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A tailor, Mrs. Jumoke Saheed, says she has been thrown into confusion since her son was arrested about two years ago by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja.

The woman said the Investigating Police Officer, one Sergeant Ogedengbe, had serially turned down her pleas to see her son, Shakoor Saheed, without any reason.She said the police had shrouded the whereabouts of the 33-year-old man in mystery and called on the state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, to prevail on the IPO and SARS to produce Shakoor.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the police apprehended Shakoor on April 17, 2015, around 3am in his residence on Afolabi Alasia Street, Ijora Badia, Lagos State, for alleged involvement in street fighting.

Seven others were said to have been arrested in connection with the fight and the suspects, except Shakoor, were charged to an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on June 26, 2015, with robbery.

The woman said each time she went to SARS office to see Shakoor, she would be asked to pay N2,000 for his feeding without seeing him, adding that she could not count the number of times she had been to the command.

Jumoke told our correspondent on Friday that after several failed attempts to convince the IPO that her son was not a robber, she requested that he should be charged to court.

She said,

“Shakoor was arrested inside his apartment on April 17, 2015. His uncle, Mr. Rilwan Saheed, who he lived with in the same compound, told me on the telephone that he was arrested for street fighting.
“Shakoor’s brother and I went to SARS office in Ikeja. We met one policeman, Ade, aka Bullet. He said Ogedengbe was investigating the case and that guns and cutlasses were recovered from the scene of the fight. Bullet said somebody told them to waste Shakoor.
“I went there several times, they didn’t allow me to see him while relatives of other suspects arrested for the same offence were allowed to see them. Each time I went there, I paid N2,000 for his feeding. At a point, they stopped collecting money from me.
“On June 26, 2015, the six other persons were arraigned in court. I asked Ogedengbe why my son was not arraigned, but he did not give me any answer. At a point, he started avoiding me. He told me to go and meet his uncle if I wanted my son to be freed.”

She added that her entreaties to the uncle to meet with SARS men fell on deaf ears.

The woman explained that she went to the Office of the Public Defender sometime in 2016 to report the case, but a lawyer assigned to attend to her was evasive.

She said, “The OPD assured me that he would be released. But the lawyer that was asked to attend to me kept giving me appointments. Any time I wanted to meet with her, she would say she was busy. I have been going to the OPD, but up till now, nothing has happened. I want to see my child wherever he is.”

Shakoor’s brother, Mubarak Saheed, said Ogedengbe directed the family to look for Shakoor at Kirikiri prisons when a chief on Lagos Island, Sulyman Ajadi, called him on the telephone.

“We went to the prison and the warders helped us to check their registers and the cells, but they could not find him. The chief, who is now late, called Ogedengbe again, but he didn’t pick his calls. I suspect there is connivance between our uncle and Ogedengbe,” he said.

However, the uncle, Rilwan, denied instigating Shakoor’s arrest.

He said, “Shakoor did not offend me. Although he is troublesome, he never had an issue with me and he is not a robber. I have warned him to stop keeping bad gangs. His mother has an impression that I instigated his arrest and detention because I decided not to intervene.”

A rights activist, Mr. Apata Akinsemoyin, urged the Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Adeniji Kazeem, the state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, and the National Human Rights Commission to address the petition submitted on the case.

A copy of the petition dated March 8, 2017, and acknowledged by the Lagos State Police Command was obtained by our correspondent.
https://informationengine./2017/03/22/police-bar-mother-from-seeing-son-arrested-since-2015/

Following the increase in water related diseases in Lagos State, the Government, yesterday, disclosed that it had sealed over 100 table water producing factories .

The Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Water Regulatory Commissions, Kabir Abdullahi, who disclosed the statistics at the 2017 World Water Day themed: “Waste Water”, assured residents that the government remained committed to sanitise the water production sector in the state.

Kabir lamented that many years of neglect has exposed the sector to lot of abuse, saying, enforcement would be intensified to fish out the ‘quacks’ among the producers of the table water in Lagos State.
https://informationengine./2017/03/22/lagos-close-100-pure-water-firms/

The Jehovah’s Witnesses have been classified an extremist organization by Russia. The Justice Ministry has filed a request with the nation’s supreme court for the classification, potentially endangering the 175,000 members in the country. Russia people don tire for the knock on their door.

Jehovah’s Witnesses, with history of over 140 years worldwide, first filed to be a recognized religion, a requirement in Russia, in 1991. They were granted renewal in 1999, according to the group’s international website.

Despite the official recognition, Jehovah’s Witness groups have faced periodic harassment by law enforcement at the local level. Russia moves to label Jehovah Witnesses extremists .

The Justice filing was released Thursday but is not dated and has not been scheduled for legal action, USA Today reported.

It was confirmed by RAPSI, the Russian Legal Information Agency. Russian officials raided the group’s national headquarters in February and confiscated a reported 70,000 documents that were turned over to the Russian General Prosecutor’s office.

Local prosecutors have likened the religion to a cult and have called it a danger to Russian families. It is not the first time Jehovah’s Witnesses have faced legal hurdles.

In 2009, a court ruled a Russian-language version of the group’s publication The Watchtower an extremist publication and barred it. In 2015, a Russian court ruled the group’s website was also an extremist publication. The international head of the Jehovah’s Witnesses estimated there are about 175,000 practicing members in Russia in some 2,200 congregations.

Jehovah’s Witnesses are best known for their door-to-door preaching, distributing literature such as The Watchtower and Awake!, and refusing military service and blood transfusions. Adherents of the group, now over 8.5million worldwide, believe that Jehovah is the only true God, the creator of all things, and the “Universal Sovereign”. They believe that all worship should be directed toward him, and that he is not part of a Trinity; consequently, the religion places more emphasis on God than on Christ. They believe that the holy spirit is God’s applied power or “active force”, rather than a person.

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http://talkgeria.com/topic/jehovah-witness-now-classified-an-extremist-organization/

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Popular comedian, Woli Arole, in a new interview with Saturday Beats,have disclosed that he is infact a prophet.

In his words:

“What God has helped me to do is to create a very thin line between the real work of God and comedy because I also have a prophetic calling. I am a real prophet, I have had people I pray for and there have been wonders. Even my mother knows that I have that gift. It shows in my video because I do real prayers and when I do my jokes, it is a free flow of the abundance that I have. I just use the channel to pass messages. I don’t attack any church, I don’t demean anyone and I do not blaspheme. I am just adding value to that particular niche. During the One Lagos carnival on New Year’s Eve, I was called to give a real prayer and after, the deputy governor asked to see me. There are places I go to say real prayers. Thanks to the comedy, there are places a real prophet might not be able to enter but I can.”

