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ABEOKUTA— A woman, Olubunmi Funke, told newsmen, yesterday, that she sold her three-year-old daughter for N280,000 to settle her debt.

She was paraded, yesterday, by Ogun State Police Command Commissioner alongside two accomplices, Abibat Oyesanya and Morenike Shittu, over their involvement in stealing and kidnapping of children for sale in the South-West region.

Also paraded were a self-styled prophet, Darasimi Rotimi, and his accomplice, Ibikunle Sunday, who allegedly killed one Sarah Olowookere and dismembered her body for rituals.

The Commissioner of Police, Ilyasu Ahmed, while parading 32 suspects for various offences including robbery, kidnapping, murder among others in Abeokuta, said the suspected ritualists killed Olowokere in Sango area of the state and “dissected her body, removed the head, wrist, heart, breasts and the private part.”

The Police boss, who said the remains of the victim were buried at Alafia Street of Alagbola Ijoko Ota, disclosed that the incident occurred on September 28.

‘How we killed her’

While fielding questions from newsmen, the accomplice, 40-year-old Sunday, an Okadaman, admitted that he killed the victim by hitting a plank on her head.

He said: “I hit a plank on her head. When she died, we then shared her body parts. I took her head. Ogo-eri and Darasimi (referring to the Prophet) took other parts of the body away. They said the parts are essential ingredients for ritual.

“Don’t mind him. He is just lying. If you commit an offence and confess, God will definitely forgive you. I regret my action. I hope the government will temper justice with mercy.”

The accomplice added that the victim was the girlfriend of the third suspect, identified as Ogo-Eri, who is now on the run.

However, when asked his involvement in the act, the white-garment Prophet denied involvement in the act, saying”I don’t know anything about the incident. I am ready to die.”

Stealing, selling children

One of the women—Oyesanya, Shittu, Funke— who were said to be specialists in child stealing and kidnapping, Funke, who confessed to have sold her three-year-old daughter for N280,000, said the money was used to offset her debt.

She said: “I gave out my three-year-old daughter to Abibat Oyesanya, who is into local adoption business. But she promised me that I will be allowed to visit my daughter once in three months.

“I am a prostitute. I engaged in prostitution after my first husband sent me packing. So, I decided to give out my daughter to the woman, who gave me N280,000. I used the money to offset my debt.

“The woman also requested for more children based on more demands for those adopting them. That was why I kidnapped the baby girl in Bodija, Ojurin, Ibadan, and took her to the woman.”

The Commissioner, who said the Police were committed to flushing out criminals in the state, said the suspects were arrested as part of “ember months mop-up operations of the Command.”

The All Progressives Congress says reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, into the Federal Civil Service was an embarrassment to the Federal Government.

National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, stated this while speaking with newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja.

He said that the development was unacceptable and also embarrassing to the party.

Maina was said to have been dismissed from the Federal Civil Service for abandoning his duty post and evading arrest for his involvement in the looting of pension funds to the tune of N100 billion.

“We are all shocked like any other person. It is almost unbelievable that such a thing can happen.

“However, we are all delighted that President Muhammadu Buhari has taken very decisive punitive action against those that are involved.

“We are also delighted that he has ordered a full-scale investigation into the circumstances that led to this individual to be reinstated into the public office,’’ he said.

Abudullahi said that the APC believed that those that were part or found to be part of the development would face appropriate consequences.

He, however, debunked insinuations that the president was shielding the suspended Secretary to Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal and the Director-General, National Intelligence Agency, Mr Ayo Oke, over corruption investigation.

The APC spokesman expressed confidence that the president would do what was necessary and right under the situations in the best interest of the nation.

“Action will definitely be taken on them. I think we should just be kind and wait for the president to take action on that before we come to the conclusion that he has not acted,’’ he said.

nikkypearl:
I really dont know what to type

A Corrupt Administration Declared A Man Wanted Because Of Corruption, But An Administration That Is Void Of Corruption Smuggled The Same Man Into The Country And Got Him Reinstated. They even paid him allowances..

vedaxcool:

An Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has adjourned ruling until Wednesday on an application by former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, to set aside a subpoena for his appearance in the court.

A former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisah Metuh, obtained the subpoena from the court on Monday following an order of the Appeal Court on September 29.

Mr. Dasuki’s lawyer, Ahmed Raji, on Monday asked the court to set aside the subpoena saying it had not been served on his client.

Speaking during an interview with journalists after Monday’s hearing, Mr. Raji said his application was for the court to “set aside, or at the very worst put in abeyance, the order for the service of the subpoena’ until his client is released.

“We are asking it to set aside its subpoena, or at the very worst put it in abeyance, until the colonel is released. Because the subpoena is asking him to come and testify in a matter where there is a subtle indictment against him.

