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A police woman attached to human rights section of Idimu Divison, Chinyere Dike, has been attacked and brutally wounded after she went to arrest a male suspect in Lagos State, western Nigeria.

Dike suffered her fate after she went to 89, Okunola street in Egbeda to arrest a tenant, Sunny Ocha, over a case of alleged assault committed by his wife against their landlord and reported at the station.

Anambra State-born Ocha reportedly overpowered Dike and rained blows on her face and in the process injured her right eye.

P.M.NEWS gathered that Ocha’s wife had disagreement with their landlord which prompted the landlord to go to the police and report the matter.

Dike was detailed to investigate and invite parties involved in the matter for possible settlement.

Dike reportedly went to the house to arrest Ocha’s wife who reportedly got wind of her arrest and escaped.

When Dike did not see Ocha’s wife, she decided to invite Ocha to the station but he refused.

Ocha reportedly told her that he was not the suspect and as such he had no business in the matter and besides his wife was not around and he was the one taking care of the three children in her absence.

However, Dike insisted that he must follow her to the station and attempted to enforce her directive but in the process, Ocha reportedly grabbed Dike and rained blows on her and she became unconscious.

After she rocevered, she and went back to the station and reported what happened.
She was referred to Igando General hospital for treatment and some officers in the station went and arrested Ocha.

Ocha was charged before a Magistrates’ court in Ejigbo with assault under the Criminal Code and he pleaded not guilty.
The presiding Magistrate, Mrs J. O. E. Adeyemi granted him bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum.

Ocha was remanded in prison custody at Kirikiri pending when he will perfect his bail condition.

The matter was adjourned till 27 January, 2016.

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Ogunlaja was already planning to travel to France with his wives and kids when he was killed. He had only secured the visas for his kids and two wives.

The suspect said that he used to import the illicit drug from Ghana. According to him, the particular consignment which led to his arrest was meant for end of year sales

Five suspects, including a serving Army corporal, posing as a lieutenant have been rearrested by policemen attached to Area ‘L’ Command, Lagos. The suspects, Corporal Frank Owuze, Lance Corporal Anthony Uloko, Bashiru Azeez, a merchant navy, Bethel Ambuogwu and Sunday Atamatasy, a civilian, who were intention, earlier broke the wall of police cell about 2am yesterday and escaped.

The station guard heard the noise as the wall carved in and raised the alarm. Members of the community were alerted and assisted the police in tracking and arresting all the five suspects. Six jack knives and military uniforms were recovered from them. Owuze is attached to the Nigerian Army, 63, Medical Corps, Yaba.
Uloko is the corporal who used to dress in full lieutenant uniform to hoodwink people, especially policemen. A senior police officer, who said that the case had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos State, for further investigation, from Area ‘L’ Command, added that Uloko was discovered to have fooled several policemen in different police formations in Lagos.

“We discovered that he had gone several times to the office of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Lagos State Command, to take bail of suspects. Several suspects had been granted bail based on recognition of his rank and in the spirit of esprit de corps,” the source said. During interrogation, Uloko claimed that he was working on the orders of one of his bosses, an Army captain. According to him, all the suspects were connected to the captain.

He alleged that it was the captain who told him to always wear full lieutenant uniform to SARS whenever he sends him to bail suspects. The captain allegedly told him that the rank would earn him respect. Uloko said that the ruse worked. The soldiers and their accomplices became guests of the Area ‘’L Police Command after they attempted to collect ‘settlement’ from oil dealers, pretending to be ‘Petroleum Task Force.’

It was gathered that the soldiers initially demanded N1 million, but the oil thieves said they had only N300,000 on them. The soldiers said they could collect N500,000 and nothingness or they would take them to their station. The oil dealers elected one of their members to go and get the remaining N200,000.