On handling female fans he said:

“Ladies are funny because once they see that you are a star that has money, it really trips them. It draws them to you. But it is only you that know where you are going to and you are the one with the glory. At the same time, you need to balance things because it is not every lady that likes your work that wants to sleep with you. You should know that as an entertainer, there are some God-sent helpers who want nothing from you. There are people like that and some could be married. I have met married women that are responsible mothers. They see me and say they just like my craft; subsequently they give me the contact of someone that can further enhance my trade and that would be the last time I would hear from the person. However through that contact, I would meet some other people. I have met very beautiful young ladies who also like my craft and they have linked me with various opportunities and they are gone.”
https://informationengine./2017/03/18/nigerian-women-are-all-about-the-money-woli-arole/
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Despite their war of words on social media in the past weeks, Georgina Onuoha, seems to have gotten over it all as she took to IG to plead for Kemi Olunloyo’s release.

She wrote:

A lot of people have been writing me about Kemi or HnnAfrica arrest.. Everyone knows my perception of her.. her lies, falsehood and misinformation to the general public of events that never happened. Yes I fought her vigorously to protect and defend my image is was trying hard to tarnish with lies maliciously. However, we are all flawed and imperfect. She is an opinionated writer and steps out of bounds most often. Yet, I will plead to the Pastor of the church she accused and Nigerian police Port-Harcourt Branch to please show mercy and release her. She is a mum and needs to be home with her kids.
I call on all well meaning Nigerians to please forgive her and lend your voices towards her release. I beg of you all.
Please free Kemi
God bless you all.
To err is human; To forgive is Divine

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRvQrWejPR4/?hl=en

https://informationengine./2017/03/17/everyone-knows-my-perception-of-her-but-please-free-kemi-georgina-onuoha/

2 kids between the ages of eight months and two years are currently at the General Hospital, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, seeking to reunite with their family.

Their mother was among some passengers that reportedly lost their lives to an accident along the Ibadan-Ijebu Ode Road on Sunday. The siblings, a boy and girl, however, escaped death by a whisker.

PUNCH Metro gathered that the woman and her children had boarded a bus from Ijebu Ode en route to Ibadan, Oyo State. The bus was said to have had a head-on collision with another vehicle around Awa community – a few kilometres from the take off point.
It was learnt that policemen and officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps removed corpses of the victims and took the injured to various hospitals in the area.

The men, however, did not see the siblings and another child, aged four, who were reportedly trapped in a river around the scene of the crash.

A Good Samaritan heard some faint noises coming from the river area and thereafter rescued the kids.

The three children were said to have been brought to the General Hospital, Ijebu Ode, with varying degrees of injury. The four-year-old child later died.

A nurse at the hospital, Tope Asiru, who tends to the kids at Iye Subomi Child Care Centre of the hospital, told PUNCH Metro on the telephone on Wednesday that the children were brought to the hospital in the presence of policemen.

She added that the police operatives had not come back to check on them since Sunday.

Although the identities of the policemen could not be ascertained, the hospital is within the Igbeba Area Police Command.

Asiru stated that the FRSC office was called early on Wednesday when the police did not show up. The latter had also yet to visit the hospital as of 8.30pm.

She said, “The children are siblings. One is a female of about eight months and the other, a male, of about two years old. He has not really told us his name. He is just saying, ‘Abu,’ which means father in Arabic. Their mother got to the hospital, but she had multiple fractures. We were unable to get any information from her before she gave up.
“The children are still here; nobody has come to look for them. They were brought on Sunday around 3pm.
“FRSC officials and policemen brought the victims to the hospital. Some were taken to private hospitals. A good Nigerian saw some particles in the river around the scene of the accident. He moved near and saw the children and another four-year-old boy, who died on arrival at the hospital.
“Policemen were still around when the children were brought to the hospital. They even collected some property from some victims and recorded them. But they have not visited the hospital since then.
“The mother of the deceased child is alive in the hospital. She was the one who told us that she boarded the same vehicle with the deceased mother and that she saw the two kids with her.”

The nurse explained further that the hospital management had tried to reunite the children with their family to no avail.

The Ogun State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Clement Oladele, said he had directed the unit in charge of the area to visit the hospital.

He said,
“Thanks for the information. I have told the area commander at Ijebu Ode. But if there is an accident, the moment we take victims to hospitals, that is where our work ends. The only thing we can do is to be checking if they have not died.”

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the case was not formally reported to the police.
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https://informationengine./2017/03/16/photo-police-frsc-abandon-kids-after-mother-dies-in-crash/

Yesterday, at White Sands area of Isheri-Osun, Lagos, following a startling revelation by a teenager of how he lured a three-year-old child to a Muslim cleric, popularly called Alfa, who then killed him.

The 15-year-old suspect, a primary six pupil, stated that the cleric, Kazeem Alimson, paid him N500 to lure the victim to a designated point, from where she was taken away to be killed.
Vanguard gathered that the victim’s mother, Chinasa Okereke, was bathing her children outside her compound on Akogun Street, Tuesday night, but went inside to get a wrapper with which to strap her youngest child on her back so she can attend to others.

But apprehension set it when Okereke came out only to discover that her child was nowhere to be found. According to the devastated mother, who spoke with Vanguard during a visit to her house yesterday,
“when I asked where he was, his sister said he went into one of our neighbour’s apartment. But on getting to the apartment, he was not there. I was informed that he went out with my neighbour’s nephew. “But when he came back home, he said he did not know anything about my son’s whereabouts. He admitted to have seen him earlier, but said that he only saw him walking towards the opposite direction.”

A search around the vicinity was organised, but the boy was not found.

Policemen from the Isheri-Osun Division, who were contacted the next day (Wednesday) stormed the area and effected the teenager’s arrest, his guardians and other occupants of the building. During interrogation, he opened up, revealing how he took the missing child to Alfa Alimson, thereby leading to the latter’s arrest.

He then led policemen to an uncompleted building within the area, where the remains of the missing boy was found— gagged, with his limbs bound.

