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Bluffly:
She is also a criminal

She said: “I gave Thompson my ATM card. He went to the nearest bank and withdrew N40,000. The next day, I went there, he collected my ATM card again and withdrew N70,000.

Cyriacus Izuekwe

There was a gun battle on Thursday night between yet to be identified rival cult groups and at the end one person was shot dead in a popular hotel in Lagos State , western Nigeria .

The incident which happened at about 10 pm at a popular hotel located in Akesan area also left several other people injured.
The police from Igando division have recovered the corpse of the unidentified victim and deposited in the mortuary for autopsy report .

P .M . NEWS gathered that a group of young people suspected to be cult members were in the hotel for a meeting when members of a rival cult group invaded the place and shot randomly.

Both the hotel workers and the group that was having meeting there scampered for safety and in the process sustained injuries while one person lost his life.

When our reporter visited Igando Police Station on Friday morning, the DPO was not around to comment on the incident.
However , sources at the station confirmed the incident and said the police have commenced investigation.

At the hotel , one of the workers who refused to identify himself , confirmed the incident and directed our reporter to Igando police station for further information.

When pressed further to ascertain wether it was a robbery attack, he denied it and said the people that came did not steal any thing from the hotel .

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer , PPRO , could not be reached as the time of filing this report because his phone was switched off .

findings by the agency also indicated that a high proportion of married women in Cross River and Benue had other sexual partners within the last six months.

A SECRET plan to print a new Order Book (Senate Standing Orders 2015) to cover some lapses committed by Senate President Bukola Saraki has been uncovered.

The new rules book may be smuggled into the upper chamber without the approval of the Senate as required by Order 110, The Nation has learnt.

But many senators, across party lines yesterday vowed to resist the plot, which they considered a desecration of the Upper Chamber.

The Senate leadership is believed to have realised that it erred on the constitution of the Standing Committees of the chamber.
Order 97 (1-57) specifies that the Senate should have 57 committees but without consultations and approval from senators, Dr. Saraki allegedly increased the number to 65 – an action considered unilateral and, therefore, undemocratic.

Senators are said to be protesting alleged “school pupil” treatment being given to them by the Senate leadership.
They have accused the leadership of allegedly trying to hide under the approval of Votes and Proceedings of November 4 to assume that the Order Book has been amended as an excuse to print a new Order Book.

Saraki, on November 4, announced the composition of 65 standing committees.
After the announcement, he adjourned the Senate till November 10 principally because he had a date to keep at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) trying him for alleged non-declaration of assets.

At the resumption of plenary on November 10, the Senate adopted the Votes and Proceedings of November 4, which covered the composition of the 65 standing committees.

But the suspicion trailing the composition of committees blew open immediately after the adoption of the Votes and Proceedings of the November 4.
To douse the tension, the plot to print a new Order Book was hatched.

Three senators confirmed the plot.
A high-ranking senator said: “I think Nigerians should be alerted that there is a plan to print a new Order Book to make up for some lapses committed by the President of the Senate. The Senate leadership has realised that it erred in unilaterally increasing the number of Senate Committees from 57 to 65.

“They are plotting to use the Votes and Proceedings of Tuesday November 4 to assume that the Senate has approved the amendment of the Order Book. The amendment must be effected by the Senate and there is no record of such.
“Order 110(1-5) spells out in clear details how the Order Book can be amended. Nigerians should ask when did the 8th Senate decide to amend the Order Book.

Where did the Senate President derive the authority to increase the Senate Committees from 57 to 65?
“If the Senate President wants to increase the number of committees, he has to go back to Order 110 and comply with it.
“We will not accept any backdoor amendment of the Order Book.”
Another senator said: “One of our colleagues has been raising alarm on a move to produce a new Order Book without the approval of the Senate. The plot had been on for a while but they are about to commit the illegal act.

“When we had issues with the forged rules used for the election of the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, said each Senate comes with its own Order Book and it is that Senate that will amend the existing one.

“But without the approval of the Senate, they are going ahead with a new Order Book. Those behind this plot should know that Order 1, like Section 1 of the 1999 Constitution, says all procedures must be in accordance with Order Book.
“Anything done outside Order Book is a nullity.

