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A suspected rapist, Jonathan Esiuwu, has set his victim’s house on fire after a failed attempt to rape the victim and rob her home in Okuokoko town, near Orerokpe in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta.

The Police Commissioner in the state, Zanna Ibrahim, said in a statement on Wednesday in Asaba that the suspect was arrested following a formal complaint by the victim’s elder sister.

“On March 3, 2017 in Okuokoko town, the complainant, Joy Godwin, aged 36, was in her house sleeping when one Jonathan Esiuwu of Okuokoko town came to knock on her door but she refused to open the door for him.

“The suspect allegedly jumped into the compound through the fence and forcefully entered her house and attempted to rape her younger sister, Mercy Godwin.

“The complainant hit him with a wood on his head and the suspect, Jonathan Esiuwu, came back and set the house ablaze,” Mr. Ibrahim said.

The commissioner said that the victim, who survived the attack, reported the case to the police at Orerokpe police station.

According to him, the case was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Asaba, on the October 13.

He said the suspect was currently in custody of the police and investigation was ongoing.
(NAN)

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By Joe Chukindi 

Local vigilante in Ogbunike community, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State have allegedly killed a resident, one Ndubuisi Oye, said to be preparing for his wedding on Sunday.

His killing has sparked a spate of destruction, as friends of the deceased have destroyed properties worth worth millions, belonging to the leader of the vigilante group.

DAILY POST gathered that the vigilante leader, Levi Elobis, known as ‘commander’ from Umueri, Ogbunike allegedly killed Oye at St. Monica’s Road, Ogbunike on the Onitsha old road on Monday evening.

The fiancée of the deceased, Miss Oluma Agbugba who narrated the story said, “We were coming back from a committee of friends’ meeting, in preparation for our wedding on Sunday.

“We got to St. Monica’s Road, my fiance alighted to refill the gasoline of his commercial bus and as we were about driving off, a Sport Utility Vehicle — Hillux vehicle blocked our bus and the man who emerged from the vehicle ordered both of us to come down from the bus.

“I alighted and sighted that the man had a gun. I made to make a call, but the man quickly stopped me, threatening he would kill me if I raised my phone again to make any call.

“The man ordered my fiance (Oye) to come down from the stirring and shut him at close range, and thereafter drove off, leaving him in his pool of blood.

“I started shouting after he had left and some passersby stopped to assist me to move him to Iyienu Hospital. He died on the way to hospital.’’

The deceased, 27 years old, it was learnt, hailed from Ezza, Ebonyi State, while the fiancee is from Imo state.

A Special Assistant to Governor Willie Obiano on Youth Mobilisation, Mr Junior Onwutaka confirmed the incident to our correspondent.

He said he saw some men on rampage and tried unsuccessfully to stop them as the mob overpowered him.

Onwutaka added “the mob invaded the commander’s house and set it ablaze.”

When contacted, the Anambra State Police Commissioner, Mr Garba Umar confirmed the incident, saying the police had intervened and the suspect had been arrested.

Umah said, “He has since been taken into the police custody. We ordered for his arrest and that of those who burnt his belongings.”

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FROM: PAUL ORUDE, BAUCHI


The courtesy call by the Northern Governors Wives Forum (NGWF) on the Emir of Bauchi Dr Rilwanu Suleiman Adamu, on Tuesday, was almost marred by a clash between a top police officer and an official of the Department of State Security (DSS) at the emir’s palace.

It was gathered that a fierce fight broke out between an Assistant Commissioner of Police ACP (names withheld) with the Bauchi State command and an official of the DSS attached to wife of the Governor of
Nasarawa State, Hajia Hajiya Mairo Al-makura.

Daily Sun learnt that the ugly fight took place inside the the Emir’s palace when the Emir was already seated and receiving his guests.

The governors’ wives, who were at the palace on a courtesy call on the monarch, were from Kogi, Borno, Gombe, Sokoto, Nassarawa, Niger, Zamfara, Bauchi and Kebbi states.

The governors’ wives were led on the visit to the traditional ruler by the newly elected Chairperson of the NGWF and wife of the Bauchi State Governor, Hajia Hadiza Mohammed in company with nine northern governors’ wives.

Hajia Abubakar, who was elected at the Yankari Games Reserves and Resort, on Monday, during the forum’s meeting, took over the rein of leadership of the NGWF from wife of the Zamfara State Governor Asma’u Abdul’aziz Yari Abubakar.

An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, said the fight started when the DSS operative allegedly demanded that the vehicle of the Bauchi State Governor’s wife be parked properly away from where Al-makura’s wife’s vehicle was already parked.

The police officer, who was in his uniform, was reported to have been infuriated by the command coming from the plain-clothed security official and allegedly shouted on the DSS man. The DSS official was said to have been provoked with the outburst of the police officer and, in turn, rained abuse on the policeman.

“The AC (police officer) didn’t take kindly to the insult and gave the DSS man a dirty slap. The DSS man retaliated and they started fighting each other,” the witness said.

According to the witness, some policemen believed to be the AC subordinates joined the scuffle, beating the DSS man almost to a pulp.

A senior police officer was reported to have immediately taken away the pistol belonging to the police officer in order to prevent any accidental gunshot.

“The fight was getting out of hand and there was confusion every,2 said the witnessed.“

Luckily, men of the NSCDC on ground, intervened and separated the fighting policeman and the DSS before causing further breakdown of law and order.

Efforts to get the reaction of the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Kamal Mohammed Datti, did not succeed several calls made to his mobile phone were not returned while he also did not reply to a text sent to his phone number.

Hadiza Abubakar told the monarch that the north was left behind in education, health and other economic activities and called for support from traditional rulers and the government to continue their quota to address the backwardness of the region.

She lamented that drug abuse was ravaging youth of the region saying
that spouses of governors on their own have initiated programmes aimed
at tackling the menace of drug abuse.

The NGWF Chairperson then appealed to traditional institutions to support the forum in their efforts to assist women and children.

She said: “We discussed yesterday (Monday October 16) on the way forward particular for the girl child education among other issues of women, children, youth and how to support our husbands to achieve their mandate to the people”.

In his response, Dr Rilwanu Adamu appreciated the wives of the governor for their supportive role in uniting northern Nigeria.

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By Perez Brisibe


UGHELLI – THE Ughelli Police Area Command, has arrested a suspect simply identified as Efe for allegedly burying a prostitute he had spent the night with at his Ughelli apartment after she was said to have died mysteriously while they were together.

The suspect was reportedly arrested following security information from a concerned resident who saw the suspect burying the victim in the early hours of the night.

“He had solicited for the services of the girl from a brothel, where they had earlier engaged in high use of hard drugs and alcohol before taking her to his house for the night,” a staff at the hotel who simply gave his name as Victor stated.

Speaking further, the source said: “Efe took her to his house located at Okorodafe Street. At the house, the victim was said to have died and for reasons best known to him (Efe), he went to bury her but someone who saw him during the act, reported him to the police who arrested him the next day.”

Confirming the arrest of the suspect to Vanguard, a senior officer at the Ughelli Area Command who spoke on condition of anonymity, disclosed that the suspect who has since been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, had claimed that the victim is his girlfriend.

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CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

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A 50-year old retired Customs officer turned native doctor, Akin Babalola, has been convicted and handed two years imprisonment without an option of fine for defrauding a 72-year old woman, Mrs Dinah Grace over ‘love portion’.