Explaining how the act was carried out, the teenager who hails from Abia State, said:

“This man (pointing to Alfa) told me to bring the boy. That night, he gave me N500 and was waiting for us. “I took the child to him and he drove to the uncompleted building. When we got to the site, he covered the boy’s mouth with a red cloth, tied him up and started saying some Juju language (incarnations). Later, he hit the child’s head three times with a stone. “He warned me not to tell anybody. He said if I do, he will kill me. He showed me a juju knife, with which he said he would butcher me if I revealed what happened to anybody. “That was why I told everybody that I knew nothing about the boy’s disappearance when I came back home.”

Denial However, Alfa Alimson denied knowing anything about the boy’s murder. He simply stated that he did not know what the teenager was talking about. He said:

“I was sleeping in my house yesterday, when I heard people shouting outside. When I came out, I saw some policemen around. I demanded to know why the policemen were there and was informed that a dead child was found in the uncompleted building. “I went back inside. But 30 minutes later, police came back and arrested me. I don’t know this boy (the teenager) and I have never spoken to him.” “You’re lying” But at this point, the teenager interjected, saying “he is lying. He was giving me signs not to talk. I saw when he hit the boy with a stone on the head three times.”

Residents, who throng the scene, were seen in different groups giving different accounts of how the act was committed. Two police vans from Isheri-Osun Division were sighted at the scene, with some policemen led by the Divisional Police Officer, Emeodi Camillus, a Chief Superintendent of Police.

Angry residents, who called for jungle justice, were prevented by the policemen from getting close to the suspects. The suspects were then driven to the station in one of the police vans, with some inquisitive residents following on motorbikes and on foot.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/03/3-yr-old-boy-lured-death-teenager/


Photo: The suspect and the stone with which he allegedly killed the boy.

The 9month old boy, Oyintari, whose penis was cut off during an ill-fated circumcision by his grandfather, is in need of help. The incident occurred at the coastal town of Ondewari in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on February 5.

His mother, Mrs Eudora Michael, 35, who stated this at Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, where the child is on admission, said the boy was at risk and needs the assistance of the Bayelsa State government and well-meaning Nigerians.According to her,

“since this sad incident occurred, we have been running around to raise money; we have borrowed and are in big debt. My husband has gone to the village to gather money, but people are not forthcoming with help. Mother and child “People who had given us loans are not willing to give us more, when we have not paid what we borrowed. We are even surviving at the mercy of doctors, who are spending their own money when they see that we are unable to provide the drugs they prescribe.”

The baby, according to medical sources, may be scheduled for corrective plastic surgery to reconstruct the urinary system to enable him pass urine normally.

She appealed to the wife of Bayelsa State governor, Dr Rachael Dickson, and kind-hearted Nigerians to assist financially with medical bills to save her baby, adding that her jobless husband had no means to settle the exorbitant medical bills.

Meanwhile, the Police in Bayelsa, yesterday, confirmed the arrest of the 59-year-old traditional health practitioner, Mr. Ziworitin Keke, performed the ill-fated circumcision on the child. DSP Asinim Butswat, spokesman of the state Police Command, disclosed that Keke was already in custody, while investigation is ongoing.

Vanguard
https://informationengine./2017/03/14/mother-of-9-month-old-baby-whose-penis-was-cut-off-during-circumcision-cries-for-help/

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The controversial journalist revealed the news on social media..Based on her post, she was picked up at 7:56am.She hasn't posted any updates since then.
https://informationengine./2017/03/14/kemi-olunloyo-reportedly-arrested/
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Contrary to reports that he killed himself, the jealous young personnel of the Nigerian Air Force who shot and killed his girlfriend and course mate in fit of rage and jealousy has been arrested .

Kalu B.A shot dead his girlfriend, Solape Oladipupo on Saturday at the NAF Tactical Air Command, Makurdi, Benue State.

It was learnt that the lady, popularly referred to as Shomzy, was allegedly shot dead by Kalu after he accused her of having a romantic affair with other men.Punch gathered that the two air force officers had had an affair for some months, after they met at a military parade.

After the killing, it was speculated that Kalu also shot himself because of his post on his Facebook page, which read,
“My last night as an airman. Ask about me later and hear my story, you will be surprised.”

The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, said investigations were ongoing into the matter to ascertain the motives of the suspect.

He said, “An airman and an airwoman were involved. They had a love relationship which resulted in the shooting. We do not yet know what transpired between them.
“She was initially rushed to NAF hospital, but when it was beyond their control, she was transferred to the state hospital where she died. The body has been recovered to our base now.
“The boy (Kalu) has been arrested. He did not die. The post on the social media is mere speculation. He is alive and in custody. Investigations are ongoing into the incident. We will unravel the circumstances that led to the incident.”

Meanwhile, friends of the late Oladipupo took to her Facebook page to mourn her, saying that Kalu must be prosecuted for the killing.
Her last three Facebook posts suggested she was optimistic about life and thankful to God for all she had achieved.

Her last post was on Thursday, March 9. Along with pictures of her in bed, she wrote, “Those who said “WHO ARE YOU”will come and say “HOW ARE YOU”…..
https://informationengine./2017/03/13/envious-airforce-personel-who-killed-his-girlfriend-and-colleague-arrested/

The Campaign for Democracy, CD has given the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) up till 30 days from now to revive the ailing power sector or resign his appointment as a minister of the federal republic.

National Publicity Secretary of CD, Dede Uzor A. Uzor who gave the ultimatum in a press statement issued in Onitsha, Anambra state, yesterday, said Fashola has failed woefully to increase the megawatt from 4,320 where he met it since two years ago to till date.

Minister of Power, Fashola CD noted that rather, Fashola allowed the megawatt to decrease to less than 1,000 at the moment, a situation which he said forced Nigerians to witness zero megawatt on January 30, this year with a total nationwide power blackout.
CD suggested that the federal government should detach Works and Housing ministries from the Power ministry and handed them over to another minister to oversee, to enable Fashola concentrate only on power which is presently the most important need of every average Nigerian.

CD also asked Fashola to make available pre-paid meters to all Nigerians, particularly in the South East region within that 30-day ultimatum period to assist in checkmating estimated and crazy bills on poverty-stricken Nigerians, so as to controvert United Nations, UN’s recent prediction that Yemen, Sudan, Nigeria, Syria and other countries would face acute food shortage in the near future.

Vanguard
https://informationengine./2017/03/11/fashola-gets-30-day-ultimatum-to-revive-power-sector-or-resign/
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See earlier thread where he announced it on facebook https://www.nairaland.com/3669450/ekiti-man-posts-suicide-facebook

The twin brother and the wife of Taiwo Ariyo were in shock when the 34-year-old drank local insecticide, Sniper, in their presence after suffering a bout of depression.

