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Nerve agent: British town urged to remain calm

Nerve agent: British town urged to remain calm
Investigation
London, July 9, 2018 (dpa/NAN) Head of British local council on Monday urged residents of Wiltshire community to remain calm as officials investigate the death of a local woman after exposure to a nerve agent.
“Wiltshire is a resilient community but this is really testing that resilience now,” said Jane Scott.
The 44-year-old victim died after being exposed to Novichok in Amesbury, Wiltshire.
A 45-year-old man who was also exposed to the nerve agent remains critically ill. The pair were hospitalised June 29 with poisoning symptoms.
Around 100 detectives from the Counter Terrorism Policing Network were working alongside the Wilthsire police, Scotland Yard, said in a statement.
Calling it “shocking and tragic news”, Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, the head of UK Counter Terrorism policing, said the police were working meticulously to gather all the available evidence and identify those responsible for the “outrageous, reckless and barbaric act”.
Prime Minister Theresa May said she was “appalled and shocked” at the news.
“Police and security officials are working urgently to establish the facts of this incident, which is now being investigated as a murder,” British news agency Press Association, reported.
Russian former double agent Sergei Skripal, and his daughter were found collapsed in Salisbury about 10 kilometres from Amesbury in March, after they were poisoned with Novichok.
Both later recovered.
Last week, Britain urged Russia to explain the use of a nerve agent in southern England, after it was confirmed that the couple in Amesbury were exposed to the same nerve agent as Skripal and his daughter. (NAN)
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Edited by Celine-Damilola Oyewole/Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Judiciary

House agent in court over alleged N825,000 cheating

House agent in court over alleged N825,000 cheating

NAN-H-4

Cheating

By Nana Musa

Abuja, April 25, 2017 (NAN) A middle-aged man, Umoren Ukeme, on Tuesday appeared before a Kado Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for alleged cheating of N825,000.

The defendant, who resides at Jabi by Mr Biggs, Abuja, is standing trial on a two-count charge of conspiracy and cheating.

However, he denied committing the offence.

The Prosecutor, Judith Obatomi, told the court that one Imaobong Olukayo of Mabushi, Abuja, reported the matter at the Utako Police Station, Abuja, on April 14.

Obatomi said that the complainant alleged on April 12, that the defendant and three others now at large, claimed to be a house agent and landlord.

“They criminally collected the sum of N825,000 with the pretence to rent a three-bedroom apartment but criminally absconded with the money,’’ she said.

The prosecutor also said that the offence contravened sections 79 and 322 of the Penal Code.

However, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge leveled against him, saying they are all lies.

The Counsel to the defendant, Cynthia Nnamdi, applied for his bail, assuring that the court that the defendant would not jump bail.

The presiding officer, Alhaji Ahmed Ado, granted the accused bail in the sum of N200,000 and one surety in like sum.

Ado said that the surety must be a Grade Level nine officer in the Federal Civil Service and must be resident within ​the court’s jurisdiction.

The court also ordered that the papers of the surety must be verified by the judge before he can be released.

Ado adjourned the case till May 16, for further hearing. (NAN)

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Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola