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At least two persons have been killed after
violence erupted in Eku community, Ethiope East
Local Government Area of Delta State.
A yet-to-be identified member of the National
Youth Service Corps, NYSC, was reportedly
abducted by the gunmen.
The incident occurred after some heavily armed
gunmen numbering over 20 laid siege at the
community.
The deceased, both whom are males in their early
30s, sustained life threatening gunshot wounds
and died the next day (Thursday) at the Delta
State Teaching Hospital, Oghara.
The victims were referred from the Eku Baptist
Government Hospital, where they had earlier been
rushed to for medical attention.
Confirming the abduction of the youth corps member, a senior police officer attached to the Abraka Police station said: “It is true that an NYSC member was abducted by the gunmen, but we do not have detail of the person yet.”
On his part, the Delta State Police Public Relation
Officer, PPRO, DSP Celestina Kalu said she was yet to get any official report on the abduction of the corps member.

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Chairman of Igbo community in Apapa, Engr.
Gabby Dimude who made the remarks while
addressing Igbo in the state at a stakeholders’ forum said the investments of the Igbos in the state could not be jeopardised on the ground of the anti-Igbo comments by the Lagos monarch. According to him, “The Oba’s statement remains unfortunate, but it is not going to be an obstacle for us to vote for APC in the Saturday

Anayo Ibe, who allegedly had an unlawful carnal knowledge of an 11-year-old girl,

“He was only addressing the Igbos with him
present there whom he considers his own people
and he simply observed his culture which we all
quite understood and this explains why there was
applause and laughter at the end of his speech.
We were expected to, thereafter, talk to our
people in civilized manner to convince them and
canvass for their votes if we truly believe we are
capable of doing so.

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WHAT THE OBA SAID IS CLEAR[/color]

BraniacX:
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Civil servants in Ondo State, whose March salary was ‘borrowed’ by the state governor, Olusegun Mimiko, will have to wait for a long time for the salary as Governor Mimiko has planned to use the workers’ salary to prosecute Saturday’s House of Assembly election.

Mimiko, who has been distributing money to politicians in the state since last week, was desperate to control the majority in the state House of Assembly, but would face a titanic battle in achieving that feat.

The governor, despite the humongous N1.6 billion he collected to prosecute the campaign for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan, as the South-West coordinator of the Jonathan/ Sambo ticket, has borrowed about N500 million from the Ondo State Oil Producing Area Development Commission, OSOPADEC, in addition to civil servants’ salary, as resources to be committed to prosecute the April 11 election.

Governor Mimiko was alleged to have collected N1.6bn campaign fund, out of which he gave his deputy, Alli Olanusi, a paltry N5 million, to work for President Jonathan’s re-election, but failed. The development was said to have led the deputy governor to dump the governor and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC, just few days to the presidential election.

It was also alleged that out of the N500 million he collected for the party’s Lagos rally, about N50m was spent to construct the podium alone.

APC presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari eventually won Ondo State and the governor’s promise to President Jonathan to deliver one million votes never materialised.

The governor, who had earlier threatened the state civil servants that if he loses control of the state House of Assembly, he will be left with no other option than to use their salary to bribe the Assembly to have his way, has been begging the civil servants not to finally disgrace him in Saturday’s poll, saying that he knew he has been partly disgraced with the outcome of the presidential election in the state.

National Mirror learnt that the governor has been having marathon meetings with the state civil servants and their leaders, where he has softened his hard stance posture and resorted to begging the civil servants to save him from imminent defeat.

He told them that the Ekiti State scenario will play out in Ondo State if the opposition takes control of the state House of Assembly in Saturday’s poll

The little girl died, while the landlady disappeared.
Tenants and neighbours said they had repeatedly
warned her about the danger of selling fuel in
such residential area, but she always quarrelled
with them.

darnley16:
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The mother of a two-year-old baby who died in a house where the landlady used to sell fuel has
gone mad after she got news that her baby died
in the inferno.

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BraniacX:
Not mine, yours alone

kodded:
CAN ANYTHING GOOD COME OUT FROM THE NORTH ?