Despite efforts to save his life, the victim died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos.



PUNCH Metro gathered that Taiwo had expressed sadness over the alleged uncaring attitude of their United States of America-based father, Mr. Clement Ariyo.

Clement, a pathologist with the Red Cross Society, was said to have married two wives.

While Taiwo’s mother had three children, the second wife had two.

It was alleged that Clement was always sending money to his second wife and her children while neglecting the three children of the first wife.

Our correspondent learnt that Taiwo, who became depressed over the matter, headed for the house of his stepmother on Shaba Ojo Street, Igando, on Saturday.

The twin brother, Kehinde, was reported to have urged him to leave the place, but he refused.

PUNCH Metro was told that Kehinde made a call to the victim’s wife.

On sighting the pregnant wife, the Premier Lotto agent drank the insecticide and slumped.

He was rushed to the Igando General Hospital around 12.30am on Sunday and was referred to LUTH, where he died.

A member of the family, who begged not to be identified, told PUNCH Metro that the victim’s father was to blame.

He said, “The problem is that the father does not care for them. We had all talked to the man, but he didn’t listen. The whole thing got to Taiwo, but I counselled him to forget about his father.

“On that day, he said he would sacrifice himself for the other two children. He said maybe if he died, their father would wake up to the reality.”

The source added that the victim went to the house of his stepmother and refused to vacate the premises despite entreaties from the twin brother, Kehinde.

“Immediately he saw his wife, he dipped his hand into his pocket, brought out the Sniper and drank it.

“Kehinde raced out to get a cab to convey him to a hospital. He didn’t get a cab on time. We rushed him to the Igando General Hospital.

“Around 2.30am, a nurse said he was not responding to treatment and asked us to transfer him to LUTH,” he added.

PUNCH Metro learnt that at LUTH, the victim was turned back for lack of a bed space.

He was later admitted after a doctor intervened.

The victim was said to have been confirmed dead around 6am on Sunday.

The family source said when Clement was called that Taiwo had died, he asked the twin brother, Kehinde, to bury him.

The victim was said to have been buried on Tuesday.

“Since that day, the stepmother has not called to condole with us. On the night that the boy took Sniper, I was screaming on top of my voice and calling for help, but nobody came to our help,” he added.

When our correspondent contacted the victim’s father in the US, he wondered why he would be catering to a married man.

He described late Taiwo as “wayward,” saying he always gave him problems before his demise.

He said, “I did not take care of him? Care for a 34-year-old person that went to school and got married? A man that had children with different women? And now that he is dead, he has added more to my burden.

“Did you know that he had his first child 10 years ago? That child is now in Ado-Ekiti and I have been the one responsible for him. He had another child last year, but he denied the paternity. I am 66 years old and should be retired ordinarily; So how can the 34-year-old said I didn’t care about him? He was a controversial son for 34 years that he lived.

“I woke up on Saturday to see a suicide note that he sent to me. In the note, he said he would kill himself. When I saw the note, I immediately called his twin brother and told him to go after him. He said he wanted to get married, buy this and that. He even went ahead to post the same thing on Facebook.”

Clement said different women had called him to say they had relationship with the deceased, adding that one claimed that she had no fewer than 10 abortions for him and he still dumped her for another girl.

He said he called the victim when he came to Lagos last November and counselled him to get his act together.

“Instead, he lied to me that he wanted money to travel to see his son who was in Ado Ekiti and I gave him $100, which he changed to N37,500. I later learnt he didn’t visit the boy. At another time, I bought clothes for that boy, but Taiwo didn’t deliver them,” he added.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, said he would call back, but he had yet to do so as of press time.

http://punchng.com/man-commits-suicide-to-protest-against-america-based-father/

Pastor in charge of Gracious and Mercy Prophetic International Church, Egbeda, Lagos State, Pastor Ejimozor Williams, has lost his sight due to a torture he allegedly suffered in the hands of some operatives of the Department of State Services in Lagos(DSS).

PUNCH Metro learnt that the 46-year-old pastor’s house in the Ayobo area of the state had been invaded by the security officials after his houseboy, identified simply as Chukwujekwu, defrauded some residents using fake dollars.

When the officials failed to arrest the suspect, who had fled, they ransacked Ejimozor’s home and found some of the counterfeit currency.

He was reportedly bundled into a DSS operational van, where he was subjected to different forms of torture.When he sought to know the identities of the men, one of the officials allegedly hit his head with the butt of a gun.

A few weeks later, he was said to have become blind. Despite visiting no fewer than eight hospitals, the Rivers State indigene had yet to regain his sight.

Ejimozor said he formerly owned a hotel and a house in Abuja, which were demolished by the Federal Government, adding that he later relocated to Lagos to start a new life.

He said, “I started working as a freight worker at the Apapa port where I met the houseboy. Someone actually introduced Chukwujekwu to me and I decided to help the boy.
“After some time, he told me that he wanted to travel and that I should borrow him some money. I told him I didn’t have any money, so he went to meet a man called Okoye, an old friend of mine. Okoye gave him some fake dollars.”


He added that Chukwujekwu showed the dollars to a barber in the area, saying his relative abroad sent him the money and could also help the barber secure a visa to travel overseas.

The barber allegedly parted with N30,000 for the visa and handed the suspect his passport.

Chukwujekwu reportedly fled the house after defrauding several other residents on the street.

“On May 9, 2014, I was at home when about six persons scaled the fence into my compound. They wore black shirts and were armed.
“They came into the house with Okoye and three other gunmen. They began to search the house and beat up people in the compound.
“During the search, they found the fake dollars Chukwujekwu used to defraud people in the area. They said I should sign a statement, but I refused. They beat me up,” he added.


He explained that he was put in a DSS vehicle and taken away.

He said when he asked what he did wrong, one of the gunmen hit him with the butt of a gun in the head, threatening to kill him.

Ejimozor said a part of his skull was compressed after the assault, adding that he was later driven to the DSS office on CMD Road, Magodo, Ketu-Ikosi.

He said, “It was when we arrived at their head office that I realised they were DSS officials. They chained my hands and feet. The next day, they informed me that Okoye told them that we both used fake dollars to defraud people. I denied the claim.
“I was held incommunicado for three weeks and was constantly tortured.
“The DSS later said before they would release me, I must pay N15m which I didn’t have. I told them that all I had was N20,000. After another round of torture, I fainted and was rushed to a clinic where they told them that my blood pressure was low.”

He added that he was immediately transferred to the State Criminal investigation and Intelligence Department of the Lagos State Police Command.