Rather than get the money, the man alerted the Area ‘L’ Commander, Mr Samuel Ojo. The area commander raised a team and told the members what to do. The policemen followed the instructions and soon arrested the soldiers. One of the soldiers, Owuze, told the police that Atamatasy brought him into the operation. Owuze reportedly said:
“It was Sunday that planned everything. He said that we should pretend to be from Petroleum Task Force.” Owuze confessed to have informed Uloko about the deal because he used to see him in full lieutenant uniform. Uloko joined and later led the operation. On the fateful day in question, Azeez, Atamatasy and Ambuogwu were all in full naval uniforms.

It was gathered that Uloko brought the three men into the deal. He introduced them to Owuze as genuine naval personnel. Owuze said he believed Uloko, because he had sighted Azeez, several times in naval uniforms. “They were arrested and placed in police cell,” said a source. “About 2am, they broke the wall of the cell and escaped.

The station guard raised the alarm. The command alerted the community. The community was combed and five of them rearrested,” the source added. When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Joe Offor, said he would call back twice,

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By Levinus Nwabughiogu

ABUJA – President Mohammadu Buhari Monday distanced himself from the proposed Social Media Bill currently being debated in the senate seeking to restrict Nigerians from “criticizing”, political and public office holders.
The president stated that the principle of the bill was inconsistent with democratic ideals free speech enshrined in the constitution of the land.
He added that he had sworn to protect and uphold the dictates of the constitution and would not in anyway go against it.

Speaking through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, president Buhari however stated that “he is not averse to lawful regulation, so long as that is done within the ambit of the constitution which he swore to uphold.

According him, free speech was central to democratic societies anywhere in the world.
“The President won’t assent to any legislation that may be inconsistent with the constitution of Nigeria”, he said.

He further explained that without free speech, elected representatives won’t be able to gauge public feelings and moods about governance issues.

“As a key component of democratic principles are so emotionally attached to free speech that they would defend it with all their might”, he said.

Malam Garba Shehu explained that President Buhari was fully aware of the public reservations about the proposed legislation but assured that there was no cause for alarm “because the Senate is a democratic senate.
The bill however has passed second reading in the senate.

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delishpot:
They will be like the ones sugabee abi na sugababe dey acuse. They will BTRK

Muazu Elazeh

A lecturer with the Katsina State School of Nursing and Midwifery (names witheld) is now in trouble for allegedly attempting to have carnal knowledge of one of the female students.

It was gathered that the lecturer asked the female student out and threatened to fail her if she failed to agree to his demands.

Sources said the female student had severally rebuffed the advances of the lecturer but became agitated when the lecturer threatened to fail her if she refused to succumb.

It was further gathered that following the threat from the lecturer, the female student reported the case to her parents.

The student was said to have been instructed by her parents to play along last weekend when the said lecturer invited her to a popular hotel located in Katsina municipal. The lecturer made the advances again and was apprehended by the police.

A staff of the institution told our correspondent on condition of anonymity that the school held an emergency meeting on the incident but declined to say what resolutions were reached on the matter.

When our correspondent contacted the principal, Muhammad Lawal Danja on phone, he said the matter was under investigation and, therefore, he could not make any statement on it.

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The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has claimed that about $1bn (N197bn) went missing every month under former President Goodluck Jonathan.

The former apex bank governor, said this during a programme entitled ‘How a cancer of corruption steals Nigerian oil, weapons and lives’, which aired on The PBS NewsHour, an American daily evening television show.

The monarch said many dirty and shocking deals took place under the immediate past Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who is currently being investigated in the United Kingdom.

His words, “In Nigeria, there is no accountability at all and that is why I think Nigeria’s corruption is worse than corruption in most parts of the world. It is the worst type of corruption. It’s stealing.
“Frankly, I think a billion dollars under Jonathan a month was about what we were losing.”

Speaking further, the emir claimed that during Alison-Madueke’s tenure as petroleum minister, people paid as low as $50m for access to crude oil blocs valued at over $2bn.

Sanusi said, “Basically, all it does is allow a group of people, who themselves don’t have any kind of operating background, to pay $50m for access to the crude oil in blocs, valued at over $2bn and they just take the crude oil, ship it out and don’t return the money and there is no trace of where the money has gone.