“It’s like asking him to come and testify against himself which is unconstitutional. So our stand is that the subpoena is not in order,” Mr. Raji said.

Speaking during the court session on Tuesday, Mr. Raji reiterated that his client’s decision to challenge the order was because the particulars of the charge against Mr. Metuh also indict his client, hence Mr. Dasuki should not be made to testify in the matter.

Reacting to Mr. Raji’s submission, Mr. Metuh’s lawyer, Onyeachi Ikpeazu, asked if the court had the right to overrule the subpoena.

Mr. Ikpeazu said the submission of Mr. Raji that his client was indicted in Mr. Metuh’s charge is an issue to be determined by the court.

Mr. Ikpeazu said the subpoena was made in good faith and that since Mr. Dasuki was not a party in the matter, there should be no need for the first defendant to antagonize the prospective witness by securing a warrant of arrest for Mr. Dasuki.

“That will be incongruous my Lord,” Mr. Ikpeazu said.
Similarly, the prosecution witness, Sylvanus Tahir, opposed the application on the grounds that the FHC, venue of Mr. Metuh’s trial was subordinate to the Appeal Court which had overruled a decision of the lower court against Mr. Dasuki’s subpoena.

Citing a ruling of the higher court to back his point, Mr. Tahir said any attempt by the lower court to counter the order of the Appeal Court amounts to an invitation to anarchy.

“The Federal High Court is a subordinate court to the Court of Appeal. Therefore a judicial action of the Court of Appeal cannot be subjected to a review by the FHC.
“Any attempt to do so would be contrary to the necessary intendment of the constitution and will cause judicial anarchy”.

Mr. Tahir said the order for the subpoena had not been appealed, therefore the former NSA could not bring his application to the court in session.
He further argued that since Mr. Dasuki was not a party in the matter, he could not appeal the case.

Responding, Mr. Raji said the subject of his application, which was the subpoena, did not emanate from the Appeal Court but from the lower court, hence the court in session had powers to set it aside or put it in abeyance.

He said the argument of the prosecution was inconsistent because the prosecution counsel, Mr. Tahir contended on one hand that Mr. Dasuki could not appeal the order, regarding the subpoena, since he was not a party in Mr. Metuh’s trial, and in another breath, he (Tahir) also said Mr. Dasuki had not challenged the order.

The presiding judge, Okon Abang, adjourned the trial for the second time in one week, at the instance of the defence, saying the matter would continue on Wednesday with the court deciding the application by Mr. Raji.

Mr. Abang also ruled that the adjournment on Tuesday was to allow both former President Goodluck Jonathan and Mr. Dasuki appear in court.

The application for Mr. Jonathan’s appearance was made orally on Monday. It was stated in court on Tuesday that the subpoena written after Monday’s session was yet to be served on the former President.

Speaking outside the courtroom, Mr. Raji told journalists that the subpoena was yet to be served on his client.

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bonechamberlain:
thank you, people need to know that championing devolution of power and not championing constitutional review or change would lead us to no where

bonechamberlain:
after devolution of powers what next, would that stop the Governors from stealing.

the governors should clamour for total restructuring which would include change of this nonsense document called constitution. a new constitution which would frown against embezzlement and corruption, a new constitution which would make the Governors or President to be easily impeached when they fail to deliver, a new constitution that would include not only recalling of senators but governors and President, in case the docile state house of assembly or National assembly fail to impeach an erring president.

Feraz:
ROFL!!! Bros, you con wail pass wailers these days so oh! After shouting your lungs out 2015!

LOL!! Even those in my timeline who campaigned for him haven't said pim! The way people go take attack them eh!

I just dey wait Sarrki, Passingshots and Uncle Gbawe!

Rilwayne001:
We actually thought Jonathan was clueless, and that he relied on his cabinets to make crucial decisions for him, not until we voted this ball-less old demented cattle rearer. Seriously, when are we going to have a president that knows what he's doing?

rotwailler:
Ur village ppl Don dey remote u... Oh God

Otapipia:
The thing telling you doesn't mean well for you.

Jerrypolo:
Which village are you from?.

AuroraB:
I tell you
I'm imagining things already

Nedfed:
What ever ur mind says just do it
I see you heading to a beta place just like Kareem

worldman:
yes you can do it

babamoha:
What Is Stopping U?

SuperSuave:
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Kodename:
nooo problem!

DAMILAREY85:
Guy I pity ur destiny, I will be glad to rid part2 of ur #Leading award winning story.
accept my condolence in advance




Guy I pity ur destiny, I will be glad to rid part2 of ur #Leading award winning story.
accept my condolence in advance

victorioushands:
Maybe you did not give timeframe but I just gave you heads up on a better suicide plan.

lazygal:
So much bitterness whatcis going on in this world for goodness sake ..if you want some thing aim for it and work towards it .. Y hate on people ?
Am just flabbergasted stall this bitterness