After spending two weeks at the SCIID, Ejimozor said he was arraigned before a Yaba Magistrate’s Court.He was reportedly remanded in the Ikoyi Prison pending when he would fulfil his bail conditions.However, while in the prison, the victim said he had a migraine and was rushed to a hospital.

“This led to a partial stroke. I was at home some weeks later when everywhere suddenly went blank. I couldn’t see anything again and that was how I went blind.
“Now, I cannot do anything for myself and my family. I am frustrated. I also have diabetes and high blood pressure,” he added.


His wife, Mrs. Chinyere Williams, said they visited more than eight hospitals together without any result, adding that her husband was later asked to go for a CT scan

She said the scan revealed that he could not see because his brain had been affected after he was hit with the butt of a gun.

“We have been married for 18 years and seeing him like this is like hell. Since he came out from the DSS cell, it has been one sickness after another. I had to carry him on my back several times from the house to hospitals,” she added.

Chinyere said the case against her husband at the magistrate court was struck out because after the first arraignment, neither the DSS nor the police showed up in court.

She called for the punishment of the DSS officials and appealed that her husband be flown abroad for a brain surgery that would correct the problem.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, described the attack as a breach of the rights of the victim, saying the DSS must end the practice of torture.

He said, “The family has given us a firm instruction to pursue the matter legally. Beyond asking for exemplary damages for him, we also intend to use his case to stop the practise of subjecting innocent members of the public to torture.”

The Lagos DSS could not be reached for comment as of the time of filing this report

http://talkgeria.com/topic/lagos-pastor-goes-blind-after-dss-torture/

Yesterday night, NTA mistakenly announced former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon rtd, dead when it scrolled a message on its station announcing that the former leader had passed on at 79 years old. It was later discovered that it was General Gowon’s sister, Martha Kande Audu who is the 1st northern female voice on Radio/TV Kaduna that died yesterday at the age of 79.

https://informationengine./2017/03/06/nta-mistakenly-pronounce-former-head-of-state-yakubu-gowon-dead/

Dr.boboye oyeyemi addressing the new officers ..
This was seen on their Facebook page:

Corps Marshal of FRSC Dr Boboye Oyeyemi addressing Officers, Men and Staff of the Training School in RS 4 Jos on 3rd Mach, 2017

https://informationengine./2017/03/03/photos-dr-oyeyemi-addressing-the-new-officers/

Islam will be the largest religion in the world by 2070, research has found.

As stated by US-based Pew Research Centre , the world’s population of Muslims will grow by 73 per cent between 2010 and 2050, compared to 35 per cent for Christians.

The population of world will grow by 37 per cent over the same period. If those rates of growth continue past 2050, Muslims will outnumber Christians by 2070, the report found. It also says that Muslims will make up 10 per cent of Europe’s population.
https://informationengine./2017/03/02/islam-will-overtake-christianity-as-the-worlds-largest-religion-by-2070-research/

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mrs Khadijah Abba Ibrahim, told the Senate yesterday that,No Nigerian died in the renewed xenophobic attacks in South Africa .
The minister based her statement on the information from the Nigerian High Commission in South Africa.

Mrs Khadijah said nobody was convicted as a result of previous attacks and no compensation was paid by the South African government.

The Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, Senator Monsurat Sunmonu, told the minister that Nigerians were interested in what the government was doing to protect them in South Africa.

“We want to hear from the ministry that the Acting High Commissioner has actually invited Nigerians to talk to them to give them solace because tomorrow, nobody knows what is going to happen again.

We are only telling them (Nigerians), to please hide to give a low profile. That means we have told them not to engage in their businesses again that they should be in hiding which is not good for Nigerians.

“To the committee we are not happy, we are highly disappointed and what we would expect is that your delegations, we have the mandate of the two Houses for us to go to South Africa. We will all go together see them and look at the memoranda of understanding or bilateral of what you are signing.

“It has to be give and take. If it is necessary Nigeria will not hesitate to put sanctions on South Africa.

After about one hour of deliberation, the Senate yesterday resolved to dispatch a “powerful” parliamentary delegation to South Africa to express the displeasure of the Nigerian parliament over the attacks.
http://talkgeria.com/topic/no-nigerian-killed-in-south-africas-xenophobic-attacks-minister/

Lalasticlala Mynd44 seun Dominique Fynestboi

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In another dramatic raid, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Oyo/Osun Command, has seized 9,000 bags of imported rice in a warehouse in a market in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

The Controller, Temitope Ogunkua, who promised to stop illegal importation of goods, said during the night raid of the warehouse in an undisclosed Ibadan market, one suspect was arrested.

The seizure of the 9,000 (50kg) bags of smuggled imported rice had a duty paid value of N88,776,000.00,The Nation reports.
He said the seizure of the rice and any other products proved to be smuggled into the country illegally was in line with Section 147 of Customs and Excise Management Act, 1990 as amended.

“A total of 9000 (50kg) bags of smuggled imported rice with a duty paid value of N88,776,000.00 was seized and evacuated from a warehouse by the Command’s anti-smuggling team in conjunction with the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A few weeks ago”.

Ogunkua said the command would not rest on its oars in playing strategic roles of revenue collection, trade facilitation and border security.

https://informationengine./2017/02/28/photo-customs-seizes-9000-bags-of-imported-rice-in-ibadan/

Nice one Gtb..
una weldone

Mr. Sani Zorro, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), says the Nigerian government plans to issue United Nations passport to people at risk of being stateless.

Mr. Zorro made this known during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday, in Abuja, marking the second anniversary of Nigeria ratifying the Abidjan Declaration to end statelessness.

He said that the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and IDPs and the National Immigration Department are engaged in a process called refugee status determination.
He explained that this process would help to ascertain stateless persons that are eligible for the UN passport, a document they can hold on to before their respective cases are resolved.

Mr. Zorro noted that it is important for Nigeria to speedily domesticate and implement the Abidjan Declaration on statelessness as it contains the strategies and recommendations of dealing with statelessness.

He pointed out that there was a looming stateless situation in Nigeria which could arise from the high level of displacement in the North-east.

“As a result of the North East Crises, quite a number of refugees who find themselves in neighbouring countries of Chad, Niger and Cameroon may not be able to return to Nigeria again.

“The longer they live and reproduce in those countries, they would face the risk of statelessness because in future when the host countries ask of their nationality, they would not be able to show evidence.