The convict had alleged that the victim paid him N500,000 to prepare ‘love portion’ in order to win back her estranged husband after they had separated for some years.

However, the presiding Magistrate, Mrs J.O.E Adeyemi found his claim spurious, declared him guilty of fraud and sentenced him accordingly.

The Osun State-born Akin Babalola allegedly obtained N500,000 from Dinah Grace under the false pretence of preparing the love potion for her.

P.M.EXPRESS reports that instead of Babalola keeping his own part of the bargain, he allegedly duped the septuagenarian. He claimed that he could not prepare such as it might cause the death of her estranged husband.

The convicted Babalola was then arrested two years ago and charged before Ejigbo Magistrates court for the alleged offence, he pleaded not guilty and was granted bail.

The trial dragged on for over two years before the court gave the final judgment and found Babalola guilty.

P.M.EXPRESS reports that during the trial, Dinah who was separated from her husband after many children, denied that she asked Babalola to prepare ‘love portion’ for her as he had claimed and insisted that she was merely duped under false pretence.

On his part, Babalola claimed that he specialised in preparing love medicine and could solve other spiritual problems. Most of his clients were those who had broken homes and marriages which he reportedly used his spiritual powers to restore back.

However, trouble started after Dinah asked Babalola to refund her money since he did not fulfill their agreement but Babalola refused. He threatened to expose her if she asked for the money again.

She went to Igando Police Division and reported that Babalola defrauded her
under false pretence. Babalola was arrested and taken to the
station where he told the police that he collected the money and did not continue with their initial agreement because it involved human life.

The police charged Babalola to court on a three-count charge of felony, obtaining under false pretence and stealing. During the trial, the prosecutor, Supol Kenneth Asibor proved before the court that Babalola was guilty of the criminal offences as charged by the police. The court upheld the charges and jailed Babalola accordingly.

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Officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) have arrested 12 ladies described as “corporate sex workers:. The suspects were arrested at an apartment on Bukaba Street at Wuse Zone 5, Abuja, where high profile ‘corporate’ sex workers operate in the high brow area of the city centre to allegedly service top politicians and other high profile clients.

The invasion of the hideout was part of relentless war by government agencies to rid the nation’s capital, especially the city centre, of sex workers. It was learnt the landlord of the property discovered that a self-contained room in the com- Lalong pound let out to a single lady had suddenly become an abode for about a dozen ladies whose conducts were suspicious.

The landlord reportedly informed the FCTA which deployed officials of the Social Development Secretariat (SDS) to the apartment. However, in a dramatic twist, all the suspected commercial sex workers were released unconditionally a few hours after their arrest.

The Acting Director, SDS, Mrs. Felicia Nwogu, said the suspected commercial sex workers were arrested following a complaint from the owner of the property.

She said: “We arrested 12 of them, but you know we cannot keep them for more than 72 hours, so when the human rights people came, we had to let them go, when they promised to move out of the house.

“When we were leaving the area after apprehending them, the residents around were thanking us, saying ‘we can now have peace in this neighbourhood and sleep well. You people have done well.’”

However, when our correspondent visited the street one of the residents punctured SDS’s reason for releasing the suspected sex workers.

The man said the sex workers were being maintained by top politicians and military officers. According to him, a poor sex worker cannot afford to pay rent at that street where self-contained room goes for between N500,000 and N700,000.

He said: “SDS officials were forced to release the girls. In fact, before they could leave the place, calls from above had started coming, warning the task force team to let the girls go.”

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Daredevil robbers struck at a popular hotel in the Mushin area of Lagos, attacked and snatched a Toyota Corolla Car said to belong to a randy man who reportedly went to the hotel for sex romp with a lady.

However, the romp turned sour after the lovers finished and were about leaving the hotel in the evening. The robbers pointed a sword at the man, he surrendered the car key and they escaped with the car.

The incident happened at the popular hotel called Shadlat located at Mushin.

P.M.EXPRESS gathered that the victim simply known as Olumide went to the hotel with his vehicle with registration number, APP 840 CY worth about N2.2m. After the robbers had snatched the car with the sword they used as gun to intimidate them, they ordered the lovers to run from as they drove off.

When the robbers drove off, the man then raised alarm and people around pursued the robbers. And as they were trying to escape, the robbers ran into trouble, abandoned the vehicle and escaped.

However, the police arrested one of the suspects and eventually recovered the car and handed it over to the owner.

The 19-year old suspect, Obinna Udechukwu was charged before Ikeja Magistrates court for conspiracy and armed robbery.

His plea was not taken because of the seriousness of the matter.

The presiding Magistrate, Mrs B.O. Osunsanmi ordered him to be remanded in prison custody without an option of bail.

The court also directed the prosecutor to duplicate the file and send to DPP for advice and adjourned the matter till 7th November, 2017 for the report of DPP to be ready.

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By Dan Atori Minna


The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that there has been an increase in banking fraud in the nation more than what banks are willing to disclose. Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Professor Umaru Garba Danbatta said this yesterday in Minna while presenting a paper titled ‘Promoting Regulatory Framework for Safety and Security on the Internet’ at the North Central Zonal Internet Governance Forum.

According to him: “Banks are unwilling to discuss the fraud that happens within the banks due to the fear of liquidation and loss of customers.

“The banks do not report a lot of fraud because of liquidation problems. They are scared that their customers will leave if they report such incidences, these banks feel that the customers will not have confidence in them anymore.”

Danbatta also said that the non-disclosure by the banks is militating against the statistics towards ensuring cyber security, pointing out that it is only collaboration and cooperation between private and public organisations to help build the capacity of cyber security policies across the nation.

In her address, the Chairperson of the Forum, Mrs. Mary Uduma argued the need for adequate sensitisation to be done about cyber security and dangerous speeches.

The Coordinator of the Hate Speech Project, Isah Garba, said that its monitoring project revealed that the nation recorded 6,258 hate speeches in 2016. He said that out of the hate speeches, 2,603 were of religious content, 421 were political, 2,449 were of ethnicity, 283 Biafra, 134 about herdsmen, 118 on bye elections while the others were of general content.

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CYRIACUS IZUEKWE


Despite the fact that he was married with children, a 50-year old man Victor Akere has confessed that he preferred having sex with men through the anus to women’s private to satisfy his libido.

He also reportedly revealed that, though he still engaged in sex with women including his wife, he does not derive much sexual satisfaction from women as much as he enjoyed with men.

The police at Idimu Division arrested Akere after he allegedly lured two young boys (names withheld) aged between 12 and 15 into his compound, forcefully penetrated them through their anus and in the process injured them.

The incident happened at Tunji Ladipo Street in Idimu area of Lagos where the suspect and the victims’ parents reside.

The injuries inflicted on the victims eventually exposed him as they reported what happened to their parents.

Akere was charged before a Lagos court and has been remanded in prison custody.

P.M.EXPRESS gathered that Akere lured the victims into his apartment when his family went out, raped them and thereafter warned them not to tell anybody.

Due to the size of his joystick, he had to use cream and forcefully penetrated the victims.

However, the act was exposed as one of the victims sustained injury in his anus and reported how it all happened to his parents.

P.M.EXPRESS gathered that the boy’s parents confronted the suspect, he denied but later admitted when another victim confirmed that he had done the same to him and injured him.

