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LAGOS— The Police, yesterday, paraded suspected killers of a Lagos businessman, Mr. Odidi Nweze with the kingpin of the gang giving chilling details on why they killed their victim.

Commissioner of Police, CP Umar Manko, who paraded the suspects told anxious journalists that the eight suspects, including a woman, were behind series of kidnap incidents both in Lagos and the neighbouring states.

He said the suspects who used an uncompleted building located somewhere in Okota, Lagos, as their hideout were in the habit of trailing their victim(s) to an obscure place, abduct, blindfold and drive them to their hideout in Okota from where they demand for ransom.

The police boss who linked the kidnapers to the abduction and murder of Odidi Nweze, however, absolved the Oxpharm Specialties Ltd, Satellite Town, the pharmaceutical store where it was reported that the deceased was kidnapped before his subsequent murder.

Giving details on why they killed Odidi Nweze, kingpin of the gang, Klevin Emenike said, the death of their victim was purely in self defence. He said: “Actually we did not mean to kill him, all we were doing was to make money. Although the parents later paid N1.2m out of the money we demanded, but we killed him even before they paid the money. What happened was that when he was kidnapped at Satellite, as we were going to Okota he attempted to disarm one of us so I grabbed the gun and fired him pointblank. He later bled to death because we could not take him to the hospital.”

In another development, operatives of the Marine Police attached to Badagry division in Lagos, have arrested two suspected sea pirates who specialized in attacking oil vessels on the nation’s water and selling the product in Benin Republic.

Recovered from the suspects’ hideout in Padi-beach around Topo area of Badagry were their weapons which included two AK 47 riffles, four AK 47 magazines with fifty seven rounds of live ammunition; four pump action guns with one hundred and four rounds of live cartridges, two single barrel guns, charms and amulets. Also recovered were men’s underwear, two knives, a Ventolin inhaler, one Nokia handset and a visa phone which were all buried in the sand.

The suspects, Momanyon Fiapanu and Nunayon Yanagbon, both Ghanians, according to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Umar Manko, “specialised in hijacking diesel and other petroleum products in the waterways of Nigeria, Benin Republic and Ghana.”

However, the suspects who claimed to be fishermen and have their abode at the beach, denied police claim, saying they recovered weapons belonging to one Setty, believed to be leader of the sea robbers. However, during further interrogation, it was discovered that the said Setty who is on the run is a cousin to one of the suspects.



A visibly elated Manko tongue-lashed critics of the command saying, “Those who are in the habit of criticizing the police can now see that we are not sleeping. We are not saying don’t criticise, but it should be objective. It is my determination that we will never rest on our oars until peace returns to the state.”

He added: “I am happy to announce to you that we have been able to smash a syndicate of kidnappers who have been linked to series of kidnap incidents in the state. They are about eight of them including a woman. The ring leader has been arrested and he gave his name as Kelvin Emenike 31, who lives in Port Harcourt.

“He normally comes to Lagos for his ‘business transaction’ after which he travels back to Port Harcourt; but we have been able to track him back to Lagos for the same ‘business proposal’ and that ‘business proposal’ is what you are now seeing. This group also includes a woman who manages their ransom and she is also responsible for disbursing the funds to the gang members.

“In possession of these hoodlums were one AK 49 assault riffle with 78 7.6mm ammunition, five magazines, one Toyota pick-up van, one Toyota Matrix vehicle and one Boxer motor cycle. With these, they abduct their victims, blind fold them and take them to their hideout, an uncompleted building somewhere in Okota; and when they finish with their victims, they pack them in their respective hideouts.

Unfortunately or fortunately too, we have a case of murder of a clearing agent sometime last month. The man according to information available to us, was kidnapped but he tried to fight back and he was fatally shot and he died. These suspects have also confessed to us that they were the one who perpetrated the crime.

Manko added: “Again, let me get one thing cleared: the victim, Odid Nweze, according to our investigation may have been going to buy some drugs incidentally at the branch of a pharmacy where killers of Cynthia Osokogu bought their drugs when he was kidnapped. The owner of the medicine store may not have knowledge of such dastardly act, it was just coincidental that some criminals were out to perpetrate their act.”
23-year-old Mumanyon who was paraded alongside other suspects, yesterday, said his cousin and other unidentified persons from the Niger Delta region were perpetrators of the attacks on oil tanks on the sea. He further stated that at the end of an operation,the group would bury the weapons inside the sand pending when they would be going for another operation.

Also paraded, was one Samuel Johnson who had been parading himself as a soldier with the Nigerian Army. Recovered from him were three police walkie -talkie radios, ten pairs of military uniform, four pairs of boots and six military belts.

Eneze1: this story sounds somehow, was she aware that the said customer is coming to withdrew that kind of money that day or the customer as already informed her ahead of his intention to withdrew the money, because there must be a timeline between when the money is collected and she contacting her guys.

the customer could not have informed her that he was coming. she probably has been working with the hoodlums for sometime now. so she has thier number. she must have informed them that the man was about to withdraw 5m and she must have described what the guy was wearing. banks normally keep customers waiting for sometime if you are withdrawing huge sums of money, that's probably how she was able to buy more time to inform her cohorts.

this is pathetic. . . our scammers have lost all conscience, going after poor unemployed graduates that are struggling to survive. God will punish all of una. una no go see beta thing.