“Someone gets a contract to lift crude from the terminals to the refineries and in between, that crude is stolen; it is stolen on the high sea.”

“If she goes to court and is jailed for example, it sends a signal; I think that there is a day of reckoning,” he said.

The US television show quoted United States and UK authorities as saying that Alison-Madueke might have “personally overseen the stealing of $6bn”.

“The most common method is awarding oil contracts to companies owned by friends,” it added.

Prof. Enefiok Essien on Monday assumed office as the fifth vice chancellor of the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, despite his indictment for sexual assault and forgery by the Court of Appeal.

PREMIUM TIMES had on November 8, 2015 exclusively reported the indictment of Mr. Essien in 2005 by the Court of Appeal, Calabar, for sexual assault on a female law student, Linda Onyebuchi Essell.

Amidst the controversy and tension generated by his appointment, the immediate past vice chancellor of the university, Prof. Comfort Ekpo, wrote to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, suggesting that Mr. Essien’s inauguration be suspended because of his ‘fractured integrity’.

“I most respectfully submit that the inauguration of the new vice chancellor slated for December 1, 2015 temporarily be suspended to provide a window for any reasonable grievances to be looked into by your ministry and council as may be deemed appropriate,” Mrs. Ekpo said in her November 17, 2015 letter to the education minister.

Those who witnessed the handover ceremony told PREMIUM TIMES the process was hitch-free.

The handover ceremony started early Monday with both Mr. Essien and Mrs. Ekpo worshipped together at a campus church, Victory Chapel, as early as 8a.m.

They then headed to the office of the vice chancellor where Mrs. Ekpo’s official portrait in the office was replaced with that of Mr. Essien.
The handover notes were signed, and then Mr. Essien and Mrs. Ekpo made brief remarks.

The new vice chancellor didn’t say anything about his indictment by the Court of Appeal. He promised that his administration would do its best for the university.
There was a session of group photographs, and then Mrs. Ekpo showed Mr. Essien around his new office.
The Church of Christ, where Mr. Essien worships, conducted prayers inside the vice chancellor’s office.

The ceremony was witnessed by some members of the university’s Governing Council and some union leaders in the school.
At the end, Mrs. Ekpo was escorted in a motorcade to the faculty of education where she was a lecturer before her appointment as vice chancellor in 2010.

The new vice chancellor, Mr. Essien, was a senior lecturer in the university faculty of law when the reported sexual assault took place in 1995, while the victim, Ms Essell, was doing her second year in law
Ms. Essell, expelled from Uniuyo in 1997 for examination malpractice, had accused Mr. Essien of manipulating the university system against her because she refused to accede to his love overtures.

It was Mr. Essien, who invigilated Ms. Essell in the examination. It was him who accused her of examination malpractice. It was also him who chaired the Examination Malpractice Panel that tried Ms. Essell and also recommended her expulsion from the university.

“Sometimes in April, 1995 around 1pm, Essien, after our lectures on Contract of which he was the lecturer, summoned me to his office. He told me that I had the last opportunity to redeem my career which was billed for a doom by expulsion if only I could accede to his simple love overtures which will take nothing from me,” Ms. Essell said in her affidavit before the Federal High Court, Calabar, which nullified her expulsion.

Mr. Essien was also accused of forging the signature of one of the panel members as well as doctoring the panel’s proceedings.
The university had appealed against the judgment.

But the Court of Appeal, Calabar, in affirming the judgment of the lower court went on to say that Ms. Essell’s statements as contained in her affidavit were “serious indictment on Essien”.

Since there was no counter-affidavit by Mr. Essien, the court in its unanimous decision, held that Ms. Essell’s allegations “not having been challenged, contradicted and controverted, must be deemed to be true and correct”.
Mr. Essien was appointed vice chancellor by the Governing Council of the University of Uyo.

He was picked from among 10 other professors who contested for the position.
The Chairman of the Governing Council, Prof. Kimse Okoko, told PREMIUM TIMES that his Coucil received a petition against Mr. Essien after the Council had concluded the process of appointing him.