“The other situation could be as a result of the over 800 Turkish nationals living and running different businesses in Nigeria whose nationalities were recently nullified by their country’s President.

“Another situation is of some Nigerians who fled from the Central Africa Republic (CAR) to Nigeria three years ago during the political crises and settled in Kano, Jigawa and other North-western states.

“These groups of persons are currently stateless because as a result of loss of documents. The younger ones who were born in CAR do not have any papers to prove themselves as Nigerians,” he said.

NAN reports that on February 25, 2014, the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) organised a Regional Ministerial Conference on ending statelessness.

At the end of the conference which held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, participants who represented 15 countries in the sub region ratified the document also known as the “Abidjan Declaration’’.

The declaration contains steps and recommendations to be adopted by member countries to ending statelessness in West Africa.

The conference was organised to show West Africa’s commitment to the UNHCR’s ten-year global campaign which was launched on Nov. 4, 2014, to eradicating statelessness by 2024.
(NAN)
https://informationengine./2017/02/26/nigeria-to-issue-un-passport-to-persons-at-risk-of-being-stateless/
Lalasticlala Mynd44 seun Dominique Fynestboi

The National Examinations Council, NECO, on Tuesday, said it has released the results of the November/December 2016 Senior School Certificate Examinations, SSCE.

Registrar and Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Charles Uwakwe, made this known while speaking with newsmen in Minna, Niger State.

He said candidates can access their results by login onto the council’s website using their scratch card and registration numbers.

While commenting on the statistics, Uwakwe said “a total of 47,941 candidates registered, out of which 47,118 sat for the exams and the number of candidates with five credits, including Mathematics and English Language are put at 28,530 (60.55%).”

Uwakwe advised candidates to access their results on NECO website www.mynecoexam.com, using their Examination Registration Number and scratch cards.
http://talkgeria.com/topic/neco-releases-novdec-2016-results/

Lalasticlala Mynd44 seun Dominique Fynestboi

Last month, the Oyo governor, Abiola Ajimobi shocked the entire nation.

Footage of the governor speaking to students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), who had been grounded at home for eight months from June 13, 2016 due to a shutdown, showed a white-hot rage: “If this how you want to talk to me,” he blasted the students for their effrontery in protesting the closure of their school. “Then do your worst. Eight months. Eight months? Is that something we have not seen before?”

Even now retelling the statements, I am shaken.

Let’s stop there and unpack the statement and its many ugly layers: you will find arrogance, you will find insensitivity, and you will find a distinct lack of compassion (if we wanted to get right to the point, we would call it wickedness).

Let’s ask a common sense question: How does a public servant defend a failure of duty based on how he or she is spoken to?

And then let us recall what exactly the issue is here.

LAUTECH is owned by the Oyo and Osun state governments. The two governments each give the school N295 million as monthly subventions. Oyo owes the institution N2.3 billion, while Osun owes it N5.3 billion. With this dereliction of responsibility, naturally, teachers in the school have been owed for 13 months. So five months ago, workers went on strike, and the school was shut down.

I know our country has degenerated so badly that the unacceptable has found its place into mainstream tolerance. But it is important to understand this: having students of a university sit at home for eight months is certainly, to put it mildly, not normal.

It should never be acceptable for students to have disruptions to their academic schedule. It sends to them, a clear message – that their country does not care about them. It fundamentally alters any pretentions to structure and order, and the reality of governance.

It costs the nation significantly because we spend more per student in multiple ways when sessions are interrupted – depreciation costs, inflationary consequences, loss of manpower hours as employees are paid for periods of low value (and still have to retire at the age limit), double costs with each resumption, the cost of maintaining the school during gap periods (including electricity and water bills). Remember that none of these costs are value-driven because they are incurred when the primary reason for the institution’s existence is absent.

Then there is the unbearable cost to the students, and then to the guardians of the students – all of the above doing their part to sustain a vicious cycle of national waste.

It bears repeating, however, that its most important damage is that it else sends a message to young people finding their way in the world that this is a fundamentally messed up country, where hard work isn’t rewarded, patriotism isn’t logical and the system eats its young alive.

It is important to restate this, even if tertiary school shutdowns have become a tradition since the Academic Staff Union of Universities organised its first national strike in 1988 and military dictators, who ruled Nigeria for a better part of the 80s and 90s, decided that wanton school closures were the solution to student dissent.

It is important to restate this for the sake of my own sanity, even if I have been a victim of the most ridiculous shutdowns as a student of the University of Lagos in 2005.

Because things have now deteriorated so badly, that an elected governor can stand on a podium – after eight months of institutional silence as these students have begged and pleaded for audience – unafraid of consequence, to tell them, essentially, to go to hell.

This is not normal.

In response, rather than apologise, or pretend to contrition, his team decided that a more effective strategy was to share its own edits of the exchange, claiming that the governor ‘apologised’ to the students.

First, in the apology video, he did no such thing. “I am not angry,” was the best he said, and from a place of entitled smugness.

The fact that this public servant even thought the full video of his patronising statements would make any part of the exchange acceptable is proof further than the events in themselves that the man’s style of governance is also not normal.

“Students need to learn to engage,” he lectured them after failing them for 13 months. This makes one wonder, isn’t it the job of the leader who is also a servant to first engage, to explain, to establish a frame of understanding, and to empathise?

How do you expect calm and restraint from young people whose progress has been cut short for eight months? Is it possible that this man would be restrained and orderly if his children were stuck so?

It bears asking if there is an understanding of the basic nature of service.

Because beyond the evident failure of governance that his action shows, there is an absence in understanding the massive failure in the value chain. He doesn’t know that he has failed, and so he doesn’t know that he should be ashamed, be sorry about it, and be apologetic.

That should shock us. Not because we didn’t know how these guys have always viewed the rest of us; not because we didn’t know the primitiveness that undergirds the thinking of our leadership set, but because, now, they have killed shame.

There is that.

But perhaps we should ask ourselves – how did the governor come about this misguided confidence?

He explained it in the video in terms of being the constituted authority.

According to him, the fact that he is the “constituted authority” means the students should have kept shut, listened to him, and accepted his justifications uncritically.

He fully expected that the sheer presence of his superfluous ‘agbada’ was such a gift to the students that they should have been stunned into ecstatic silence.

And so “His Excellency” was shocked – shocked – that the young, educated people of his state, who were agitated after eight months of abandonment, could still find their voice.

Now, that, right there, is where we should get frightened.

That an elected leader – and there are many like him – still believe, even in a flourishing, adversarial two-party democracy, that he his the constituted authority against who questions are a mark of disrespect, and questioners risk punishment.