The matter was reported to the police, he was arrested and charged before Ikeja Magistrates court for indecent assault, unlawful penetration and rape.

He pleaded not guilty.

The presiding Magistrate, Mrs B.O. Osunsanmi granted him bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.

He was remanded in prison custody pending when he will perfect his bail condition and the matter was adjourned till 7 November, 2017.

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Posted by Ebuka Onyeji,



The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Ibrahim Magu, says more than N30 billion looted funds have been recovered since the commencement of the whistle blowing policy.
“Since the commencement of the whistle-blower policy, we have received hundreds of actionable tips that led to the following cash recoveries: N527, 643,500; $53,222,747; GBP 21,222,890 and Euro 547,730,” Mr. Magu said on Thursday at the launch of the whistle-blower support project.

Tagged ‘Corruption Anonymous’ (CORA), the project is being organised by the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy, AFRICMIL, in partnership with the MacArthur Foundation.

In a speech at the event, Mr. Magu said the EFCC has created an environment for those with information to approach the Commission, confident that the information they give would be put into effective use.

Thursday’s speech comes about two months after Mr. Magu some of the tip-offs passed to anti-graft detectives by whistle blowers were leading nowhere.
The EFCC chief, however, explained his stance at the event.

“I am glad to report that Nigerians have so far been very responsive. We have always treated every tip referred to us with strict sense of responsibility bearing in mind that such undertaking on the part of the whistle-blower is usually a matter of trust and even risk.

“At the same time, we have been careful not to be used by mischief makers who would want to abuse this process.

“Let me reiterate that just as there is consequence for corruption, there will be consequence for those who want to take advantage of this noble initiative in the fight against corruption to create mischief. We have responded to this possibility by developing a water-tight mechanism of both reporting and cross-checking information.”

He commended the initiators of the project, adding that “through this window, we have seen many Nigerians whose motivation was not just to benefit from the recoveries, as promised by the federal government, but the satisfaction of having to see that what was ill-gotten has been recovered for the good of all.

“Those in this category were motivated by their sense of justice and overriding national interest, not the financial reward. We urge more Nigerians to borrow a leaf from these patriotic individuals.

“President Muhammadu Buhari during his October 1 national broadcast highlighted the Whistle-Blower Policy as one of the administration’s new institutional reforms to eradicate corruption in Nigeria,” Mr. Magu said.

In his speech, Chido Onumah, Co-ordinator of AFRICMIL, said the anti-graft war has recorded a huge success through the whistle blowing policy.

Mr. Onumah said going by figures from the Presidential advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, 2,150 tips had been received by the Ministry of Finance.
Despite the success recorded, Mr. Onumah said the policy still lacks proper awareness among Nigerians.

“Take a walk around town and ask Nigerians, chances are that nine out of ten would not have heard about the policy much less have any idea of how to submit tips.

“The second thing is the glaring absence of commitment to the safety and protection of whistle blowers. Most of those who are reported are often left to walk free and never invited for questioning, much less suspended from office as the public service rules recommended.”

While urging Nigerians to key into the whistle blowing policy, he said the CORA project is geared towards creating awareness and ensuring maximum protection for whistle blowers.

President Buhari announced the policy in December 2016. It encourages citizens to inform law enforcement authorities about suspicious activities of public treasury looters.

A maximum five per cent of the recovered sum was earmarked as reward for the whistle blower as part of the policy. In June, government announced payouts of N375.8 million to 20 whistle blowers.

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A 26-year old robbery suspect and a graduate of University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Anthony Olanrewaju, who reportedly used sexy ladies to trap victims and robbed them at gun point, has been arrested by the police.

The suspect, who claimed to have a Degree in Economics from University of Nigeria, Nsukka before he went into private business at Computer Village in Ikeja, was arrested by the operatives of State Anti Robbery Squad, SARS led by CSP Ahmed Sanusi.

The Ogun State-born Olanrewaju was arrested at a popular hotel in Ikeja where he was spending his loot.

He was interrogated, reportedly confessed and took the police to a criminal hideout in the Agege area where he used as his base.

P.M.EXPRESS gathered that the police recovered from the suspect three locally made pistols, cutlasses, axes, mobile phones and other dangerous weapons which he used for operations.

The suspects claimed that he used to hide at Computer Village in the day and moved out with some women in the night to trap victims and rob them.

He revealed his style of operation which he said was unique to him alone and the women he used for the operations were trained by him.

Olanrewaju allegedly confessed that he fronted those women to approach young rich men and lured them into sex.

According to the suspect, once such women established contact with the victims, they will communicate with him on the phone where the necessary information will be provided, and then storm the place whether in a hotel or other places and silently rob the victims.

The suspect confessed that he had made more than N8 million since he started the operation before he was arrested.

He said he never thought that he will be arrested one day but regretted all his actions and pleaded that he should be given a chance.

The suspect, in tears pleaded that he will not continue with such crime if he survived the trouble.

When P.M.EXPRESS visited the Police Command at Ikeja, Olanrewaju was still detained at the SARS cell where he was said to be giving the police useful information.

A Police source told our correspondent that the police was making efforts to arrest those women who were said to be on the run after the arrest of Olanrewaju.

The source also said the suspect will be charged to court after the conclusion of investigation.

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The police have foiled plans by the arrested billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudubem Onwuamadike, a.k.a. Evans to escape from prison.

Evans is currently standing trial before an Ikeja High Court for alleged conspiracy and kidnapping alongside five others namely Uche Amadi, Ogechi Uchechukwu, Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu, Chilaka Ifeanyi and Victor Aduba.

They are being remanded at the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prisons, Apapa.

Following his attempt to escape, The Nation reports that the Nigerian Prison Service (NPS) has formed a heavy security ring around the kidnapping kngpin.

Evans who was arrested in June this year, allegedly planned to give between $50,000 and $100,000 to one of the guards manning his cell to facilitate his escape.

A police source said Evans was allegedly coordinating his escape bid with some members of his gang by telephone which he obtained through “suspicious” means.

“When Evans was in our custody, he tried to escape but we were able to abort all his plans. We discovered that he had access to phones which were hidden in the middle of loaves of bread, eba, semovita and so on.

He was making calls from these smuggled phones in the middle of the night, making arrangements with some yet to be identified members of his gang to arrange for his escape. We intercepted how he was luring one of the guards with about $50,000 to $100,000. He wanted an insider to serve as informant to him and members of his gang.”

By Ikenna Emewu


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Super Eagles player, Brown Ideye faces a tough match that he would only play safe and reasonable to win.

It’s a match that would cost him N167.5m, win or lose. However, the arena for the game is in the home, which makes it complicated for him to handle.

This involves a child paternity duel he is engrossed in in Switzerland, and this matter arose from a goal he scored against himself with a lady he once dated in the city of Neuchatel, Switzerland, where he once played.

Friday afternoon, a lady called with +4179*****84 who identified herself as Francesca Erroi and from Neuchatel, Switzerland.

She narrated in chocking and hushed voice how she had affairs with Ideye when she worked as secretary of the club Ideye played. The affair was fertile enough and resulted in a baby boy.

But as the baby arrived, Ideye allegedly exonerated himself of every duty of paternal care.

Francesca waited for a change of heart from Ideye until the boy was three that she had the only option of going to court to force him do the needful and live up to his responsibility.

On October 14, 2014, a Swiss court gave a judgment that ordered Ideye to pay Francesca 216,000 Swiss Francs or $225,000, some N36m at the prevailing rate then as retroactive child support sum.

