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  In its renewed commitment to fighting crime and criminalty in and around Adamawa, the police in the state have apprehended 3 suspects for armed robbery and kidnapping activities in Gombi LGA. The operatives of the command have recovered single barrel gun, motorcycle and other dangerous weapons from the suspects. Those apprehended include; Likita Muhammed, 22, of Zangra village, Ibrahim Adamu, 26 and Buba Mammadu, 20 from Balhona village in Gombi Local Government Area. A statement by the spokesman of the command, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, and made availabe to NEWS PLATFORM on Monday, said that the suspets were nabbed on the 27th February, 2021.  DSP Nguroje stated that those apprehended were out of 5 suspects who had kidnapped one Ali Ahmadu and Alhaji Guruza of Antasa and Balhona villages in the LGA sometimes in November, 2020.  He added that the suspects were arrested at their various hideouts in Gombi town following credible information and intense search by the po...

  Wife of the pastor of Heavengate Bible Mission in Bachure, Yola North Local Government Area, Adamawa state, Mrs Jummai Mala, alleged that her husband, Pastor Yakubu Kefas Ayuba, has been sleeping with women right in his church. Mrs Jummai said that her husband has a bed in the office of church which he uses to commit adultery, alleging that she personally caught her husband in the act right in the office. She informed Upper Area Court III in Yola that her husband has behaved in such a way that she cannot reasonably expected to live with him and be called his wife, and asked the court to dissolve their marriage.  She told the court that her husband is of the habit of chasing women in his church to the extent that some of the women confronted her on several occasions, threatening to beat her. The petitioner narrated that the respondent has formed the habit of beating her whenever she refuses to give him money to the extend of breaking her hand. She told the court that she lawf...

  A 45 year old Ahmed Ibrahim of Modibbo Adama way Yola South Local Government Area, Adamawa state has been remanded in a prison over alleged homosexuality. The suspect has been remanded in prison custody by Chief Magistrate Court I Admin in Yola presided by Aliyu Bawuro, for the alleged offence contrary to section 263 of the state penal code law. He was earlier apprehended and arraigned before the court by the operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corpse (NSCDC) in Yola town on the 18th February, 2021. The arrest of the accused followed a complaint by the victim, Huzaifa Mohammed, on the 17th February, 2021, where he alleged that the accused and a driver put his manhood into his anus. The victim narrated in the First Information Report (FIR) that the accused persuaded him to come and sleep at his residence, saying that he gave him a tea to drink. According to him, after he drank the tea which was intoxicated, he slept off and that he woke up the following morning on...

 A 32 year old man, Danladi Miji of Bariki Cham, Balanga Local Government Area, Gombe state has been sentenced to death by hanging for armed robbery. Justice Abdul-Azeez Waziri, led High Court handed down the verdict on Thursday after Danladi was tried and found guilty of the offences of conspiracy and armed robbery, and pronounced that the convict shall be hung by the neck until he dies. Danladi and two others now at large were said to have conspired and robbed with offensive weapons such as guns, knives among others and did rob Samaila Yahaya and Sani Yahaya of recharge cards valued at #1million, cash and a laptop. In his statement, Danladi narrated that he was called by Danjuma, a friend to come down to Gundili village in Tingno, Lamurde Local Government, Adamawa state, saying that when he came, Danjuma informed him that he is an armed robber and that he wants him to join him and his team. He stated that he accepted to join them because he was afraid of him and did not want him ...

  By Aisha Abdulkadiri Adamawa German Medical Centre (AGMC), Yola has celebrated 2 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Members who were among 110 Ex-Corp Members that received presidential award. The 2 Corp Members including; Dr.Kolawole Toba Gabriel, a graduate of Medicine and Surgery,  University of Ilorin, Kwara state and Dr.Udezue Nkem Cynthia, a graduate of Parasitology and Entomology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, served with the AGMC in Yola. It could be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari recently offered automatic employment to the ex-corps members of the 2018/2019, in the Federal Civil Service and scholarships for the pursuit of post-graduate studies up to doctoral level in any university in Nigeria. President Buhari presented the award to Dr. Gabriel and Dr. Cynthia on the 11th February 2021 along side several other recipients. But excited by the Presidential Honour to the duo, the Management of the German Medical Centre Yola, in an elaborate ceremony, said t...