He said, “To be honest with you, I don’t know
what come over me but I started flipping with my
manhood which was already erected and, as if
the devil want to punish me, the late Fatimah
came into my room

My purpose of writing is to get people’s opinion on what to do.

I arrived Lagos about three months ago to stay with my uncle and his wife, who’s an Ibo woman. By the way my uncle is from Edo State and their marriage is about four years without kids. In the last week of August my bros travelled to the North on official business and something happened in his bedroom.

I came back that day because I could not meet up a job appointment in Igando area due to heavy traffic. I was reluctant to return home since I had just left but I couldn’t think of a better place to go so I headed home. On getting to our compound, I didn’t find the gate man at his post and I was even angry because of the security risk of him leaving the gate open like that.

But something got me worried when I saw the gate man’s sandals right inside our sitting room. I just told myself that something is going on between my uncle’s wife and this dirty boy. I was right, when I moved close to the window of my uncle’s bedroom I started hearing screams of sexual pleasure from his wife. I tried to peep into the room but it was difficult because of the protector.

So, I summoned courage and walk to the door as if I wanted to tell my uncle’s wife that I was back. I opened the door and caught the adulterous woman red-handed under the dirty gate man (boy). Sadly, the gate man was already ejaculating so he couldn’t get up immediately, it took him few seconds to jump off and grab his clothes.

I simply walked away and returned to the sitting room, pretending to be watching a programme on the TV. Few minutes later my uncle’s wife joined me and started begging that it would not happen again. I didn’t say a word but when she kept pressing I said ok I’ve heard. Later she brought food for me but I refused it and since then she has been putting pressure on me.

The unfortunate thing is now she even wants me to sleep with her as an assurance that I wont tell my uncle, always coming to my room half naked. Because of this I’ve not eating in the house in the last one week, I’m almost going broke already.

My uncle may be back next week. I will like people with more experience to tell me what to do when he comes back. Should I tell my uncle the kind of wife he married or quietly move out?

His speech read in full: “The Presidential and National Assembly elections have come and gone. As it is commonly said among our people, ‘Agbachaa oso, agukoo mile’- at the end of every race, there is always the need for stocktaking. Therefore, our gathering today, is primarily to take stock and chart the way forward.

First, let me warmly congratulate and thank you for your great showing during the March 28, 2015 Presidential and National Assembly elections. I deeply appreciate your massive vote for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. You turned out en masse to make a bold statement- that Enugu West, Enugu State, and indeed the South East are undeniable PDP strongholds. True to your assurances, you returned my humble self as your Senator in a grand style that left no one in doubt of the confidence you repose in me and your satisfaction with my representation since 2003.

I thank you also for returning Hon. Toby Okechukwu as a ranking Member of the House of Representatives and for electing Hon. Dennis Amadi to occupy the Udi/Ezeagu Federal Constituency seat. I am particularly proud that in doing so, you comported yourselves most honourably like patriots that you are, thus ensuring that the elections went smoothly in our senatorial district.

Let me also seize this platform to say a big thank you and congratulations to the other nine candidates who vied for the seat with me. I am happy that our people freely exercised their franchise and that none of the candidates raised objections to my renewed mandate. I want to particularly appreciate my closest rival, Mrs. Luisa Achieze of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who conceded defeat and congratulated me right there at the Awgu collation centre. To that extent, therefore, we can say that democracy and the people of Enugu West were the real winners.

Good people of Enugu West:

It is however sad to note that our presidential candidate, His Excellency, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR and indeed our great party did not succeed at the presidential polls. It was a most unpredictable loss. But like a gallant democrat, our President took the world by surprise by calling to congratulate and concede victory to the winner, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd). It was one great and defining moment for Nigerian democracy for which I have already congratulated him on your behalf. In defeat, our President and party stand tall amidst global encomiums. Nigeria has won again, proving the doomsday prophets wrong.