Disregard for court order

She said a copy of the judgment was served Ideye when he was already a player with the English side, West Bromwich Albion. While she is sure Ideye was served, he never communicated with her or the child and also didn’t appeal or obey the court order till today.

The court also ordered that Ideye pays his lady 6,000 Francs or some $6,500 monthly upkeep allowance for the child.

Today, the child is six years old and Francesca claimed that Ideye never paid a dime either as the judgment lump sum or the monthly upkeep as ordered by court. From three years ago, the judgment was handed down, the monthly upkeep would be some $234,000 as at today. In addition to the lump sum retroactive child support debt, Ideye should be liable to a princely sum of N167,535,000 owed his little boy for his upkeep.

On November 16, 2014, The Local, a local newspaper at the time of the judgment reported it this way:

Swiss media report

A Swiss court has ordered Nigerian football star Ideye Brown to pay his former partner, a resident of Neuchâtel, 216,000 francs ($225,000) (N82,125,000) (N36m) in retroactive child support, in addition to future monthly payments of 6,000 francs, (234,000) a media report says.

Brown, 26, a forward with English Premier League team West Bromwich Albion, played for the Neuchâtel Xamax team from 2008 to 2010, where he began a relationship with a secretary at the club, the local newspapers L’Express and L’Impartial reported.

The relationship continued after the footballer was transferred to Sochaux-Montbéliard, a second division French team, with his partner making regular trips to see him in France.

However, after she became pregnant, Brown broke off ties with the woman, who gave birth to a baby boy in January 2011.

Brown rejected paternal responsibility but after three years of legal procedures, the boy’s mother gained a decision from a civil court, which on Friday ruled Brown is the child’s father, the newspapers reported.

The court declared that the woman had the sole right to care for the child while ordering the footballer to cough up the parental support.

Under the ruling, the payments for the child are to increase to 7,000 francs a month when he turns six and 8,000 francs a month when he is 12, payable until his studies are finished.

Brown, who reportedly did not appear before the court, has 30 days to decide whether to appeal the decision.” (thelocal.ch)

Her petition

To buttress her claims, Francesca sent Sunday Sun a mail, which is actually a petition she said, she had prepared to forward to Nigerian authorities, through the Nigerian Embassy in Switzerland she wrote on October 6, the day she called.

The letter, she also forwarded in handwritten copy is reproduced below

Neuchâtel 6 October 2017


To Nigerian authorities

Dear Sir, Dear Madam,

I am Francesca and I am the mother of 6 years old boy who is son to Ideye Aide Brown, the Super Eagles football team player.

Here is the Neuchâtel court judgment which clearly says that Mr. Ideye is the father of my son, and sentences Mr. Ideye to pay monthly maintenance to my son.

Despite this court decision of October 2014, that Mr. Ideye got when he was in England and which he didn’t appeal, and by implication accepted, after three years, he is still doing nothing for his son.

It’s shameful that a personality that represents Nigeria all over the world doesn’t respect a court decision and abandons his own blood.

Is this the image that Nigeria wants to give about Nigerians all around the world?

Nobody is above the law.

As Mr. Ideye seems not to understand the importance of a court decision, I formally request Nigerian authorities to intervene and compel Mr. Ideye order to respect the sentence of the court and respect his obligations as father to his son.

I remain willing at the disposal of the Nigerian authorities through their embassy in Switzerland.

Thank you for your attention.

Kind regards

Francesca

My son is sad

Francesca also sent three photos she snapped with Ideye to prove her point and they were taken on November 14, 2009 at 01:48am from the automatic date imprint on it.

Later in the discussion, she became emotional when asked the last time Ideye called and or spoke with her or his son. She said: “Ideye never for once spoke with his son. I had the baby in January 2011, and four months later, in May I got his phone number from someone and called to speak with him,

“He just told me that he wishes me and my son success and that he has nothing to do with the boy and not ready to pay any bills for his care and upkeep.

“The most painful is that my son keeps crying asking what he did to his father that he doesn’t want to ask of him or even speak with him. I am really sad and confused because I don’t know an answer to give my son about all the questions. I just wish Brown would be man and responsible enough to take care of his son, call him and assure him he didn’t abandon him and make him know he really has a father.”

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By CHIOMA IGBOKWE

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Operatives of the Lagos special security outfit, Rapid Response Squad (RRS), have cracked an armed robbery syndicate, which allegedly operates from Kirikiri prison. The leaders of the syndicate, Odudu Uttah, Sunday and Tosin who are awaiting trial were found with list of targets in Lagos who their members had attacked and still planning to attack.

Their gang members who were arrested include Nsima Uttah, the younger brother of Odudu Uttah; Abayomi James, Omokaro Efe, Augustine Uchenna, Chukwuma Onyemara, Uzuazomaro Joseph, Melvin Umeh, Ahmed Waheed and Odili Benedict. On their arrest, a police source told Saturday Sun that victims alerted operatives of RRS about the activities of some hoodlums in Ayobo area in Lagos state.

“On August 25, we got reports from victims that their houses were broken into by suspected armed robbers. The suspects raided their houses and left with valuables including cars. Through intelligence gathering, we were able to trace some of the suspects and discovered that the cars were already in Anambra State.

“The Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, thereafter instructed that our men should trace and recover the cars. A tracking team was sent to Anambra and they were able to recover the cars from the buyers.

“Nine suspects who include three buyers were arrested. In the course of investigation, it was discovered that most of the crimes committed were coordinated from Kirikiri prison. As such, we were able to intercept their plan to raid more homes. The police authority has written to Nigerian Prisons to facilitate the process of bringing out the inmates for further investigation”, a police source disclosed.


Victims recount

Mr. Dada who was one of their victims told the police that the robbers gained access into his house at about 2am on August 25, 2017. “They were the ones who woke me up as I did not hear while they were breaking in. They were armed and started beating me up. They requested for money and I told them I don’t have any. They searched the whole house and collected all our phones, cloths, jewelries, laptops, Television sets and other valuables. They packed them in my car and waited till 5am before they left.”

Another victim simply identified as Bamidele told the police that the armed robbers invaded his house on September 9, 2017. “They broke my burglary proof and entered the house around 1.45am. Before I could pick my phone to make a call, they have overpowered and tied me up. They took all the valuables within reach and drove off with my Toyota Camry car. ”


Suspects confess

At the police station, the suspects admitted to have participated in several robberies especially in Ayobo area. They alleged that their leaders who are inmates in prison, awaiting trial, gave the addresses of their victims to them.

One of the suspects, Nsima 33, told the police that his journey into the criminal world dates back to 2013 after observing the lifestyle of his elder brother, Odudu. “I used to be a bus driver but I realized that my brother was making so much money and yet no one knows what he does for a living. All I knew back then was that he travels a lot, so I assumed he could be a fraudster.

It was when the police arrested him that I knew what exactly he was doing. One of his friends, Shokunbi who is also an armed robber asked me to raise money and help my brother. I told him that I don’t make much money so he taught me how to break shops.

“The little money we raised was sent to my brother who is in prison. When I saw him, he told me to promise that I will continue my driving job.

The temptation was too much, so I continued breaking shops at Ajegunle and snatching bags with the guidance of Shokunbi and his gang. After about a year, my brother was granted bail and he went back to the same crime. Shokunbi told him that I am good, so he had no choice but to allow me join them.