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Firefire:
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Tell that to Buhary.

Firefire:
Abubakar, who is number 58 on the list of 100 wanted Boko Haram terrorists recently released by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, was arrested by the vigilant troops again.


Stupid idea if you ask me...why MUST they release terrorists in the first place ?

Released by Army General, rearrested by Vigilant Troops... Orisirisi

It is learnt that the suspect is currently undergoing interrogation at an undislosed military facility.

By Ola Ajayi

Bendossou Celestine, a 57 year old man from Benin Republic who was alleged to be a notorious cross-border armed robber has been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command after several robbery attacks. Before his arrest, he and other members of his gang had thought they were invincible. To him and members of his gang, the proverb which says all days are the thief but one day is for the owner was nothing but mere wishful thinking that would never come to play in their own case.

But, their oracle seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep when the long arms of the law caught up with them. While parading the suspect along with other suspected criminals at the state police headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan, the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Leye Oyebade said the arrest of the suspects was as a result of their renewed effort to dislodge criminal elements and dismantle their operational bases in the state.

He told Vanguard how the suspects were arrested through effective intelligence. He said, “a criminal gang of cross border hoodlums domiciled in the neighbouring Benin Republic stretched their luck too far when they clandestinely entered the state and unleashed mayhem on innocent citizens.
They did this by snatching at gun point a Toyota Corolla with registration number BDG 238 DR from one Kafo Musiliu at Odo Ona area of Ibadan”.

The same gang, according to him, also snatched from one Dr. Alonge Funto , a Toyota Hilux vehicle marked LSR 261 SB at Elebu area of Ibadan. “Our response time was put to test when a report of the robbery was made to us. In a jiffy, our combat-ready operatives were mobilised. In a determined and unrelenting spirit, the policemen engaged the fleeing robbers in a fierce battle at various points.

During the exchange of fire, one of the armed robbers was hit by a bullet on the left hand and was subsequently arrested while trying to escape to Benin Republic. Others escaped with bullet wounds. The undying spirit of the command coupled with operational dexterity of our detectives led to the recovery of the two stolen vehicles in Cotonou, Benin Republic”.

Items allegedly recovered from the gang include two vehicles without number plates, a pair of female shoes, some mechanical tools, an identity card and a black bag. The suspect, Celestine, who looked menacing with his grey beard confessed to the crime saying his condition led him into robbery.

Also cooling their heels in the police custody were suspected kidnappers who are believed to be Fulani men. They were said to have been arrested with the support of the intelligence network put in place by the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase. About a fortnight ago, the IGP told Governor Abiola Ajimobi that his men from Abuja had succeeded in arresting the notorious kidnappers who had been terrorising the South West states especially Oyo State.

Narrating how the suspects were rounded up, CP Oyebade said the six-man gang was rounded up at Okeho in Oke Ogun area of the state. He quoted the suspects as saying they were responsible for a series of kidnapping activities in several places in the state.

The suspects were identified as Muhammed Sanni, Abubakar Abubakar, Damahayah Gambo, Usman Saidu and Hassan Saidu. Mr. Pelumi Ariyibi who claimed to be a 400-level student of Bowen University, Iwo in Osun State was also arrested for alleged internet fraud.
The innocent looking young man allegedly opened a fake Facebook account purportedly belonging to Mrs. Florence Ajimobi, wife of the state governor , Senator Abiola Ajimobi. The CP alleged that the suspect had the intention to defraud innocent and unsuspecting members of the public on the wall and time line of the fake Face-book account by requesting them to pay certain amounts into his bank account-2020524644.

He was said to have lied to many people informing them of non-existent women empowe-rment programme and car loan schemes of the first lady. Pelumi confessed to the crime and told Vanguard how she opened the fake Facebook to defraud people.

Internet fraud

He said, “ I opened a new Face-book account in the name of Mrs Ajimobi by searching for her pictures on Google which I later uploaded on the account. I then posted on the wall and time line of the account two schemes – Women Empowerment Programme and Car Loan Scheme.”
When asked how many people he had defrauded, he said four persons had contacted him but were yet to make any payment.