In the same vein, although you and other great party supporters gave the PDP all the available National Assembly seats in the South East, the party, nevertheless, has lost its majority in both Chambers of the National Assembly. I have read and listened to many lament what they regard as the South East misadventure in view of the emerging scenarios at the federal level. But, let me assure you that Ndigbo have done nothing to be ashamed of and we owe no one any apologies for casting our ballots for the PDP. For me, therefore, our voting pattern is rather a defining moment for Ndigbo because we spoke with one voice and we are proud of our electoral decisions. We voted for a party that integrated us into the mainstream of Nigerian politics, elected/appointed our people into strategic offices, and addressed some of our major infrastructural challenges. You would agree with me that Enugu West in particular has never had it so good in infrastructural transformation. So, we took a principled position and accept full responsibility for our political choices.

Meanwhile, it is also noteworthy that the 1999 Constitution makes it impossible for any state or group of states to suffer any discrimination in the allocation of resources and opportunities. Every state is entitled to one Minister. Every state will also have its share of other federal appointments. The National Assembly also has the final say in the issue of national budget and will always ensure a fair distribution of resources. The Senate in particular is an assembly of very patriotic Nigerians who would not allow any state to suffer any discrimination irrespective of any political persuasion.

Way Forward for Ndigbo:

I have read various statements credited to some opposition elements on how the South East and the PDP would be overrun in the forthcoming governorship election. I want to categorically state that these are wishful thinking. They have not taken cognisance of the history of the PDP and the fact that Ndigbo, as personified by of elder statesman and former Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme played the lead role in midwifing the PDP. By the emerging scenario, therefore, and as far as the South East is concerned, the PDP is only coming home to roost.

I have also heard a lot of permutations on the possible mass defection of Ndigbo to the APC in the coming dispensation. While I will not hold brief for all the PDP stalwarts of South East origin, especially because our constitution provides for freedom of association, I can assure you that on PDP we stand. At least, count Senator Ike Ekweremadu out of any defection to the opposition. PDP leaders in the South East are committed to further repositioning and strengthening the party. We may not have the presidency, but we are strong in the states and remain the party to beat. On PDP we stand.

Buhari and South East PDP:

It needs to be reiterated, however, that the South East PDP and indeed Ndigbo have nothing against General Mohammadu Buhari (retd) as a person or against his incoming administration. We will work hand-in-hand with him in line with our regional agenda and overall development of Nigeria. We will give him all the support to succeed because he was elected as the President of Nigeria, not president of the APC or any section of the country in particular. He has the choice to be a statesman, bringing every part of the country on board his government or to run an exclusive government. He has the choice to ensure that no part of this country is discriminated against in the distribution of opportunities and development projects on account of their ethnicity, religion, political affiliation, and region or to do otherwise. But I believe that whatever choices he makes will determine his place in history.

The Alleged Threat by Oba of Lagos:

I was alarmed when I read threats allegedly issued to Ndigbo by the Oba of Lagos HRM Oba Rilwan Akiolu over their political choices and voting patterns in the last election, which saw the PDP doing well with Ndigbo and their preferred candidates clinching some National Assembly seats in the March 28 election.

Let me emphasise, however, that Ndigbo will not be intimidated in any part of Nigeria, not the least Lagos State where our people have contributed immensely to its development and economy. The Nigerian constitution upholds the right of every Nigerian to reside in any part of the country and National Assembly have gone further by introducing the new Section 24A in the Fourth Alteration of the 1999 Constitution to confer indigeneship on any Nigerian who has continuously resided in any State for at least 10 years. . The few Federal Constituencies won by Ndigbo and their preferred candidates in Lagos State is healthy for Nigerian democracy and nationhood. We must encourage this. We must avoid the mistake of 1951 when the success recorded by Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe and the National Council of Nigeria Citizens, NCNC, in the election into the Western Nigeria House of Assembly was reversed on the altar of ethnicity and sectionalism. Nigeria is yet to recover from that incident and we must work hard as a nation to discourage a repeat.

