Monday Okpebholo, an All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the September 21 Edo State governorship election, faces potential imprisonment charges from a coalition of civil society organizations under the Network of Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria (NECSON). READ THE FULL ARTICLE

Okpebholo offence is alleged abuse of the Naira, says the coalition, and this carries a six month sentence.

The petition addressed to the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is already lodged with the commission.

The coalition, through a petition signed by its National Coordinator, Victor Kalu, and National Secretary, Ali Abacha, have in fact started the process of getting the APC candidate sentenced to jail.

It claimed that the lawmaker abused the naira, through mutilation citing the CBN Act of 2007, which declares such actions punishable. READ THE FULL ARTICLE