A Yemeni court has sentenced the President of United States, Donald Trump, to death for alleged war crimes.
He was sentenced with nine other defendants which included Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, and crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.
The case against the ten defendants was held in their absence at Houthi-run Specialised Criminal Court in the Yemeni governorate of Saada over the Saudi-led coalition’s attack on a bus full of young boys in Dahyan in the Majz district
The Houthi-owned Yemen News Agency (SABA) confirmed that the court issued death sentences to Donald Trump, Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, and Norton Schwartz for their alleged roles in the attack.
Commander of the Saudi Air Force, Turki bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, Yemen’s Vice President Ali Mohsen Saleh Al-Ahmar, Prime Minister Ahmed bin Dagher, Defence Minister Muhammad Al-Maqdishi, and former US Defence Secretary James Norman Mattis were also sentenced to death.
The news agency indicated that the defendants are also required to pay a $10 billion fine to families of those killed in the 2019 airstrike.
The charges related to an airstrike which reportedly hit a school bus, killing 51 people including 40 children
The news agency reported that:
“The prosecution has registered its partial appeal to the fifth paragraph of the verdict, regarding the right of those included in the indictment. Thus, the court has not decided on it yet. Private prosecution attorney, Hamdan Shani, joined his appeal to the prosecution’s appeal, while the defence attorney, Abdel Wahab Al-Fadhli, reserved the right to appeal on behalf of the defendants.”
Court orders interim forfeiture of funds linked to Lagos speaker, Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has obtained a court order which granted the temporary forfeiture of funds linked to speaker of the Lagos house of assembly, Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa.
The anti-graft agency had in a motion dated August 12, 2020 and marked FHC/L/CS/1069/2020, sought for the interim forfeiture of funds found in three bank accounts linked to the Lagos speaker.
The three bank accounts in Standard Chartered Bank are said to be a domiciliary, current and savings accounts.
EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren has also confirmed that Obasa was at the agency’s office for questioning. He said the speaker was being grilled over corruption allegations against him.
