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Eniola Aknkuotu, Abuja A former Attorney-General of the Federation, Michael Aondoakaa, has advised the Federal Government to file corruption charges against representatives of the Process and Industrial Developments firm for entering into a sham contract with some unscrupulous Nigerians. The former AGF said this during an interview with Sunrise Daily on Channels Television on Monday. “Everyone involved must face the law including the foreigner. You cannot do this in the United States,” he said. He said the contract with P&ID was illegal abinitio because it was not approved by the Federal Executive Council, adding that there was no budgetary provision for such a contract. Aondoakaa, who was the AGF from 2007 to 2010, also stated that no such contract was ever brought before executive council which means it was unlawful from the onset. He, therefore, advised the government to tackle the issue from the root since illegality cannot be the foundation of a legitimate contr...

Detained human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has told the Department of State Services that he has never been involved in any act of terror and that there is no evidence anywhere linking him to belonging to a terrorist organisation. Sowore also stated that there was nowhere he expressed a desire to launch any violent attack or topple the government in Nigeria. In a 19-page counter affidavit deposed to by Mr Abubakar Marshal on Tuesday at the Federal High Court, Abuja in a suit No FHC/ABJ /CS/915/2019 in response to the allegations levelled against him by DSS, Sowore denied having any meeting or consultation with members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria.  He said that he needed treatment on his ankle, which was seriously sprained during the midnight invasion of his abode on August 2, 2019, by security operatives.  He noted that his pedigree as a pro-democracy activist, social crusader and frontline opinion moulder was unblemished, adding that he is one o...