@poster: kindly forward this mail and the account name and account number to Ecobank head office. i hope their legal departments takes this up, hopeless bunch of i-diots.

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Finally, NNPC Management needs to answer the questions below:

2. How come the NNPC GMD's daughter applied for the 2010 mass recruitment and also got shortlisted for aptitude test despite the fact that it is illegal for a father and child to work in the same company/organization that is not owned by the family?[/quote]Dailynews please get your facts right. my husband works in Shell, and he told me that husbands and wives work together in the company. pls o,it is not illegal in Nigeria for spouses to work together in the same company. it depends on the company policy and the rules of the company in their Memorandum and Articles of Association.

blank:
@ poster, do you work? It is just household chores so no big deal in doing them. Men usually feel those things are women stuff. I have my husband's cousin, a female for that matter, who does not clean up after herself. I just shrug and do it, its really no biggie. Can't imagine my husband's brother coming to stay with us and i tell him to wash his plates. What is the difference between washing two plates and washing three plates. About him not knocking, you can politely tell him to do so next time.

Stop complaining to your husband, it will only make him look at u as a nag.

I cannot believe this. why in this world will my husband's younger brother come to my house and expect his elder brother's wife to wash his dishes? my gawd!! this is amazing. my gawd!! i am still screaming. I stay with my husband's nephew and initially, he will walk into the kitchen, dish his food, eat up and dump his plate for me in the sink. of course i called him to order and told him to make sure he washes up his plates after eating, and since then he has never tried to leave his plates for me in the sink. pls note that i dont expect anyone to do my dishes or my husband's dishes, but if you must eat my food, then u must wash [/b]YOUR PLATE!!! [b] I can never wash plates for a 20yr old simply because he is my husband's brother. infact, leaving his plates for me is disrespectful, if i am married to his ELDER BROTHER!!!

I also have similar experience with poster. for now, its just myself and my husband although we are expecting a baby in about 3 months. I go to work early and come back very late. My husband is not domesticated at all cos he grew up in the midst of 5 girls in a family of 9, so he cant do anything. he has pleaded with me several times to quit work that he will be paying me my full salary but i refused cos i need to build a career for myself, after spending 6 solid years in school. anyway, bottomline is that we have agreed to get a househelp after he realised that i wasnt ready to be a housewife. in the meantime, i make soup, stew, beans and yam, and sauce over the weekend, so when i get back from work during the week i simply make garri, or biol rice or boil spaghetti or boil yam and viola, dinner is ready. and since we are both adults, i sweep only on saturdays or sundays. and honestly, i prefer to go through this stress rather than staying at home doing housewife job. . . thats a no no for me.

kokoye:
Are you able to browse with the device?

yes, i browse with the ipad comfortably. but once i try downloading an app, it will either ask for my credit card detials or simply say it cant connect to my itunes.

I have been trying to download apps using my itunes application on my ipad, but each time i tried it will read 'can not connect to itunes'. please what could be the cause of the error and how can i rectify it?

Okija_juju:
Last time I checked, Medical records were supposed to be confidential, so how come they were able to obtain his medical records?!

The guy should sue the clinic for all they've got and will ever make, plus the court need to make the plaintiff reveal how he got hold of confidential documents or face charges.

Please note that under the Freedom of Information Act, a public institution must deny an application for
information that contains personal information such as medical records. however, where the disclosure of the information would be in the public interest, and if the public interest in the disclosure of such information far outweighs the protection of the privacy of the individual, then the public institution must go ahead and make the disclosure. i refer you to section 14 of the FOI Act. UCH is a public institution and therefore, must comply with the provisions of the Act.

A friend of mine, was caught up in heat of the moment and cheats on the wife, He felt so bad that he went to his pastor for advice, and the pastor advised him to open up to the wife. I cautioned him about it. but he took the pastors advice. now he can't work, go out or do anything, even in the church he can't look any where, because the wife just keep accusing him, have you started again, who are u looking at. She nags 24/7. And they guy told me that his BP is very high that his doctor advice to leave his house for a while. but a little lie like, Q:Sweet heart do you cheat on me? A:How can you even think about it. will have solved the problem.

Quote of the day,

Ekans:
Ford Edge(wonderful ride),try it.

hello Ekans. do you use ford edge? I m thinking of buying a ford edge 2008 but i have not seen any one in naija that has used it. i would like some advice on the reliability of the car on nigerian roads. many thanks

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/08/woman-delivers-weired-baby-in-ekiti/

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/08/woman-delivers-weired-baby-in-ekiti/

Note: Please be warned story contains image some may consider offensive .

Ado Ekiti—A woman believed to be in her 30s in Iyin Ekiti, Irepodun/Ifelogun Local Government Area of Ekiti State, has given birth to a strange looking baby.