“Unfortunately, he was arrested again at Ayobo when the people in the area alerted the police that he was back and still committing crime. Odudu was offended, so he made a list of all the people whom he suspected reported him to the police and we started robbing them one after the other.”

On how they operate, Nsima said that they normally broke into homes through the windows. “We normally remove the burglary proof through the window of the sitting room. Our targets in Ayobo are those with cars. Cars are the only valuables you can get in an average man’s house. When we enter the house, we will wait till it’s morning time, about 5am before we drive out like every normal person. While we are waiting, we will eat good food if there is any in the fridge. We will also tie up the people in the house and take all their phones.

“All the cars that we got were sold between N150, 000 and N300, 000 to one Umeh who is based in Anambra. It was my brother who normally calls him from prison anytime there is a product (stolen car) for sale.”

He also told the police that there are other two houses marked for robbery in Ayobo before police arrested them. “Odudu asked us to target a man who owns a big Toyota car popularly called muscle because it can be sold for as high as N400, 000. His lawyer needed that money in order to get him on bail. We were planning to operate when policemen arrested us.”

Another suspect, Abayomi James, alleged that there are two other persons in prison who normally suggested who and who to attack. “We are loyal to them because they are the ones who taught us robbery and have access to guns. Most importantly, we have to obey them so that if police arrest and send us to prison, they will protect us over there. I normally get my own instruction from Sunday and Tosin. Part of the money we get from selling cars is usually used to pay their lawyers.”

Another suspect, Omokaro told the police that he was the one responsible for buying all the guns used during all their robbery operations. “I am a private security man with Oando and they pay me N25, 000 a month. It is too small for a married man who is 48 years old. It is not even enough to pay for house rent. I have links with people that sell guns that was why I volunteered.”

Yet another suspect, Shokunbi, told the police that he is awaiting trial and was released on bail after spending 18 months in prison. “Once they release you from prison, you don’t need to go to court again. They will not even look for you because we were told by our lawyers that once they release you on bail, you are free. I have known Odudu for many years and we were arrested and released the same time. Unfortunately, he was arrested again by the police.”

One of the buyers of the stolen cars, Melvin admitted to the police that he knew the cars were stolen. “Odudu called me from the prison that his boys will contact me with some cars. I knew that they were stolen that is why I pay them N150, 000 per car. Whenever they call me I will travel to Lagos from Onitsha to pick them (stolen cars) up.”

Yet another buyer, Ahmed Waheed said that his own role is to buy the other valuables like Plasma TV, jewelries, phones and cloths. “I normally give them N10, 000 for 42inch Plasma TV.”

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From LINUS OOTA, Lafia

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Mrs. Mary Torkwase Antom, 58, from Tse Baraku in Kwande LGA of Benue State, is probably the happiest woman on earth. Reason: her dream to immortalise her husband and son’s names has been fulfilled, thanks to what she considers the wise decision she took after the death of both her son and husband.

A 1986 diploma holder in Catering and Hotel Management from Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, she worked as a caterer at the prestigious NICON-NOGA hotels in Abuja, between 1988 and 2001, before resigning, to set up a booming restaurant business on Makurdi Road in Lafia.


How she lost husband and son

Formerly married to Mr. Patrick Terlumum Antom from Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State and a retiree of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture (they got wedded in 1980), the union was blessed with only one child, Thomas Awuhe Antom. Born on June 13, 1990, the boy was in SS2 when he died in 2004, from a heart-related sickness. A year later, his father, Patrick, also died.

That left the woman devastated. “Growing old is tough, but growing old without the support and company people close to you is tougher,” she told Saturday Sun . Add to that the fact she is diabetic and you begin to understand why she feels that life can never be tougher than she had seen and may climb to “toughest” if she does not do something drastic to secure not only the family name but also its property.

“I had lived a happy life with my late husband,” she explained. “We shared ideas and always kept our resources in one account. We achieved a lot during his lifetime, we had very good plans for our only son, but God took him away. To worsen matters, my husband also died. We have a lot of landed property; we equally have business establishments.”


Her worry

Mrs. Antom popularly known as ‘Hajia Mary,’ said: “My worry is, when I die, who will take over this property? My husband had, while on sick bed, warned me seriously not to allow any of his relations to benefit from the property that both of us had laboured strenuously to acquire. He was not in good terms with them before he died.”

She was in a dilemma about how to solve the problem she was confronted with when a friend told her about a pretty young unmarried lady, one Miss Juliet Muese, from Obi LGA who was on the verge of being disowned by her parents for her inability to identify the guy responsible after becoming pregnant out of wedlock. All of the three men she mentioned, one of whom is Igbo, denied ever knowing her and even threatened to arrest her with the police for trying to defame them.


Strange marriage

On learning about the incident, Mrs. Antom became determined to seek Juliet’s hand in marriage for her dead son, in keeping with Tiv tradition. She travelled to Obi, met with and held a close and lengthy discussion with members of Juliet’s family on that score. The idea was to bring her into her home with high hope that she might deliver a baby boy who would later inherit their property. With the parents of Juliet readily agreeing to the marriage proposal after the long talks, Mrs. Antom repeated the visit accompanied by some elders from her husband’s village to perform the traditional marriage rites that would formally seal the deal.

“What I did is a well-known practice in our place and culture,” she said in defence. “There are a lot of children, almost 18 per cent of them born after their father’s death. Majority of them lost their fathers before they were born, it is not a new thing, such cases are everywhere in our place.

These children answer their father’s name, some of them have even won local elections; they are grown-up people today and nobody has said anything; they have gotten their dues in our community, so my case is not an exception; all I need is a grandchild and a bona fide inheritor of my property.”

The marriage that took place in 2007 has produced two boys with the third child on the way, although it is difficult at this stage to say whether it is going to be a boy or a girl. To start with, Juliet was delivered of a baby boy on December 1 of the same year. She became pregnant again and was delivered of another baby boy in March 2011. Right now, she is three-months pregnant for her third child.

Mrs. Antom who is excited about the development told Saturday Sun that her husband and son’s names that would have gone into extinction are now going to be heard for a long time to come because they have somebody to answer to them. While the first son is named after her late son, Thomas Awuhe, the second son is named after her husband Patrick Terlumum.

“I married a wife for my late husband and son so that I can keep their names alive,” she enthused. “Their names cannot just die with them; they will grow up and inherit what we laboured for. Any other person in my shoe would have done that. I lost my husband and only son; more painful was my son who died unmarried. But I’m fulfilled that my late son now has two male children who are bearing his name. I looked at life and asked whether it was really worth it. I hope for death every day. Any time I wake up, I think about what the future holds since my husband and only son are late. They have gone leaving me alone. Their death till date is agonizing to me. But my consolation is that I have got a replacement for them.”


Happily married to a dead man

She announced that any moment from now she would commence the process of changing all the documents regarding all her property to their names. She also has a big dream for their young mother, Juliet. “She is comfortable answering my son’s name,” she said. “She wrote JAMB and I’m processing her admission to the Federal University, Lafia. Hopefully, she will start a degree programme next year; she is humble, loyal and focused.”

Mrs. Juliet Muese Antom agrees that she is comfortable answering Mrs. Antom’s son’s name. “That is God’s design for my life,” she said. “My parents were fully prepared to shame me that I got pregnant while in the secondary school.