  By sofeme Kwate Our attention has been drawn to a fictitious and spurious publication with the above caption circulating in the social media. The write-up was nothing but a fabrication by desperate and unscrupulous person (perhaps a beneficiary of the office) aimed at tarnishing the image and hard- earned reputation of the number two citizen of Adamawa State. The author in his mischievous piece, highlighted some fake issues which originated from the pigment of his imagination just to humbug the public on the personality of  Adamawa State Deputy Governor, Chief Crowther Seth and the functionality of his office. The said writer in his attempt to get cheap publicity displayed his egotistical character of self conceited arrogance, uncultured, desperation and unethical practice which every decent person or society frowns at morally or religiously. The author in his puckish or roguish piece libelously chooses irrational, deceive, firing, erratic, draconian in describing the allege...

Two Herbalist based in Toungo ward, Maiha Local Government Area, Adamawa state have appeared in court for allegedly killing a woman accused of witchcraft. The accused persons, Salihu Kalu and Ibrahim Usman have been standing trial for killing one Fadimatu Jibrilla, who was accused of being a witch or having power of witchcraft. Salihu and Ibrahim were earlier arraigned before Justice Helen N. Hammajoda on 5 count charges bordering criminal conspiracy punishable under section 61(1) of the state penal code law. The duo were said to have agreed to do an illegal act where they subjected late Fadimatu Jibrilla, to a trial by ordeal to validate their accusation that the victim had the power of witchcraft by forcing her to ingest a substance in the premises of the Salihu Kalu (the 1st defendant), and the said act was done in pursuance to the said agreement. In his extra judicial confessional statement, the 1st defendant narrated that one Umar and Auwalu met him with their daughter who was sic...

Two Herbalist based in Toungo ward, Maiha Local Government Area, Adamawa state have appeared in court for allegedly killing a woman accused of witchcraft. The accused persons, Salihu Kalu and Ibrahim Usman have been standing trial for killing one Fadimatu Jibrilla, who was accused of being a witch or having power of witchcraft. Salihu and Ibrahim were earlier arraigned before Justice Helen N. Hammajoda on 5 count charges bordering criminal conspiracy punishable under section 61(1) of the state penal code law. The duo were said to have agreed to do an illegal act where they subjected late Fadimatu Jibrilla, to a trial by ordeal to validate their accusation that the victim had the power of witchcraft by forcing her to ingest a substance in the premises of the Salihu Kalu (the 1st defendant), and the said act was done in pursuance to the said agreement. In his extra judicial confessional statement, the 1st defendant narrated that one Umar and Auwalu met him with their daughter who was sic...

 Two elderly men of Boronji Community in Yola North Local Government Area, Adamawa state have been remanded in prison custody for allegedly cutting a baoba tree. The remand order was issued by a Chief Magistrate Court I Admin in Yola on Tuesday. The accused persons, Augustine Gurbi and Namel Kompani are facing charges of criminal trespass and intimidation contrary to sections 372 and 333 of state penal code law. The defendants were earlier dragged to the court by the Ward Head of Boronji, Kenneth Stephen where he alleged that Gurbi and Kompani had entered his house and started cutting his baoba tree. According to the royal father, his wife called and informed him that the defendants entered the house without permission and started cutting the tree. Kenneth narrated that it was one traditional ruler by name Dogara Balitus that came to his house and advised them to come down. He said that since that time, nobody call to plead with him to exercise patience, and urged the court to take...

Deputy Speaker of the Adamawa state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Pwamwakeno Mackondo, on Tuesday joined hundreds of friends and well wishers in felicitating with Hama Bachama, Homun Daniel Shaga Ismaila, (OON) Kpawo Nomwe Gilong'o Diya, as he marks his 67th birthday anniversary. Hon. Mackondo (Numan) in a congratulatory message on his behalf, family and Numan constituents heartily rejoiced with the Bachama Paramount Ruler as he celebrates his 67th birthday, and wished him many more returns. He extolled the Hama Bachama’s courage in bringing about lasting peace, upholding the values of integrity, love, tolerance, hard work, which have been the hallmark of his chiefdom, and specifically commended him for his peace building initiatives. While promising not to relent in providing quality representation, the Deputy Speaker appealed to his constituents irrespective of ethno religious affiliation to rally round the Royal Father to enable him succeed in his leadership. The number two lawmak...

