at a bus stop
where they had reportedly gone to take hard drugs.
“The mother and child were immediately rushed to the hospital, where they received treatment and have since recovered.
“The suspects were apprehended, exhibits were recovered and investigation has been conducted at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID). Suspects will be charged to court on 2/06/2026,” Chinaka said.
Ex-Minister of Labour and Productivity, SellJoel Ikenya, has been declared winner of the governorship primaries conducted by the Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Taraba State.
Mr Felix Hyat, the chairman of the election committee, who announced the results in Jalingo on Saturday, said Ikenya scored 34,173, to defeat Mr Dinshiya Usman, who polled 4,853.
Hyat, who described the exercise as free, fair and transparent, commended the state working committee of the party for the peaceful conduct.
Ikenya, in his acceptance speech, pledged to revive Taraba to her days of glory if elected governor in 2027.
“I will transform Taraba; I will change the state from salary base, to an industrialised state.
“My desire is to also revive the state infrastructure and attract more investors to boost the economy,” he said.
The governorship candidate, however, denied the allegations of factional PDP in Taraba.
“There is no factional PDP in Taraba; I don’t know where the other people are coming from.
“PDP in Taraba is one, and we do not have any faction in the state. We are working as one united family to reclaim our mandate from Gov. Agbu Kefas of the All Progressives Congress (APC),” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that, the Nyesom Wike led faction of the party had recently declared senator Emmanuel Bwacha as its governorship candidate in Taraba.
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