Right there, stands the root of our particular brand of problem.

The respect, and, yes, the fear that leaders should have for citizens is mostly absent in the version of a social contract that Nigeria has.

Unfortunately, the fault for this anomaly doesn’t come only from those who lead.

Today, we have citizens who have ceded their right to be treated with respect. You only need to pay attention to conversation online to see a citizenry that has not only ceded that right, but actively denigrates those who would exercise theirs. People who believe that political affiliation means blind loyalty. Those who believe that relationships with government mean silence of whatever happens. Those who believe that those who make high demands of government are being ‘troublesome’ or ‘unreasonable’.

But if citizens want respect from their leaders, they have to demand it – and they have to demand it without reservation.

The defense of “constituted authority” is jabber. There should be no respect for leaders who have defaulted in their duties.

There should particularly be no regard for Nigeria’s distinguished set of consistently, and aggressively, failing leaders.

Many of our leaders lack empathy. The steady erosion of incentives for demonstrable empathy and consequences for its lack has ultimately led to this death, of common sense. And so they have become, in essence, abnormal.

In that case, it becomes imperative to turn up the heat.

People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.

Governments should be worried about how the public receives their decisions and interprets their actions. Government activity would thence be made only against the background of what citizens thinks, what the voters’ reaction will be, of the consequences of each step.

Even if it leads to pandering – that is only a small price to pay for the bigger gain that comes.

But it has to matter that the decision of those we have chosen to lead us must reflect our desires, our wishes, our imperatives and our preferences – and that their reactions must reflect an understanding of who truly calls the shots.

That is how a functioning democracy works. Unfortunately, Nigeria is a long way from this balance of power.

These guys in public office, and their bands that lose the right perspective once they get jobs in government don’t get it.

They don’t get it, at all.

Our urgent, continuous task is to make sure that they do.

PS: Upon going to press with this piece, it is important to remember that while LAUTECH has technically re-opened, students are yet to continue academic activity because lecturers have not yet resumed. So, indeed, the negative value chain remains broken.

Chude Jideonwo is co-founder and managing partner of RED.
http://talkgeria.com/topic/remember-that-thing-governor-ajimobi-said-by-chude-jideonwo/

There is a saying in Yoruba Land: “Orun a re mabo.”

Translation: No one comes back from the dead.

Buhari may not be dead, but he might as well be - too sick to rule, too greedy to leave.

Do I wish Buhari dead? Hell no! I wish him well. But as the president of Nigeria, he needs to either serve in his full capacity as president, or immediately resign. There is no third option here, at least not one that benefits Nigerians.

For weeks, Buhari’s administration has been reporting that he is healthy, that he is simply on an extended trip to London for medical tests. He has been away for weeks, and his administration is unwilling or unable to tell Nigerians if or when their president will return, according to the LA Times.

So, what we know for sure is even if Buhari is not sick - which is improbable, considering his appearance of late - and he is just more comfortable spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on his current medical tour instead of getting these “medical tests” done at the State House Clinic Abuja, the fact remains he so preoccupied with his health that he is unable to lead his country. And Nigeria does not seem to have another leader poised to take his place.

I agree with Okey Ndibe that Buhari should step down.

Unlike most of Buhari’s detractors, I do not have a self-serving agenda. My agenda is to see Nigerians prosper in Nigeria. But Nigerians remain in chains, enslaved by their inability to see beyond their greedy noses.

I speculate Buhari is suffering from either a kidney failure or pancreatic cancer, but even if Buhari comes back home, we all know his policies of the last two years have left the country almost completely stagnate. Try as we might to put our faith in him, Buhari has brought Nigeria no closer to self-sufficiency.

If you remember, I campaigned for Buhari. I wanted him to help halt the abyss to which Nigeria was descending during the time of Jonathan’s presidency, as referenced in my article Nigeria’s Rise to the Bottom.

In another one of my articles, I stated that Nigeria is Not a Country but a conspiracy of the elites. My sincere hope was that Buhari would mark the start of a new paradigm of leadership for Nigeria.

That has not been the case.

I am not naive in thinking any world leader would panic his or her constituents by announcing a major illness then admitting there is no cure for the illness, nor a plan in place to ensure the stability of the country going forward. World leaders don’t do that. Hell, C-level executives don’t even do that.

I think what we all feel is the sense of unease that manifests when you know something’s wrong and no one will tell you what it is. It’s the same unease Americans felt when William Henry Harrison died in office. It’s the same unease experienced by Ethiopians when Prime Minister Meles Zenawi died in office. It’s the same unease the whole world felt when North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il died and we realized we were stuck with his sons.

The saga of Yar'adua comes to mind. Not quite seven years ago, we had another Nigerian President lying comatose in another country. The cabals lied to the nation for several months until they could no longer lie.

This may be history repeating itself.

By the time this post goes live, Buhari may be dead or Buhari may be back in Nigeria. But I question whether he will ever regain enough strength to lead in the proper capacity as president. How can he have a broken body and a distracted mind and retain the strength and focus to lead Nigeria out of social, political, and economic turmoil?

I am hedging my bets. The cabals know the answer. The conspirators know the answer. But they will continue to lie and keep Nigerians guessing so they can milk the system for as long as possible.

Therefore, I say to all Nigerians, let us pray the Lord see fit to restore President Buhari’s health, and that he has the opportunity to enjoy the rest of his years in peace with his family beside him.

And let us pray that Nigerians would wake up, and rise up. Long live Nigeria.

http://talkgeria.com/topic/saharareporters-buhari-is-not-coming-back-by-toyin-dawodu/

A 42-year-old South Africa-based Nigerian Simon Adeoye, automobile mechanic on Tuesday narrated how he lost N240.6m (R10m) to the xenophobic attacks on Saturday.

While speaking on the phone from Pretoria, Adeoye said he received a call that his workshop has been set ablaze.

He stated 29 cars, passports and documents were already destroyed.

By the time I got there, 29 cars of different makes, some Nigerian passports, documents of the workshop, money and other personal effects had been destroyed by fire,” he said.

He begged the Federal Government to assist him get back into business.

“I appeal to the Federal Government to assist me get back to business. Officials of the Nigerian mission have visited the workshop to do an assessment and we have yet to hear from them,” he said.

“At the moment, I have lost everything I have. I need urgent help to restart my business. This will also assist me to pay my workers who have families to cater for,” he added.

South Africans had on Saturday attacked and looted Nigerian-owned businesses.