  A 35 year old man, Ibrahim Wakili of Babal community in Malabu ward, Fufore Local Government Area in Adamawa state on Monday admitted defiling a 7 year girl names withheld. He confessed before Chief Magistrate Court Yola town that he lured the little girl and forcefully defiled her in one uncompleted building in their community. The accused who has 2 wives and 10 children blamed the devil for his action, and denied whether it was for ritual purposes. According to the prosecution, the father of the minor reported to the police on 10th February, 2021, that the suspect deceived his daughter and took her into the building and had sex with her. Upon his arraignment before Magistrate Uwani Danladi led Yola Magistrate Court over the alleged offence contrary to section 211 of the penal code law, he confessed that he had actually defiled the girl. It was after he pleaded guilty to the offence that the court ordered that he should be remanded in prison custody, and however adjourned the ma...

  A 35 year old man, Ibrahim Wakili of Babal community in Malabu ward, Fufore Local Government Area in Adamawa state has admitted defiling a 7 year girl names withheld. He confessed before Chief Magistrate Court Yola town that he lured the little girl and forcefully defiled her in one uncompleted building in their community. The accused who has 2 wives and 10 children blamed the devil for his action. According to the prosecution, the father of the minor reported to the police on 10th February, 2021, that the suspect deceived his daughter and took her into the building and had sex with her. Upon his arraignment before Magistrate Uwani Danladi led Yola Magistrate Court over the alleged offence contrary to section 211 of the penal code law, he confessed that he had actually defiled the girl. It was after he pleaded guilty to the offence that the court ordered that he should be remanded in prison custody, and adjourned the matter to 22nd March, 2021. Earlier, the prosecutor, Inspector ...

  Former Governor Boni Haruna's Chief Protocol, Salihu Yahaya has been arraigned before Upper Area Court III in Yola, Adamawa State for allegedly calling his former wife, Maryam Tabah, an adulterer. Salihu Yahaya, has been dragged before the court presided by Honourable Umar Isa, by Maryam, his former wife for allegedly calling her an adulterer. In a  direct criminal complaint lodged before the court, Maryam Tabah informed the court that she is a house wife and resides in Jimeta, saying that she got married to the defendant over 19 years ago. Maryam narrated that the former Governor Haruna's Protocol divorced her on the 4th January, 2021, and that without any legal jurisdiction, he called her friend, Sa'a Luka, and told her that since he had divorced her none of them inquire about it. She stated that the defendant had told her friends that he sent her packing because she had been committing adultery and going out with one young boy by name Adamu Buba Bazza. According to her...

A tragedy has struck at the Criminal Area Court II in Yola, the Adamawa state capital on Thursday, when a man violently stabbed his middle age lover with a knife 3 times and left her in pool of blood within the court premises. The victim, Ashini Hosea was promptly rushed to the Federal Medical Center (FMC), Yola for medical attention, while the suspect, Enock Adamu who was arrested and taken to the CID, dramatically jumped from the staircase of the one storey building of the CID and was also rushed to FMC Yola unconscious. The man, Enock Adamu and resident of Sangere along Numan road who was promptly intercepted by the combined effort of the police and staff of the court was said to have been angered by the application of the Counsel to his lover, Barrister Ibrahim Saidu, which brought about the reversal of the earlier arrangement reached for the girl to refund all expenses incurred on her. Earlier, in his oral application, Barrister Ibrahim Saidu told Honourable Musa Nuhu Garta led Cr...

  A 26 year old Joshua Vasira Emmanuel of Sabon Pegi, Yolde Pate in Yola South Local Government Area, Adamawa state has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly parading himself as a new Assistant Lecturer of the State Polytechnic Yola. Joshua was remanded in a prison custody by Honourable Aliyu Bawuro led Chief Magistrate Court I Admin in Yola, after he pleaded guilty to all allegations levelled against him. He was earlier arraigned before the court for criminal trespass, impersonation, criminal breach of trust, cheating and theft contrary to sections 333, 145, 302, 312 and 276 of the state penal code law.  The 26 year old Joshua was said to have criminally trespassed into the higher institution and paraded himself as newly employed Assistant Lecturer. The young man was reported to have deceived Usman Sanusi and Elisha Gambo, students of the polytechnic and collected their handsets with a promise to down load some materials for them but went and sold the phones at the sh...