“A third ranking senator said: “Order 97(1-57) states clearly the list of committees of the Senate just like Section 31of the 1999 Constitution spells out the number of states, FCT and Local Government Areas in the country.

“Nobody has the right to increase or decrease by fiat. By increasing the Senate Committees from 57 to 65, it invalidates the whole process.”

When contacted, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Sabi, said: “I am hearing this information from you. Which Rules Book or Order Book are you talking about? I am completely unaware of what you are saying.

Except The Nation is telling me and giving me an information I’m not aware of, then I will tell the world that
The Nation said and gave me the information. I don’t know anything about any new Order Book please.”

Mudiaga Affe, Calabar

two stolen kids that were rescued by the Cross River State Police Command on Thursday said they were made sex slaves by a herbalist, Emmanuel Akpan-Okon, who held them hostage for four years.

The kids, Esther Wisdom and Felicia Destiny, both aged 11, said in the four years that they were held hostage, the herbalist raped them almost every day.

Akpan-Okon (42) was arrested by the police following a tip-off that he specialised in the preparation of charms for armed robbers.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Henry Fadairo, said the rescued kids were abducted from their parents separately from Onitsha, Anambra State, and Auchi, Edo State.

He said, “On November 16, 2015, we raided one Emmanuel Akpan’s home in Akamkpa, in the Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State, based on a tip-off. We gathered he was into the preparation of charms for armed robbers and treatment of criminals with bullet wounds.

“During the raid, we saw two little girls in his house. One is Esther Wisdom and the other, Felicia Destiny. They are both 11 years. On enquiry, we found out that they were abducted four years ago. Wisdom was stolen from Onitsha while Destiny was stolen from Auchi.

“We are making efforts to see how we can locate their parents. The victims claimed that he had been having regular sex with them.”

Destiny said she was in primary four when she was abducted, adding that the herbalist had raped her many times.

She said, “I was in primary four when he took me away from my home. I remember that my mother lost her sister and when she was going for the burial, she told the man, who was a commercial motorcycle rider, to bring me to her village. That was how I found myself living with him. I used to tell him that I did not like sex, but he continued.”

Also, Wisdom said, “He has been having sex with us regularly. He gives us food to eat and promises that one day he will take us back to our mothers.”

Akpan-Okon, who is from Akwa Ibom State, said he abducted the girls because their mothers could not cater for them.

He said, “While staying in the same compound with Wisdom’s mother at Onitsha, I observed that she had problems bringing up her nine children. This girl, Wisdom, was always with me when I was staying in their compound. So, when I wanted to leave Onitsha, I took her with me without telling her mother.

“When I left Onitsha with her, I went to Auchi, and was riding a commercial motorcycle as a means of livelihood. Where I stayed in Auchi, Destiny was always coming to play with Esther. I also noticed that Destiny’s mother had many children. So, when I wanted to leave the town, I took her along.

“I had sex with them and I know it is bad in the sight of God. I have a girl child who is with the mother. I will not be happy if she is treated this way.”

mazeltov:
Nigeria is already on the path of failure. How can we move forward when we keep misplacing praises and criticism.
Stupidity is when we blame Buhari for our current economic failure and praise Gej for our IMF ranking

Okwori said that the first accused, Adeniyi, who was a boy friend to the victim invited her for a date at the hotel.

Cyriacus Izuekwe

The police at Shasha division have arrested two men on a motorcycle after they smashed a 2-year-old baby on the road while attempting to snatch a bag from the toddler’s mother in Lagos State, western Nigeria.

The suspects, Olalekan Durojaiye, 20, and Femi Kromoga, 27, escaped a mob attack after they were apprehended by the residents while they attempted to escape on their motorcycle.

The incident happened at Salami bus stop in Shasha area where they attacked the victim, Mrs Mary Nwanfor and her baby, Samuel Nwanfor.

According to Mary, she was returning from work and was at the bus stop to board another bus to her house when the incident happened.

She said while she was at the bus stop with her baby, the suspects rode their motorcycle to where she was standing and stopped in front of her.
Mary said they suddenly attacked her and attempted to snatch her bag.

She said while she was struggling with them, one of them forcefully removed the baby from her hand and smashed him on the ground.

She said she was forced to leave the bag to pick her baby who was bleeding profusely.
The baby was immediately taken to the hospital where he is receiving treatment.