I was very young then and could not tell exactly who among my boyfriends impregnated me. But I strongly suspected one Mark, but he denied and ran away. I was desperate without a place to go until Hajia came, so for me I’m very ok.

“I have no problem, in fact I’m doing better than those who got married to living husbands. Hajia is planning to buy a car for me next year if I secure a university admission. It is unfortunate that I never met my late husband. I only see his pictures but that is how God designed it. As you can see, I’m looking sweet and people toast me a lot, but I shun them. At the moment, I have a boyfriend who is a student at the state university, Keffi. Though Hajia does not teleguide me but I make sure she does not know when I have sex with my guy. She deserves that respect.

“My first son’s biological father denied him. My second son’s biological father who is a student at Keffi is married. He is equally responsible for this very one l’m carrying, but he cannot come and claim them. So, there is no problem. I’m good to go.”


Village head reacts

Speaking in a chat with Saturday Sun , the village head in Doma LGA, Chief Angbande Hue, said what happened is a known tradition among his people, adding that the tradition was very rampant in the 60s. He explained that since the woman went there with elderly men from her village to ask for the girl’s hand in marriage, it is traditionally genuine. Those children are accepted in that place and it has become their place of origin.

He noted that most women who usually engaged in this kind of practice had passed the age of childbearing and most have lost their husbands and male children.

“We have a lot of such cases in Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states. Among the Tiv people, there is no problem with what she did. Under our tradition, even the biological father of those children cannot lay claim to them because they did not pay the bride price; it is the person who paid the bride price that is considered to be the legitimate owner.”


Lawyer agrees

Emmanuel Akur, a legal practitioner told Saturday Sun that such cases are handled in the customary court and the court looks at the custom of the tribe to take a decision. If the Tiv tradition says that the payment of bride price is a criterion for ascertaining the rightful owner of the child, so shall it be, he argued.

“I think there is no issue here,” he said. “Nobody has come to lay claim to these children. The woman, accompanied by elders of the village, paid the bride price of this girl to secure her hand in marriage. That makes it legal. So the origin of those children is not in doubt as far as customary law is concerned.”

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Posted By: Vincent Ikuomola


The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced April and September 2018 dates for governorship polls in Ekiti and Osun states.

The tenure of Ekiti incumbent governor, Ayodele Fayose and his Osun state counterpart, Rauf Aregbesola would end on Oct 15, 2018 and November 28, 2018, respectively.

According to the timetable released on Thursday in Abuja by the electoral body, the Ekiti and Osun elections would hold on July 14th and September 22, 2018, respectively.

Based on the timetable any run off election would be held within seven days after the announcement of result in line with relevant laws.

The timetable for the polls was signed by the Commission’s secretary, Mrs Augusta Ogakwu.
According to the timetable, INEC is expected to issue notice for the Ekiti election on April 4, 2018, which is not later than 90 days before the election. Political campaigns would commence on April 15 while collection of forms by political parties for issuance to candidates would come a day after.

Political primaries and resolution of disputes arising from such was slated for 15April-14 May, 2018.

Notice of election was fixed for 23rd June 2018 while campaign for the Osun state government house would start on June 25, 2018.

Collection of forms for the Osun election has been fixed for June 25th, while primaries and resolution of arising disputes must be conducted between June 24- July 23rd, 2018.

Speaking on the dates, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Prince Solomon Soyebi said INEC was guided by the provisions of section 178(1)and (2) of the 1999 constitution as amended, and section 25(7) and ( of the electoral Act,2010 in arriving at the dates.

He also restated the Commission’s earlier warning to intending aspirants and their parties that the release of dates for elections did not amount to notice for campaigns for votes. He further warned that parties which infringed on provisions of the Electoral Act as amended would be sanctioned.

“Anybody who deviates from the Electoral guidelines by engaging in public campaign ahead of the date for commencement of campaign is committing electoral offence and will be prosecuted.

“All political parties and their candidates are hereby enjoined to cooperate with us,” Soyebi said.

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Posted By: Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta

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member of a robbery gang, Wasiu Ganiu, that shot the Divisional Police Officer of Ogbere Division has expressed joy that he was not cut down in a gale of bullets during a gun duel between his gang and Operatives of the Federal Special Anti – Robbery Squad (FSARS), Ogun State.

The DPO of Ogbere Division was shot at close range last September 13 when members of Wasiu’s robbery gang ambushed him and his team. They also stole the DPO’s AK 47 rifle.

Following the shooting, the FSARS Operatives were instructed to go fish out the gang and when their hideout was located, gun battle ensued between them and the FSARS which resulted in the death of the gang leader nicknamed Mungo Park, the arrest of two including Wasiu while one of the escaped into the bush with bullets wounds in Itele – Ijebu area of Ogun State.

Items recovered from them were two AK47 rifles, one pump action gun, seven magazines loaded with 30 rounds of live ammunition each, one Toyota Sienna Car, One motorcycle, one jackknife and five live cartridges.

Wasiu Ganiyu who was paraded on Wednesday before journalists at Eleweran, the Police Command Headquarters, by the Police Commissioner, Ahmed Iliyasu, said he took to robbery to survive but added that it was a thing of joy that the bullets from Police didn’t kill him like it happened to his colleague.

The suspect who had earlier served three years jail sentence disclosed further to journalists that he joined the gang when his commercial motorcycle, a source of livelihood, was taken away.

Wasiu who begged the government to give him a second chance to repent said the highest share he ever got after a successful robbery and kidnapping business was N80,000.

“I have never killed anybody in my life. It is Mongo pack (gang leader) that shot the DPO. I ventured into robbery to survive after my okada was stolen.

“The highest money I got since three years ago is N80,000. The government should have mercy on me. I thank God I did not die in the gun battle and I am happy I was caught by the police,” he said.

Also paraded along with Wasiu Ganiu by the Police Commissioner, are 69 other suspects who were arrested in different locations in Ogun after a special operation called “Operation Criminal Mop Up.”

Two of the suspected ritualists – Jimoh Olanrewaju and Seun Babatunde, were arrested by men of FSARS on September 10 after one of them, a cemetery attendant whose trade is to remove the corpse, dismembered it and sell the parts to interested buyers.

Items recovered are assorted charms suspected to be prepared with human parts.

Three fake soldiers were also paraded. Illiyasu said the Onipanu division of the police received information on September 14 about three men disguised as soldiers to snatch vehicles from people around Sango-Ota axis and they were arrested.

They are Abiona Ipaye, Afolabi Olawale and Moses Ayodeji. One toy Barreta pistol, one jackknife and Nigerian Army uniform were recovered from them.

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE


T he late Gabriel Okwukogwu may not be resting in peace in his grave after all, as he was said to have attracted the anger of his first son, simply known as Emmy for sharing his properties among his seven children including the four women in Anambra State.

P.M.EXPRESS gathered that an infuriated Emmy reportedly went to his father’s grave to tell him that he will not comply with the will he prepared when he was alive. The family is from Orlu in Imo State but stays at G.M.O Road in Ogbaru area of Onitsha metropolitan city in Anambra.

P.M.EXPRESS gathered that Emmy who resides in Lagos returned after the death and burial of his late father. After the burial the late father’s lawyer called the members of the family, presented their late father’s will and read it to the children for implementation.

However, trouble was said to have started after the counsel got through reading the will and Emmy discovered that their late father shared his properties to his children including the women among them.