  A 26 year old Joshua Vasira Emmanuel of Sabon Pegi, Yolde Pate in Yola South Local Government Area, Adamawa state has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly parading himself as a new Assistant Lecturer of the State Polytechnic Yola. Joshua was remanded in a prison custody by Honourable Aliyu Bawuro led Chief Magistrate Court I Admin in Yola, after he pleaded guilty to all allegations levelled against him. He was earlier arraigned before the court for criminal trespass, impersonation, criminal breach of trust, cheating and theft contrary to sections 333, 145, 302, 312 and 276 of the state penal code law.  The 26 year old Joshua was said to have criminally trespassed into the higher institution and paraded himself as newly employed Assistant Lecturer. The young man was reported to have deceived Usman Sanusi and Elisha Gambo, students of the polytechnic and collected their handsets with a promise to down load some materials for them but went and sold the phones at the sh...

A new bill for a law to establish Adamawa State Agency for Sustainable Development and Humanitarian Response has scaled through first reading at the State House of Assembly. The first reading of the brand new bill followed a motion to that effect by its sponsor and member representing Hong constituency, Hon. Bathiya Wesley at a resumed plenary session on Wednesday. Though, the general principles of the bill newly initiated bill are yet to be made available to newsmen, NEWS PLATFORM gathered that if finally enacted and assented by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, will establish a new agency for Adamawa.  The agency will not only aim at meeting the needs of the citizens, but provide immediate and timely assistance and protection intervention to the people at the grassroots. According to sources, aside assisting in ameliorating the suffering of the masses, the agency will encourage new developments as well as the sustenance of the existing ones in the interest of the state and its peopl...

  It was huge disappointment and regret as steps taken by the embattled Pastor of Fire House Revival Ministry, Marwa Tumba to let himself off hook hit a brick wall at the Criminal Area Court II in Yola, Adamawa state. The disappointment and regret followed the dismissal of a no case submission filed by the Pastor through his Counsel, E. O. Odo, where he asked the court to hold that the Pastor has no any criminal case to answer. According to him, there is no credible evidence to warrant the Pastor to be charged for any crime at all, contending that the entire testimony of Evangelist Kwanye Tumba, has not established the ingredients of any of the offences under sections 302, 377 and 370 of the penal code law.  Pastor Marwa has been standing trial before Honourable Nuhu Musa Garta led Criminal Area Court over allegations of deceitful marriage, criminal breach of trust and defamation of character.  He was alleged to have fell in love with Evangelist Kwanye Tumba, where he dec...

  Barely two days after resumption from recess, the Members of the Adamawa state House of Assembly have adopted 3 resolutions aimed at ending lingering boundary disputes between Yola North and Yola South and several other Local Government Areas across the state. Parts of the resolutions include urging on Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri to direct Ministry of Border Integration as well as the Surveyor General to clearly define boundaries with specific interest on Yola North and Yola South. The Legislators further called on the Chairmen of the 21 LGCs to cooperate with the ministry and other authorities that will be assigned to carry out the exercise so as to check the lingering disputes on borders among communities. Further more, the Honourable House has mandated its Committee on Legislative compliance to monitor/supervise the implementation of the of the resolutions so as to end troubles among communities. The adoption of the resolutions followed a motion of urgent public interest bro...

  A 40 year old man and father of 10, Mohammed Abubakar has been convicted and sentenced to death by hanging for the offences of kidnapping in Adamawa state. Mohammed Abubakar was convicted and sentenced to death by Honourable Justice Abdul-Azeez Waziri led High Court on Monday after he was tried and found guilty of kidnapping. The convict, Mohammed Abubakar of Madugu village in Girei Local Government Area was charged to court for alleged kidnapping contrary to section 248(9) of the Adamawa State Penal Code Law, 2018, and punishable under section 248(b) of the same Code. When arraigned before the court on three (3) count charges preferred against him, the defendant and now the convict pleaded not guilty, and in order to prove it case, the prosecution lined up 3 witnesses who testified in court and tendered evidence which were also admitted. Earlier, the 40 year old farmer confessed that himself and 2 others now at large, while armed with guns, unlawfully kidnapped and held for rans...

