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Two policemen who allegedly colluded with kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala, popularly known as Wadume, will soon be dismissed from the service following their indictment for colluding with the crime boss in Taraba State.

Top police sources told our correspondent on Monday that Ibi police division crime officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Aondonna Iorbee, and the station officer, Inspector Aliyu, who had been in custody for about two weeks, would be dismissed for allegedly “colluded with criminals.”

One of our correspondents had earlier reported how the two officers were found to have collaborated with Wadume in his criminal enterprise.

The crime officer was found to have made over 200 calls to Wadume while the station officer allegedly destroyed evidence showing that the Intelligence Response Team operatives documented the operation to arrest the kidnap kingpin at the station.

A source said, “The two officers are still in custody and investigation has shown that they were working hand in-glove with the kidnap kingpin, Wadume. It is unfortunate, but they would lose their entitlements and also end up in jail.”

Meanwhile, a member of the IRT team which came under attack from soldiers attached to 93 battalion, Takum, Taraba State, on August 6, 2019, said attackers stole their phones and other personal effects.

The officer who spoke on condition of anonymity, described his experience as terrifying, noting that he narrowly escaped being killed during the assault which claimed three policemen and two civilians.

He said, “I managed to crawl out of the overturned vehicle and hid in a bush nearby. After the incident, we found that the soldiers had taken away our phones and wallets containing money and other personal effects.”

Meanwhile, the Joint Investigative Panel set up by the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, to investigate the incident failed to submit its report to the office of the Chief of the Defence Staff, Gen Abayomi Olonisakin, on Monday.

Military sources claimed that the panel postponed the submission, in order to carry out last-minute reviews and prevent the preempting of its findings.

The joint panel, headed by Rear Admiral Ibikunle Olaiya, was reported to have completed its sittings on Friday, after grilling soldiers, policemen, civilians and the suspected Taraba State kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Wadume, at the Defence Intelligence Agency, Abuja.

A top source said, “The panel has stopped inviting witnesses and it is reviewing all the material evidence before it. The panel sat today (Monday) but it was to finalise its report. The CDS may have granted them that extension.

“We need to allow the panel to do a thorough job, and the CDS may have graciously granted them an extension.”

@Yeribaba2 “So glad the Police got Wadume. Let all Perpetrators be brought to justice.”

@Bashow87 “This man should be kept safe in the “central bank ” HE must not die in custody o.”

@Ugwuokoro “No more hiding place for the soldiers that rescued him. it is time to know those colluding with the kidnappers
HEAD WILL ROLL.”

@SoladoyeojoTwi1 “I am really proud of Nigerian police.The arrest of Wadume is an inspired one .NPF have proved to Nigerians that you’re capable.More grease to your elbows.”

@Reubenmalik5 “We hope the Truth will come this time, can’t wait.”

@Osbayo_94 “Hoping Wadume’s case won’t be delayed like Evans!

@Angela2010455 “Is Wadume’s case not enough to ask Buratai to take a bow and go?

@Tavish_A “Hopefully the Military officers behind this mastermind will be fished out.”

The former head of Department of criminology at the Federal University Oye-Ekiti in Ekiti State Professor Adewole Atere, has been accused of impregnating a 16-year-old student in his department Precious Azuka.

The girl reportedly fell for the Professor's love claim after one of his subordinates, Dr. Chinedu Abrifor pressured her into believing that she was ‘mature enough’ for Prof. Atere when they met in March 2017.

In her confession when she appeared before a fact-finding committee set up by the office of the then acting dean of students’ affairs E.O Adeyemi, Azuka who was 16-years-old at the time of the incident said it caused a disagreement with her boyfriend Kayode Fasanya. He broke up with her when it became clear that she was dating the Prof. Atere.

“A few days after Dr Abrifor approached me, he accompanied Prof. Atere to my hostel and they took me to their house at Aiyegbaju where I spent the night. I was returned to the hostel by 6 a.m. the following day. This practice continued for weeks" she said.

She got to know she was pregnant two months into the amorous relationship and almost everyone within and outside the hostel knew her story.

“I opted for abortion instantly but a doctor I saw said he doesn’t do it. So, when I got to the hostel, I took lipton tea and lime which made me to experience serious blood flow. When I didn’t see my menstruation the following months, I didn’t bother. I thought it had cleared,” she told the investigating team.

“The laboratory official introduced me to Dr. Dada who eventually helped me out on Wednesday, July 26,” Azuka said.

Federal University Oye-Ekiti Professor allegedly impregnates 16-year-old student

However because she was already 21 weeks into the pregnancy, Premium Times reported that the doctor said dilation and curettage (D&C) could no longer be conducted and then offered to induce Azuka to labour. That took place on July 27, 2017.

After one of the cleaners found a well wrapped cellophane bag dripping blood, she and her colleagues decided to trace its source after they noticed it was fresh. Azuka was found in the hostel writhing in pain and was rushed to the university’s clinic where she was placed on admission, but discharged the following day July 28, 2017.

“It was a Thursday morning and most of the students in the hostel had left for lectures. So it was easy to identify which room still had its occupant around. That was how Azuka was found in the room writhing in pain. She had lost so much blood that she could hardly talk,” a university source said.