However, while the robbers were trying to escape, some residents who noticed what happened, apprehend them.

They were handed over to the police after they were severely beaten. Their motorcycle was also recovered and taken to the station.

After investigation, the police charged them before a Magistrates’ court for inflicting injury on Samuel and snatching Mary’s bag under the Criminal code.

They pleaded not guilty and the presiding Magistrate, Mrs J. O. E. Adeyemi granted them bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum.
They were remanded in prison custody pending when they will perfect their bail.

The matter was adjourned till 11 December, 2015.

JonCina:
My Rep in the Open Market had complained about some traders in Akpan Andem Market in Uyo paying for goods and the total sum at the end of the day becomes less than the total individual sums collected.
I still find it difficult to believe her story and this one now, ...
It is difficult to believe o, but I wouldn't want to experience it!

ZUBIKSBLOG:
..This is obviously one of the strangest things I've ever witness in my entire life. I was at the wedding reception of a friend of mine held at the Ikeja Country club on Saturday, November 21st. All was going smoothly not until this lady being refered to as Eze Nwanyi stormed the hall and got guest looking in amazement.

Her array of furs and diamonds got peeps talking till the wedding was over. What surprised me the most was the men who carried her. Apparently, these are men with wives and children at home i guess and I hear they carry her like this to events even in London where she's based.

Olaleye Aluko

The police in Lagos have arrested a policeman, Corporal Yinka Oloko, who allegedly shot his wife dead in the Egbeda area of the state.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident occurred at about 10pm on Tuesday in the rented apartment of the policeman.

Our correspondent gathered that Oloko, who is attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja, had arrived home on the evening, and started to UnCloth in the bedroom, with his wife sitting on the bed.

The corporal, while removing his pistol from the holster, was said to have mistakenly fired his wife on the lap, leading to commotion in the apartment.

Oloko, assisted by neighbours, was said to have rushed the woman to a nearby hospital, but she reportedly died before they got to the hospital.

According to a police source, the matter was a case of an accidental discharge, adding that the suspect and his wife did not have any altercation before the incident.

He said, “It was a case of an accidental discharge. The police corporal was not careful in removing his pistol from the holster. When he got home on that evening, his wife welcomed him and they went to the bedroom.

“As he was undressing, he removed the gun and wanted to place it on the bed when it discharged. The bullet hit the wife’s lap. He was the one that rushed his wife to the hospital. She died before they got to the hospital.

He was thereafter arrested and detained in the Ikeja Police Division although the incident happened in Egbeda.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joe Offor, confirmed the arrest.

Offor, who also noted that it was an accidental discharge, said the case was being investigated at the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba.

He said, “The policeman has been arrested, and handed over to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, SCID, for investigation. The incident involved him and his wife. It was a sort of a discharge rather than a fight. Investigation is still ongoing.”

lalasticlala

She said, “He has raped me three times. The first time was late last year when he asked me to buy him N10 sachet water. I bought the item and took it to his room, but he locked the door and pushed me to the bed. He pulled off my pants and I shouted for help.

dason4life:
No gun is too small to kill

A 58-year-old woman, Sandra Akomake, was on Wednesday remanded in Kirikiri Prison by a Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Igbosere after pleading guilty to a one-count charge of prostitution.

Akomake and four other women – Helen Ugwu (34), Chika Okoro (40), Roseline Jebba (43) and Ordega Theresa (61) were arrested by police on Tuesday night for allegedly soliciting for sex in exchange for money.

They were arraigned before Mrs. S. K. Matepo and the prosecutor, Sergeant Nicholas Akeene, told the court that the five women committed the offence at about 11:00pm at Thompson Avenue, Ikoyi on Tuesday.

He said their offence contravened Section 142 (1) (a) (b) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.

Ugwu, Okoro and Jebba pleaded guilty to the single count charge, but 61-year-old Theresa, the fifth defendant, denied the allegation.

“I know nothing about this,” the sexagenarian said.

Her counsel, S.A. Owhoraye, said she was a trader and applied for her bail.

The magistrate, Mrs. Matepo, granted Theresa bail in the sum of N50,000 and two sureties in like sum.

She remanded the other women in prison and adjourned the case till November 30 for facts and sentencing.

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