It was gathered that the late Okwukogu had properties both in Onitsha and Owerri which he shared equally among the children not minding the gender status. P.M.EXPRESS gathered that when the lawyer finished reading the will to the children, Emmy got angry and declared that the will did not come from their father because he really understood the culture and tradition as observed in Igbo land.

It was gathered that the culture did not recognise women because it was expected that they will get married to their husbands and therefore were not entitled to inherit any property from their family. Thus Emmy insisted that the culture and tradition will be applied in the sharing of the properties.

An infuriated Emmy reportedly left the meeting and headed to their family house in Orlu, went to his father’s grave and protested; that he will not comply with his purported will because he did not comply with the laid down customs and tradition in the land.

It was gathered that Emmy’s decision to reject the will was causing serious problem in the family as the women in question threatened to fight for their rights as contained in the will rejected by their eldest brother.

When P.M.EXPRESS spoke to some Igbo leaders concerning the incident, some spoke against the sharing and declared that Emmy was right because women werr not entitled to inherit family properties according to tradition. Others said that it was the old practice and the properties in question were not family houses which the women will never inherit according to tradition.

It was however not certain how the matter will be resolved because the will was regarded as a valid document that must be complied with despite any perceived defects.

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Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola


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PDP leaders led by its Osun state caretaker chairman, Mr Sarafadeen Ishola while apologising to the party’s former National Secretary in his residence in Okuku, Osun State, on Monday. PHOTO: TRIBUNE ONLINE.

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday apologised to its former National Secretary, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, for what it called the injustice he suffered in the party which led to his exit from its fold.

The chairman of the PDP caretaker committee in Osun State, Sarafa Tunji Ishola, a former Minister of Mines and Steel Development, led a delegation of chieftains of the party to Oyinlola at his country home in Okuku, where they delivered the party’s apology and asked for the forgiveness of the former Osun state governor.

The PDP caretaker chairman said the visit was not to lure Oyinlola back to the party but to apologise to him for the injustice meted to him by the party.

“The decision to be member of any party is a personal one and we respect that decision of yours. Our mission is to come and ask for forgiveness, that you forgive us in your heart and we admit that what happened to you was an injustice and an error,” Sarafa Tunji Ishola appealed.

Thereafter, all members of the caretaker committee prostrated to Oyinlola to appeal for his forgiveness.

Apart from the caretaker chairman, several other leaders of the PDP were in the entourage. This included former deputy to Oyinlola, Erelu Olusola Obada, former speaker of the state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Adejare Bello and former member of the National Population Commission, Alhaji Lere Oyewumi, among others
Oyinlola in his response said he cherished the visit and explained that he felt concerned that issues went the way they went during his last days in the PDP despite all his efforts to ensure the unity of the party was protected.

He said the reign of indiscipline and impunity within the PDP led to his exit and the series of crises within the party as well as the division that later resulted in the electoral setback for the party.

“I want to say that I did everything humanly possible to make sure that the division did not come from me. I went to the extent of writing to the leadership of the party, the then Mr. President to draw his attention to the issues that were eroding on the unity of the party but it seemed my own sincerity about the whole issues were misconstrued.”

The former governor who said he felt vindicated by the visit and the apologies tendered, maintained that politicians must rub minds together and exploit all avenues of peaceful resolution of conflicts

“I want to take a recourse to the Bible which says “if your brother transgesses, rebuke him; if he repents, forgive him. it is on that score that I want to say I have forgiven and forgotten all that was done to me.”

He, however, said he was happy that the PDP chieftains said they respected his decision to choose the party he wished to belong to while he used the occasion to also introduce some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state who joined him to receive them.

Oyinlola advised politicians in the country to always seek for the progress of the country, irrespective of the side of the political divide they belonged.

According to him, political affiliation of politicians may differ but the delivery of democracy dividends to the people must be important to them.

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By Bolaji Adebiyi in Abuja


More than a month after the submission of the report of the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo committee that investigated the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir Lawal, and the Director-General of National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayo Oke, President Muhammadu Buhari remains undecided on what to do with the two senior officials of his government who were asked to step down from office more than five months ago.

Both were suspended from office on April 19, 2017, and asked to go and clear themselves of allegations of corrupt practices before a three-man committee headed by the vice-president.

Other members of the committee, which was given 14 days to turn in its report were the National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami.

Although the report was ready for submission on May 8, it was put on hold as the president had to travel to London a day earlier for medical reasons. It was eventually submitted on August 23, 2017, after his return.

Asked for his committee’s findings, Osinbajo told State House correspondents to await presidential action on the report, suggesting that the wait might not be long since the investigation did not fall within the category of one that required a white paper committee to review before a decision could be made on it.

Since its submission, it has been more than a month and Senator Shehu Sani, who headed the Senate committee that raised the dust over Babachir’s alleged mismanagement of funds meant to ameliorate the humanitarian crisis in the North-east, said yesterday that the delay in the release of the Osinbajo report was unbecoming of a government that had made war against graft its priority.

“We are deeply concerned that more than a month after President Buhari received the Osinbajo report, action has not been taken on it,” he told THISDAY, urging the president to expedite steps to release the report.

Although the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, told THISDAY last week that there was no cause for anxiety as his boss was taking his time to consider the report, presidency sources said the president might, in fact be in a dilemma on how to implement the findings of the Osinbajo committee, which reportedly indicted Lawal and recommended his removal from office.

“The committee found that the award of a contract to a company related to another company in which the SGF had interests was improper, and therefore an indefensible infraction of the code of conduct for public officers,” a reliable source said, adding: “It was recommended that he be relieved of his position in the public interest.”

On Oke, the source said the committee found that the foreign currency equivalent of N13.3 billion found in a flat in Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos belonged to the NIA as claimed by the suspended spy boss, but queried the unusual operational procedures of the agency, which it argued were open to widespread abuse and corruption.

“The committee recommended his immediate retirement as well as the overhaul of the agency’s financial rules and procedures to make them more transparent within the context of the demands of its peculiar operations as an external intelligence arm of the country,” the source said the report had recommended.

Multiple presidency sources said although Buhari has no problem implementing the recommendations on Oke, since he (Oke) is expected to retire in a few months, and the regulations guiding the operational procedures of the NIA are within the powers of the president to review without recourse to the legislature, his main challenge is how to provide a soft landing for Lawal.

Lawal, said a source, is a close ally and confidant of Buhari, who, as the national vice chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) North-east, worked tirelessly for the victory of the president in the region during the 2015 general election.

Relieving him of his post, according to the source, would amount to sacrificing him, an action which close confidants of the president suggest would be politically inexpedient, as it would whittle down their ranks in the Presidential Villa power configuration.

“But given the wide public interest Lawal’s case has generated, and against the background of the obvious reluctance of the presidency to move against him until the Oke matter broke, it would be equally politically inexpedient not to relieve him of his post as SGF,” the source said.

Besides, said another source, Lawal’s removal would present its own political complications as North-east politicians would demand that his replacement comes from their region, even as South-east party bigwigs have argued that the vacancy has presented Buhari an opportunity to redress the perceived marginalisation of the region (South-east) in political appointments since he assumed office.

Sani corroborated this line of thinking in his interview with THISDAY yesterday, saying: “The Senate and the Osinbajo committees’ reports have become a bone in the throat of the president.”