Report of the fact-finding sub-committee which was setup to look into the matter after an Ado-Ekiti based legal practitioner Olaolu Ayodele, petitioned the school, was submitted to the vice-chancellor’s office on August 14, 2017.

“In the cause of our investigation, we gathered that after Azuka had been discharged, on August 2, 2017, Dr. Abrifor called her and Kayode Fasanya for a meeting in his office at the faculty. On getting there, Dr. Abrifor asked them to meet him at the mini campus junction by 6 p.m. same day where they were driven to Ifaki Ekiti for another meeting.

“At the meeting, Azuka said Dr. Abrifor accused Kayode Fasanya of impregnating her, and this led to an argument which was later settled when Dr. Abrifor made a call to his wife and asked her to calculate conception from March to July. She did and said it would be between 21 to 22 weeks, which was exactly what the test result claimed.



He apologized to Fasanya but asked him to claim responsibility to protect Prof. Atere’s image.

“He also promised that the money spent on the abortion would be refunded, and that Fasanya would be rewarded handsomely including good academic grades.

Mr. Fasanya was expected to come with Azuka the next day to lecturers' house at Aiyegbaju, but she was indisposed to couldn't make it.

“When Fasanya got to Aiyegbaju, he met Dr. Abrifor and Prof. Shola Omotola of political science department. They repeated the request that Fasanya should claim the pregnancy but he told them he would think about it. They also said a meeting with the director of administration on the campus, Mr. Odusanya, had been scheduled for Tuesday, August 8, when all parties involved would sign an agreement that would be binding. But according to her, this meeting never held" the report added.

On the evening of August 10, Mr Abrifor sent Azuka N20,000 through Adeleke Abiodun said to be another student of the department. She further revealed that she was charged N13,000 for the abortion but deposited N11,500 and was to pay N1,500 if she had returned for medications as scheduled.

Professor Atere resigned from his job at the Federal University Oyo-Ekiti shortly after the panel submitted its report. While some colleagues accused him of abscondment, others alleged that he was protected by the vice-chancellor. He is now a lecturer at the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) Ago-Iwoye in Ogun State.

Speaking on why they couldn't bring the charges against Professor Atere as stated in the submitted report, FUOYE's vice-chancellor Kayode Soremekun said Mr Atere left permitted resignation without notice. Revealing that the victim’s parents said they were not interested in prosecution, the vice-chancellor also denied receiving report of any subcommittee from the office of the then acting dean of students’ affairs.

“I had no power to stop him when he tendered his resignation letter because the law allowed him then. We have just reviewed our law to ensure that appropriate steps are taken before anyone could retire or resign. In fact, we have submitted it to the governing council and what we are waiting for is the approval.

“They sent one reverend sister to me that we should lay the matter to rest. So what do I do in that circumstance? The decision was theirs I think.

“I am not aware of any report by any committee set up by any dean. I have told you why we could not act. And if I may ask, why are you just bringing up this issue at this time? This matter happened two years ago now,” Mr Soremekun said.

However a document containing the university’s conditions of service which was approved in 2015 by the institution’s governing council, countered the Vice Chancellor's claim as it clearly spelt out conditions to be met when exiting the system.

“A professor or other officer of equivalent grade not a principal officer as defined by the Act unless he is appointed for a specific contractual period, may terminate his appointment after having given to the council not less than six month notice in writing of his intention to do so. In exceptional cases, vice-chancellor may waive part or all of such notice and shall thereafter report to the council.

“In fact, Prof. Atere erred by his abrupt resignation and his action qualified for abscondment,” a source said.

It was further learnt that Azuka who is now in 300 level reiterated that Mr Atere was responsible for her pregnancy. She however declined further comments as she said that all she wants at this time is to graduate.

The accused lecturer when approached by Premium Tumes said the allegation is not true but refused to explain his own side of the matter. “That is not true. It is not true" he said before ending the call abruptly and refusing to pick calls thereafter.

Ehi Ogbebor fired back at her critics after being told that she 'married twice and failed twice' over an Instagram post she shared.

Recall we reported earlier that the hotelier stated that househelps are one of the reasons people are not usually nice as they end up being ungrateful.

However commenting on the post, a follower @Johnandrews1bb pointed out that just like there are good people and bad people, there are also wonderful househelps and bad ones. He added that Ehi married twice and failed twice because she talks too much and lack humility.

He wrote

"You are wrong. Just like there are good people and bad people there are also wonderful house helps and bad ones. You talks too much and lacks humility. This is why you married twice and failed twice"

Reacting to the claim made, the mother of three lashed out at those quick to put the blame on the woman while ignoring the man who may not be a good partner. Admitting that her marriage failed twice, Ehi further affirmed that she didn't fail because marital crisis is always bound to happen. She also wondered why the woman is not cut some slack even when she struggles for upkeep of her children after the marriage ends.

The popular Lagos socialite married Ken Bramor in 2017, 10 years after her first marriage crashed. Her marriage to the Benin billionaire ended 10 months after on grounds of occultism and domestic abuse.