The Nigerian Union in South Africa has also claimed that the South Africans are planning massive xenophobic attacks on February 22 and 23.
http://talkgeria.com/topic/xenophobia-how-i-lost-n240m-south-african-based-nigerian/

Prophet Paul Sanyangore, Controversial Zimbabwean, claims he has God’s direct phone number.Speaking to H-metro, about a video where he was seen prophesying to a church member while on the phone with God during his Sunday service, he said:

‘I have a direct channel, actually I have his number and I can call him when need rises. It is possible to talk to God, why would you doubt that I got a call from him? I actually have a direct line which I can call him and get instructions on how to proceed. I got this when I was praying and I heard a voice telling me to call direct.

I got instructions on the phone on what to do or say and that is what happened on Sunday. If the heavens spoke to Abraham why not us? You are of faith and people will always have doubts while others are being delivered,’ he added.
https://informationengine./2017/02/22/meet-prophet-paul-sanyangore-who-says-he-has-gods-direct-phone-number/

A 500-level part-time Business Administration student of the Lagos State University is battling with a broken arm and injuries allegedly inflicted on her face by operatives of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit.

The student, 28-year-old Sewuese Matthew, was reportedly battered for using her foster sister’s mobile phone to video the operation of the officials on Durosimi-Etti Drive, in the Lekki Phase 1 area of the state.

The foster sister, Lilian Ifemeludike, told PUNCH Metro that she was also assaulted by the task force men.

It was learnt that Ifemeludike and Matthew had gone to repair a punctured tyre at a vulcaniser’s stand on the estate when a team of enforcement agents stormed the area, seizing the machine for allegedly causing environmental nuisance.

The vulcaniser begged the officials, while Ifemeludike also urged the officials to allow him to repair the tyre.

Matthew, in a chat with PUNCH Metro on Monday, said she decided to record with the phone when the scene turned rowdy, but was caught by an operative, who allegedly punched her in the face.

She said other officials joined in the assault, pummeling her and Ifemeludike and later seizing the phone.

The student said,

“On Wednesday, February 8, my sister and I were going out of the estate in her car, when the car had a flat tyre. While we were at the vulcanizer’s place trying to fix the tyre, the task force officials stormed the area and packed wares displayed by the roadside.
“There was chaos and some people were filming what was happening. I also tried to do so while my sister was pleading with them. A tall policeman among them walked up to me, snatched the phone and started punching me.
“I ran to my sister, crying. He smashed the phone on the ground and she picked it. The officer and other policemen chased her and started hitting her until they collected the phone from her. I rushed there and pleaded with them to leave her. They punched me in the mouth, face and neck. I also broke my hand.”


Matthew stated that they followed the officials to the task force office in Oshodi and reported the incident to the task force Chairman, SP Olayinka Egbeyemi, who condemned the assault.

“But when the officials appeared before the chairman, they told him a different story, saying we insulted them. The chairman then vowed to deal with us and we were detained. The next morning, they charged us to court in Ogba. I could not meet up my bail conditions that day, so I was taken to the Kirikiri Prison without my injuries being treated. I was released on Friday when the bail was perfected and I went to the Lagos Island General Hospital for treatment,” she added.


Ifemeludike, a United Nations Women Empowerment champion, said the officials’ conduct was a breach of the enforcement ethics, saying her phone, a Samsung Galaxy S7, had yet to be released.

The Public Relations Officer, National Association of Nigerian Students, Idowu Odebunmi, said the association would hold a protest against the alleged assault on February 28.

The spokesperson for the task force, Taofiq Adebayo, stated that videoing contravened the law of the agency, adding that the phone was being kept as an exhibit.

He, however, denied that the women were assaulted by the officials.
He said, “No responsible and responsive government will allow activities that contradict the state environmental law to go on. In the course of enforcing the law on the walkway on the estate, the machine of a vulcaniser was impounded. He had been warned several times not to position his machine by the roadside.
“The ladies in question were not directly involved in the matter. But because they wanted to gauge the tyre, they intervened. One of them started filming with a phone. In enforcement, we don’t allow such. She was saying all sorts of things against the chairman and the state governor.
“The case is now in court and the phone is still with the court as an exhibit. They were never assaulted. Members of the public don’t have the right to record enforcement agents performing their lawful duties without the permission of the authority.”
https://informationengine./2017/02/21/task-force-officials-beat-up-lasu-student-for-videoing-operation/

As seen this evening on Facebook, a user identified as Emmanuel osunde took to his timeline and post this..

"AAU ON FIRE AGAIN
currently the school is in a state of confusion as student stage another protest"

https://informationengine./2017/02/20/ambrose-alli-university-on-fire/

Nice one....

https://www.nairaland.com/3639285/court-orders-police-pay-n20million

Owerri High Court has granted N20 million as damage against the police for assaulting an Owerri lawyer, Chukwuemeka Amaghiro, last year.
In his judgment, Justice K.A. Orjiako said the respondents were found guilty of gross violation of the applicant’s right.

Amaghiro in 2016 filed a suit of violation of his right against the Police Service Commission, Nigeria Police, Commissioner of Police in Imo State and the OC D8 SARS Investigative Police Officer, Bassey Ikpa, for assaulting him.

Orjiako held that evidence before him proved the lawyer’s right was violated.

He said he awarded the damage considering the reputation of the person assaulted and the provision of the law on human right violation.

Orjiako advised the police to respect human right while discharging their duties.

Amaghiro and Emeka Iwuchukwu were allegedly assaulted by police officers when they visited their client, Keziah Nwoha, who was in police detention in 2016.

Iwuchukwu was awarded N10 million as damage on December 6, 2016 in an Owerri High Court presided over by Justice E.F. Njemanze.

Counsel to the applicant, Mr. Soronnadi Njoku, told NAN his clients approached the court due to how they were manhandled by police officers on the instigation of the OC SARS D10, Mr. Emenike.

He said the two lawyers visited the police to find out why their client was arrested and detained, as her case was still pending in court.

[i] “When the lawyers got to the police, the Investigating Police Officer, Mr. Bassey Ikpa, became hostile.
“The lawyers became helpless and approached his superior, who directed the officers to deal with them,” [/i]he said.

He said he would enforce the two judgments simultaneously to ensure the damage awarded to the applicants was paid.
The respondents and their lawyers were absent during the judgment.

NAN
https://informationengine./2017/02/20/court-orders-police-to-pay-n20million-for-assaulting-lawyer-in-owerri/

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