I call on Ndigbo in Lagos to demonstrate a strong objection to the hate comments and threats by voting en masse for the PDP, while the security agencies are called upon to ensure that Nigerians are not only protected but also feel safe in every part of Nigeria as they exercise their franchise in the April 11 elections. The Oba must be reminded that we know whom to hold responsible if the witch cried at night and the child dies in the morning. Besides, I expect his Majesty as a former member of the police top echelon to understand that the International Criminal Court, ICC, is ever ready to address the consequences of such statements. Leaders should promote unity, not fragmentation that has been a clog in the wheel of our progress.

The Yoruba and indeed Nigerians of all ethnic groups are cordially invited to vie for any political positions of their choice in any part of Igbo land. We must encourage national unity by reenacting the good old days when Altine Umoru and Bashorun Balogun were appointed the Mayors of Enugu and Port Harcourt, respectively in the major cities of the defunct Eastern Region by the NCNC government in the First Republic. We commend Governor Babatunde Fashola for appointing Igbo into his cabinet and commend other governors like him who also appointed people other than people of their state into their cabinet. Indeed, given the cosmopolitan nature of Lagos State, we look forward to a day an Igbo, Hausa/Fulani, Ibibio, etc. would emerge governor of the State and other such cosmopolitan states in the federation. That is the spirit of democracy and national unity.

April 11 Governorship and House of Assembly Elections:

PDP remains our best platform for actualising the gains and promises that democracy holds. I wish to call upon Ndi Enugu and Ndigbo in general to come out en masse to vote for the PDP in the April 11, 2015 governorship and House of Assembly elections in whatever part of the country they find themselves. Nigeria belongs to all of us. No one will molest anybody. Let us stand up to be counted. We must not fear to vote and we most not vote in fear”.

Detectives attached to the Oke-Odo Police Station, Ile-Epo, Abule-Egba area of Lagos State have started quizzing an 18-year-old man caught pants down having sex with a mad woman on the road.

The suspect, Chimaobi Peter, said he had not yet penetrated before the screams of the woman alerted people.

But the woman’s family members said Peter had already penetrated.

They also alleged that he decided to have sex with their aunt for ritual purposes.

One of them said: “When he was dragged off her, she couldn’t get up for more than three/four hours.

“She was extremely weak.

“There’s no doubt that he used something on her.”

Although police are itching to prosecute Peter, but the detectives need all the evidence they could get.

One of the key crucial evidence is to take the woman, identified simply as Iya Rasheedi, to Mirabel Centre at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital to ascertain penile penetration.

The trouble however was that Iya Rasheedi refused to be cajoled or coaxed into going to Mirabel Centre.

Some of her relatives said the investigators should give them time to get one of her five kids, who are all married and live in different in areas of Lagos, come speak to her.

“Once she sees any of them, she would follow them to the hospital,” said one of her relatives.

If the test is not carried out, Peter will go scot free.

Denying vehemently that he penetrated, Peter blamed his action on being drunk and on a supposed curse that had been following him from his village.

Narrating his story, the suspect said he was drunk and was walking along the street when he saw the mad woman.

She was stark naked.

He said that he felt his manhood roar to life and quickly removed his trouser.

As he pounced on her, she started screaming and struggling.

Some local vigilante men heard her screams and rushed to the scene.

They rescued her from Peter.

Witnesses said Peter penetrated the woman, but he had consistently denied it.

He however said: “If not for the security men, maybe I would have had sex with her, notwithstanding that she was screaming and struggling.

“I don’t know what came over me.

“Please forgive me!

“I had a lot of things on my mind.

“My problems are bigger than me.

“I have nobody to help me.”

When police grabbed him, packets of Indian hemp were recovered from his pocket.

He said: “My spirit is willing to serve God, but my flesh is always deceiving me.

“I saw the woman naked at Oke-Odo Pipeline.

“I was even planning to go and sleep at Super when I saw her.

“I removed my trouser and tried to force her to have sex with me.

“She started shouting.”

Asked the sort of curse following him, Peter said whenever he succeeds and makes money, it would disappear.

“He also said that his parents died, nobody wants to take care of him because “anybody that takes care of me, will suddenly die!

“I’ve been told to carry out sacrifice and libation on my grandfather and father’s grave.”