The woman, (name withheld) and a mother of two, was pregnant for 13 months and was said to have undergone several tests at various private hospitals in the state where she was assured of a set of twins.

She was said to have delivered the strange creature at the General Hospital in the town through a Cesarean Section in the hospital at about 2.15 pm last Thursday.

The birth of the fearful baby caused a stir in the hospital as medical officials were seen discussing the strange birth , while others trooped to the hospital from the town and neighbouring communities to see the “strange baby’’

Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr. Wole Olugboji, confirmed the delivery.


Weired babydelivered by a woman in Ekiti

His words; “There was a woman who gave birth to a strange baby at General Hospital Iyin. The baby is dead but the mother is okay.”

He said the mother of the baby was still unconscious due to the sedation administered to her before the CS to ensure she did not see the creature.

The commissioner noted that the strange birth was quickly disposed off to save the parents from embarrassment.

Vanguard gathered that the woman’s husband was present in the delivery room and approved of the quick burial of the strange creature.

A source at the hospital told Vanguard that the strange ‘baby’ has two bulging eyes and few strand of hair on the forehead. The creature had no brain. Its head was open at the back and you can see mucus inside the head instead of brain. It was a strange creature that nobody seems to have seen before.”

Another source said that the creature was very tiny at birth. The delivery was abnormal as the fluid which was drained from the mother’s body was in excess. The baby must have been deformed due to the effects of some drugs or herbs. That is why we always ask pregnant women not to take any drug unless prescribed by a qualified doctor. We cannot rule it out that the deformity might have been caused by concoction. It is possible.”

Franky boy:
Mostimes women are desperate to get married,basically due to security reasons, financial security, emotional security, physical security(cos they know they fade fast like d sunset), and when married, they put all d security burden on a man and take his name in exchange for the burden, dont get me wrong here, i do not mean women do not contribute to a home financially and otherwise, but their mind is now in a state of absolute rest(and dats why they easily blow up, even without eating)
. And for you brothers, thats when you know the innate character of most women(most times u re shocked at how callous nd terrible they can be). So ladies cut that crap of sharing your love with someone nd bla bla bla, women re basically the happiest on their wedding day, inrespective of what they feel for a man, cos now they have got a life mugu, while they can now be madams nd express all their negative attributes.

MEN BEWARE: Marriage should not be rushed into cos of feminine pressure, societal pressure,or love pressure(cos reality always dawns),u should be aware of what you are going into, women always do change, nd most times for the worse.Marriage is the biggest school of life,it teaches you of the infallibility and inconsistency of the human nature.Its never a destination,its a journey, nd d road can get bumby at times.

you are so correct. I got married in April and you need to see how much weight i have gained, and its not as if i eat more than i used to eat b4 i got married. i used to be slim and slender but now, my bumbum keeps increasing daily. damn!

Dorisy:
Whenever I watch hollywood action movies like X-Men, Clash of the Titans, Pirates of the Carribean, A-Team, Enermy of the State, Matrix and so on, I begin to wonder when our own Nollywood actors and actresses will start acting professional movies like these. All of them are so fat, they can't even carry themselves anymore, they even carry pot bellies about when making advert on TV. See Angelina Jolie for example, mother of 6 children looking like a high school sweetheart. Can someone tell me when our own nollywood actors and actresses will begin to act professional movies? I am tired of seeing the same story line of nollywood movies everyday, movie lovers in Nigeria want something new, what they are acting now is the same old rituals, the same old love stories (the romance are not even touching the heart anyway)

angelina jolie adopted all those kids you are seeing o.

Although facebook may have annoying features, it also has its advantages. for instance, I met my loving husband on facebook. Facebook largely depends on what you make of it.

Abagworo:
I wonder what Ghaddafi's offence is.He developed Libya way ahead of its peers in infrastructure and made it a haven for job seekers from across the globe.

2ndly the Libyan rebels are wicked Islamic extremists targeting Nigerians and other black Africans.

something must be definitely wrong with your head! Keep wondering wat Ghaddafi's offence is, until himself and the entire dictatorship crew lands in jail, or beta stil gets assasinated. mtsheew!

madam why cant u search for ur own man? why must it be someone else's man dat u ll b struggling for? are u dat ugly? or are u dat old and worn out? mtsheew! husband snatchers! he even told u he will always be in love wit her forever because of their marriage vows, and yet you still hav d effrontery to approach nairalanders for advice. dont be dumb. pack ur bags and leave him alone! damn!

the male househelps will vandalise ur girls, and the female househelps will seduce ur husband. they both have thier disadvantages. i suggest a nanny for you.

nairaland may not have contributed to my relationship, but trust me, I have rolled on the floor several times with laughter, cos of people's comments here. my belle sef don scatter a thousand and one times sef

defacing GEJ's posters may not constitute a crime, but it can incite the crowd and this may lead to a riot, which in itself is a crime. I guess a caution by the police would have sufficed though.

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