Sarki Rafi Adamawa, Ibrahim Isa Abubakar has sued Chief Imam of Bachure Mosque and 3 others for allegedly encroaching on Muslims and Christians' Cemeteries at Bachure in Yola North Local Government Area.    The Complainant has asked Honourable Aliyu Bawuro led Magistrate Court I Admin to order the Chief Imam to pay #11million as compensation to Muslim and Christian communities affected by the encroachment. According to the Complainant, the 71 year old Imam, Abdulrahaman Adamu, as well as Ya'uba Sa'adu (60), Hammandiko Gaji (53) and Salihu Hammawa (57) of Bachure ward have encroached on their father's landed property. They were arraigned before the court over alleged offences bordering criminal breach of trust, criminal intimidation and used of forged documents. Earlier, the prosecution informed the court that on the 29th November, 2020, one Sarki Rafi Adamawa, of Abuja road in Yola South reported to the police that one Abdulrahaman Adamu of Bachure ward who was the care...

   Chief Magistrate Court I Admin sitting in Yola, the Adamawa state capital has remanded 3 middle age men in a Yola prison over alleged armed robbery. The 3 young men were charged to court over alleged criminal conspiracy, armed robbery and voluntary causing of grievous hurt contrary to sections 60, 287 and 219 of the state penal code law, 2018. The suspected armed robbers include; Mohammed Saidu, Mohammed Audu and Zayyanu Abubakar were said to have stormed the house of a medical officer at Ribadu village in Fufore LGA on the 20th January, 2021 in their effort to rob him of his belongings. According to the prosecution, the defendants on the same date armed themselves with cutlasses, matchets, knives and sticks and attacked the medical officer, Ahmadu Abbo. The defendants were said to have demanded for money from their victim during which they inflicted him with a severe machet injuries on his hands. But when the 3 accused persons were asked to enter their plea, Mohammed Audu ...

 Chief Magistrate Court I Admin sitting in Yola, the Adamawa state capital has remanded 3 middle age men in a Yola prison over alleged armed robbery. The 3 young men were charged to court over alleged criminal conspiracy, armed robbery and voluntary causing of grievous hurt contrary to sections 60, 287 and 219 of the state penal code law, 2018. The suspected armed robbers include; Mohammed Saidu, Mohammed Audu and Zayyanu Abubakar were said to have stormed the house of a medical officer at Ribadu village in Fufore LGA on the 20th January, 2021 in their effort to rob him of his belongings. According to the prosecution, the defendants on the same date armed themselves with cutlasses, matchets, knives and sticks and attacked the medical officer, Ahmadu Abbo. The defendants were said to have demanded for money from their victim during which they inflicted him with a severe machet injuries on his hands. But when the 3 accused persons were asked to enter their plea, Mohammed Audu and Zay...

  A 29 year old farmer, Sunday Jackson of Dong community in Demsa Local Government Area, Adamawa state has been convicted and sentenced to death by hanging for killing a herdsman. Sunday Jackson who was tried by Honourable Justice Fatima Ahmed Tafida led High Court for culpable homicide punishable with death contrary to section 221 of the penal code law, was convicted and sentenced to death by hanging. The convict was found guilty of causing the death of the herdsman, Buba Ardo Bawuro by stabbing him with a knife on the neck in a bush in Kodomti community, Numan LGA.   In his extra judicial confessional statement admitted in evidence, Sunday Jackson narrated that while he was working in his farm in a bush in Kodomti, the deceased came and put his cattle in his farm, but when he asked the Fulani herdsman why did he do so, the herdsman did not say anything. According to him, he pursued the animals out of his farm, but the Fulani herdsman brought out his knife and advanced toward...

   A Yola High Court presided by Honourable Justice Abdul-Azeez Waziri on Wednesday, convicted and sentenced a 500 level Student of Moddibo Adama University, Yola and five others to death by hanging for conspiracy and armed robbery. The Student, Munbe Bala of the Department of Mathematics and Education was convicted along side a former staff of Nigeria Communication Satellite, Abuja, Afu Stephen.  Others are Peter Eli, Hassan Yusuf, Bobi Mabudi and Emmanuel Kenneth.They were earlier arraigned before the Court on 5 count charges bordering conspiracy and armed robbery as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th defendants. Upon their arraignment, the accused persons and now convicts pleaded not guilty to the offences, and in order to prove its case, the prosecution called 8 witnesses and tendered 6 documents which were accordingly admitted in evidence and marked as exhibits. According to particulars of claim, the suspects had on 29th and 31st August, 2015 respectively in Boshikiri t...