An angry relative of Iya Rasheedi said: “The woman has five grown kids.

“She has been mad for over 27 years.

“The madness used to come and go.

“Once it goes, she would cover her body and once it comes upon her, she leaves home and starts wandering.

“This her condition was what killed her elder brother.

“He was going everywhere, seeking solution for her problem until he died.

“Her husband disappeared and abandoned her after she went mad.”

Investigators said Peter is looking at life imprisonment if found guilty since a mentally unstable woman cannot give consent for sexual intercourse.

Scores of supporters of Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose yesterday blocked all access roads
leading to the state House of Assembly complex
in a bid to prevent any impeachment proceedings.
They arrived at the vicinity as early as 8a.m. and
staged a protest around the complex.
Their action was consequent upon a rumour that
the 19 All Progressives Congress (APC)
lawmakers, who form the majority in the
assembly, would storm the complex to sit and
impeach Fayose from office.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyalists
stormed the assembly area singing pro-Fayose
songs and lashing at the APC lawmakers for
harbouring plans to remove the governor, who
they claimed “is innocent of the impeachable
offences”.
Backed by some government and party officials,
they used a government-owned Ashok Leyland
luxury bus to block the access road – Saliu
Adeoti Road – to prevent the opposition
lawmakers from gaining access to the complex.
Deputy Governor Kolapo Olusola; former House of
Assembly Speaker, Olatunji Odeyemi and Special
Assistant on Information, Youth and Sports, Lanre
Ogunsuyi, were on hand to support the
protesters.
About nine Toyota Hilux vans belonging to the
police and Department of State Services (DSS),
conveying heavily armed operatives, were parked
at the two main entrances leading to the
assembly complex.
The PDP members later turned the blockade into
a roadshow, singing and dancing to music at the
gate of the House of Assembly Service
Commission.
They were prevented from coming near the new
assembly complex by the battle-ready and stern-
looking security men, drafted there to maintain
law and order.
Many of the protesters, who were weary of
singing and dancing and could no longer
withstand the heat of the sun, sat under canopies
placed in front of the old assembly complex.
Addressing reporters on the purpose of the
blockade, Ogunsuyi said Ekiti people were ready
to take their destiny in their hands by fighting for
the mandate they gave to Fayose on June 21 last
year.
The governor’s aide insisted that all the actions
of the APC lawmakers reeked of illegality and
impunity, saying Dr. Adewale Omirin was no
longer the Speaker and lacked the power to
preside over the assembly.
Ogunsuyi added that Omirin was already in court
challenging his impeachment, saying he could not
be laying claim to the position.
He added that the APC lawmakers were
desecrating the rule of law and the constitution.
He said: “The new Nigeria, which President
Goodluck Jonathan and Gen. Muhammadu Buhari
campaigned for is the one that would respect the
Rule of Law.
“With this convergence, you can see that the
people are standing by their governor. They are
ready to defend their mandate.
“Nobody asked Omirin and other APC lawmakers
not to come to the Assembly. They only decided
to abdicate their duties since last year November
17.
“Impeachment procedure does not start and end
with the Assembly alone. The judiciary is
involved. So, this plan is highly condemnable.
“We want to emphasise that they are welcome as
long as they are concerned about making laws for
the progress of the state. But if it was meant to
come and impeach Governor Fayose, we won’t
allow that”.
Ogunsuyi, however, said the governor as the
leader would continue to wave the olive branch to
the opposition lawmakers for Ekiti to remain in
peace and harmony.
He said: “We want some measures of decorum in
Ekiti. We are not proud of the era when we had
three governors within a week. We want a stable
government and we will continue to pursue this
for Ekiti to be at peace.”
Odeyemi advised the APC lawmakers to put the
interest of the state above personal or partisan
interests, warning that breakdown of law and
order was an ill-wind that won’t blow any good.
He said: “The entire issue calls for concerns. As a
former legislator, I am quite aware of the
rudiment of impeachment process. But far from
this, the issue of the news any impeachment will
bring to Ekiti’s credibility is uppermost in my
mind.”