“Initially, I contacted a woman about a woman empowerment programme going on in Oyo State and she promised to get back to me. She was the only one I contacted concerning the empowerment programme.

I then made it public on the time line that there is a car loan scheme going on with which the governor and his wife intend to compensate the people of Oyo State for their loyalty and faithfulness towards his administration. “A woman contacted me first and asked about the details. I told her that the kind of car she wants would determine how much she would pay as deposit.

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dre11:
www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/fake-bank-alert-police-arrest-suspected-kingpin-in-lagos/




Pic: The suspect, Pius Asomba.

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Afeez Hanafi
Three members of a robbery gang allegedly terrorising communities in the Agbado area of Ogun State have been arrested by the police.

It was learnt that the suspects – Tope Oyeleye, aka Elede; Abiola Yekini and Yusuf Olohuntoba, aka Ete – were arrested on Monday by policemen attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of Agbado Police Division.
However, other members of the gang, identified as J.J, Absorber, Sule and Ramoni, are still at large.

PUNCH Metro gathered that the miscreants, led by Elede and Ramoni, had robbed some houses in Owonikoko and Ayinla areas around 2am on Monday, stealing money and phones, among other household items. They were said to have converged on a street in Ayinla to share their loot when an argument ensued among them over the sharing formular.

A resident on the street reportedly put a distressed call across to the police, who mobilised to the area and arrested three of them.
Items recovered from them include 16 phones, one DVD player, two cut-to-size guns with a live cartridge, two spanners, a burglar proof cutter, among others.

Twenty-one-year old Elede, who hails from Ekiti State, confessed to the crime, adding that he had been into robbery for three years. He said he joined the group after six members of his former seven-man gang were killed by a police team, who went after them for killing a banker and robbing him of N7m sometime this year.

He said, “I was initially selling cannabis, but I joined a robbery gang three years ago when I was not making enough money from the drug. We were seven in number bearing Oyenusi; I am Oyenusi 07. We robbed a banker of N7m early this year around RAFCO, Agbado. We killed him because he confronted us. I got N650,000 in that operation. The six others have been killed.

“We were six in the Monday night operation. I was given four phones and a sum of N2,000 as my share. There was an argument between Ramon, Sule, J.J, Absorber and I over the sharing formula. We were on it when the policemen came. Ete was not involved but he is my friend.”
Yekini, a 28-year-old indigene of Ibadan, said he took to robbery to raise money to pay the rent for the shop, where he worked as a barber.

He said, “I was introduced to the gang by a friend called Anu when I told him I needed N24,000 to pay my shop rent. I tried in vain to borrow the money from my neighbours.
“This is my first operation and my role was to stay outside to watch for other members robbing residents. I collected the four phones and N500 they gave me without arguing with them. I really regret what I did.”
Ete, who is a cobbler, said he was not culpable of the offence, adding that he was just a friend of Elede. However, the police said his fate would be determined after the investigation.

The Ogun State Police spokesperson, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the arrest. He said the suspects would be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Eleweran, for further investigation.

He said, “A distress call was received that some robbers were terrorising residents of the Ayinla area and Anti-Robbery men swiftly moved and cordoned off the area.

Three of them were arrested while others fled. The suspects will be transferred to SCID and charged to court after investigation.”

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mankand:
She said she is using the funds to pay her children school fees, tell me the best way she can do that since it's impossible now to make bank transfer

brainbucks:
you been dey sambisa when CBN announce say we no fit make foreign currency deposits anymore??

I used to send money through the bank but the new regulation made me to carry cash. I intend to use the money to pay my children’s school fees and my medical bills”.
Olukoya did not provide evidence to support her claim.
This, according to NDLEA, suggests currency trafficking.

mankand:
Hear yourself.

Nigerian banks don't collect deposits in foreign currency anymore, I went through hell just to transfer $4000 some days ago.