  The state Chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists ( NUJ), Adamawa State council, Comrade Ishaka Donald Dedan, has declared 3-day mourning for Late Ibrahim Abdullazeez, correspondent of Voice of America ( VOA) who died in an auto-crash along Gombe-Bauchi road on Friday. The state council of NUJ, according to a statement signed by secretary, Comrade Fidelis Jockthan urged all Chapels to suspend all union activities and hoist the flag half -mast in honour of the late Veteran. According to the statement, Late Ibrahim Abdullazeez, would continue to be remembered because of his doggedness, fearless and investigative journalism as well as contribution to union activities. The late Veteran,who symbolizes humility through his daily smiles during his life times had inspired many young ones particularly in his Television programme on TV Gotel as well as publications on his personal Newsblog '  Adamawa Times' The NUJ urged the family, Colleagues and Government of Adamawa State to take ...

Adamawa State Commissioner Police, CP Aliyu Adamu Alhaji, has conveyed the command's heartfelt condolences to the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Adamawa State Chapter over the demise of Voice of America's Correspondent, Ibrahim Abdulaziz. The VOA Correspondent and Publisher of Adamawa Times online died yesterday in a car crash along Gombe - Bauchi road. CP Alhaji in a statement by the Command's Spokesman, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, and made available to NEWS PLATFORM in Yola today, discribed the deceased as a versatile and experienced journalist. According to him, the sudden death of Abdulazez is a great loss not only to his immediate family, NUJ alone but the Command and the State at large, lamenting that the command will no more get his contributions and support in the fight against crime in and around Adamawa. The State Police Boss further noted that the demise of Abdulaziz's is coming at a time when the Media Industry stands to benefit more from his wealth of exper...

An Officer of the 23rd Armored Brigade Yola, Hayatu Abdulqadir, has been arraigned before Yola Criminal Area Court II over alleged criminal breach of trust and cheating on his former wife, Amina Habibu. The Military Officer was arraigned before Honourable Nuhu Musa Garta led criminal court over money he allegedly collected from his former wife which amounted to #1.250 million as credit. He was said to have collected the money from the Complainant sometimes in 2016 before and during their marriage as credit but defaulted. According to the complainant and business woman, her former husband collected the sum of #200, 000 and said he was going to drill a borehole in his house, #200,000 to put bard wire on his house, #600,000 to put a tiles and paint his house and the sum of #250,000 to buy a piece of land for her, totalling #1.250million. She averred that the defendant refused to pay her back her money despite several demands, saying that she reported him to the Brigade Commander and he ad...

  A Female Evangelist who was jilted by her fiancee and Pastor of Fire House Revival Ministry, Kwanye Tumba has told a Criminal Area Court 2 Yola-Adamawa State, that her ex- fiancee, Pastor Marwa Tumba deceived her with marriage proposal, ate her money and ended up frustrating her life. At the resumed sitting of the Court on Thursday for  hearing, the Female Evangelist told the Court that the Pastor lured her and made her to sell her house and kept on collecting the money, squandered it and thereafter abandoned her. She said all through the period of their relationship, the pastor kept assuring her that he will marry her as a result of which she was very opened to him and gave him access to everything, unknown to her that he came to defraud her. She tendered bank teller, list of items for their proposed marriage and evidence of how and where their relationship started after a prayer meeting at Yolde-Pate, a suburb of Yola South Local Government Area in evidence. The embattled ...

After 3 years without audit report in Adamawa state, the Office of the State Auditor General on Wednesday presented 90 copies of audit reports on the accounts of the state government for 3 years. The presentation of the reports is in line with section 125(2) and (5) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended which stipulated that the Auditor General of the state shall present such reports to the state House of Assembly for consideration. Presenting the 2017 to 2019 audit reports to the House of Assembly, the Acting Auditor General of the state, Usman Ahmed, said that his office had finalised auditing accounts of the state government, hence the submission of it report to the house. Usman told the house that the office of the auditor general audited the 2017, 2018 and 2019 status of the accounts and decided to present 90 copies of the reports, saying that the reports contain findings, observations and recommendations.  He added that the exercise was carrie...