According to the senator who headed the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Investigation on Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the North-east that indicted Lawal in December last year, “President Buhari is caught in a dilemma. If he acts on the Osinbajo report and punishes Lawal, he would be stepping on the toes of his friends, who are his close confidants.

“If he fails to take action on the report, he would be stepping on the toes of Nigerians, who will judge his anti-corruption crusade by his decision on the report,” Sani reasoned.

Saying Buhari has no option than to act and remove Lawal from office, Sani warned that the president’s delay in acting on the Osinbajo report was casting a stain on the federal government’s crusade against graft.

“My proverbial insecticide and deodorant tale has become a reality and would remain so until the president acts on the Osinbajo report,” he said.

Lawal had been accused by the Senate of awarding a N200 million grass-cutting contract to Rholavision Nigeria Limited, a company he allegedly had interests in, through the Presidential Initiative on North-east (PINE), which at the time was under his supervision.

The Senate recommended his removal from office and prosecution. But the federal government, which asked the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Malami, to investigate the Senate allegation, rejected the recommendations on the grounds that he and his company were not given fair hearing before the Senate came to its conclusions.

As the Senate tried to invite Lawal and his company to come and defend themselves, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) broke the news of a cash haul totalling N13.3billion in an unoccupied flat in Osborne Towers, Ikoyi in Lagos.

With the NIA claiming ownership of the huge funds, Oke’s trouble began, necessitating his suspension along with Lawal.

A statement by the Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said the president had ordered a full-scale investigation into the discovery of large amounts of foreign and local currencies by the EFCC which were being claimed by the NIA.

According to Adesina, the investigation would inquire into the circumstances in which the NIA came into possession of the funds, how and by whose or which authority the funds were made available to the NIA.

The investigation was also to establish whether or not there had been a breach of the law or security procedure in obtaining custody and use of the funds.

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Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta

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A 20 year old lady, Tohebat Adebayo, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police command for allegedly arranging her own kidnap in connivance with her boyfriend , Afolabi Ogunremi.

The parents of Tohebat had reported her disappearance on September 27, 2017, to the police at Lafenwa Station, Abeokuta, that she had left home for the market and did not return.

They told the police that a man called them on the telephone to inform them that he had kidnapped their daughter, and demanded the sum of N200,000.

The Divisional Police Officer of Lafenwa station , Kayode Ayilara , and other detectives started a manhunt for the kidnapper by tracking the telephone line.

This investigation led them to an abandoned house inside the Ibara GRA , Abeokuta, where Tohebat was being kept.

Tohebat's boyfriend, Adebayo , who happened to be the security man in the premises was arrested.

After interrogation, Adebayo who confessed to being Tohebat's boyfriend said they both arranged her kidnap in order to raise money for her forthcoming birthday.

Meanwhile , the state Commissioner of Police , Ahmed Iliyasu , has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the Anti- kidnapping /Cultism unit of the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department , Abeokuta, for further investigation.

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A MAN from Bulawayo’s New Magwegwe suburb no longer has peace in his life.

His ex-wife beats him up whenever she spots him in the company of women. Maxwell Magaruwa will live to curse the day he fell in love with Lubelihle Mdlongwa.

The two parted ways after being customarily married for one-and-a-half years. They reportedly failed to solve their marital problems.

Unfortunately despite going separate ways, they are neighbours and always meet resulting in fights.

“I was customarily married to Lubelihle and we have a child together. After our separation in January 2017, she always assaults me and I have never reported her to the police.

“We stay close to each other so when she gets drunk, she always beats me up,” said Magaruwa.

However, Mdlongwa disputed the allegations saying they would be fighting.

“He is not telling the truth because we will be fighting. He provokes me by bringing women close to my house and there is one time I confronted and slapped him.

“At times he follows me to my house resulting in a fight and does not want to support the child,” said Mdlongwa.

It was one’s word against the other as they played the blame game in court and magistrate Tancy Dube granted the order in favour of the applicant and Mdlongwa was ordered not to physically and verbally abuse him.

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FROM: PAUL ORUDE , BAUCHI


A former National Organising Secretary of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Umaru Dahiru, has described the party as full of corrupt people and warning that he might be forced to leave if there was no change of attitude by the leadership.

Dahiru , an elder statesman and PDP stalwart, stated this in an interview with journalists, in Bauchi, while maintaining that he still remained a member of the part.

He also denied the reports in the media (not Daily Sun) that he had defected to the Green Party of Nigeria.

His words,” I am among the few people left in PDP. Since I register with the PDP, I have been with the PDP, until today and have the PDP membership card.”

Dahiru, however, said he might be forced to leave the PDP if leadership of the party refused to flush out corrupt members in the party.

He continued,: “I am going to leave the PDP if the irregularities are not address because some of the members of PDP introduced corruption in Nigeria and there are still members of PDP and individual in the PDP who are agents and advocate of religious crisis.

“We want peace so if these people will still be in the PDP, I am not going to be in the PDP, I am going to announce my departure publicly and I will announce where I will register.

“I did not leave PDP but I have good discussion with Green Party. We have urge supporters to register with Green Party which means we have seen something good in the party but I will declare my exit from the PDP before I can go and register with another party,”

It could recalled that a former commissioner for Information, Alhaji Salisu Ahmed Barau under Yuguda’s administration had alleged that Alhaji Umaru Dahiru had defected to Green Party of Nigeria.

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Posted By: Kunle AKINRINADE

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It was tragedy at sunrise in the Agosi area of Ifo in Ogun State, after a 31-year-old man, Yinka Adewoyin, was beaten to death while he was trying to make peace between two men during a scuffle.

The incident happened penultimate Thursday.

Sources said Adewoyin was returning from a beer joint with some of his friends when they sighted two men identified as Kazeem aka Down gear and Mopo brutalising an elderly mechanic called Mukaila Lasisi.

Kazeem was said to have reprimanded Lasisi for working on a truck parked along the road. He was said to have ordered the removal of the truck from the road, a request Lasisi turned down on the grounds that he was not the owner of the vehicle.

Lasisi’s response allegedly irked Kazeem, who in a fit of fury pounced on Lasisi and beat him up.

It was at this junction that Adewoyin, who was passing by intervened and pleaded with Kazeem and his friend, Mopo to leave Lasisi alone.

The duo however queried Adewoyin’s audacity to intervene and beat him mercilessly till he fell down, hit his head on the ground and passed into a coma.

His assailants allegedly bolted while Adewoyin was taken to a nearby private hospital by bystanders.

He was said to have died at the undisclosed hospital three days after he was admitted.

An eyewitness who asked not to be named, said: ‘’It was an unfortunate incident. I was the one who reported the incident at the nearest police station. I later led some policemen to Kazeem’s shop in order to arrest him, but he was nowhere to be found.

When we called his mobile telephone number, he said he has travelled to Kaduna.

When he was asked to report to the station because of the man he beat to death, he cut off the conversation and hung up.”

The deceased was described by one of his former trainees, Tosin, as humble and respectful. He said: “Throughout my stay with him as apprentice, he did not fight with anyone. I was therefore shocked when I was told on the telephone that he was killed during a scuffle.”

Police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi was not reachable on his mobile telephone line at press time.

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CYRIACUS IZUEKWE


The battle for supremacy over an inheritance has engulfed a family following the adoption of a male child in Umuchu town in Aguata Local government, Anambra State.

The battle is between a widow simply known as Fidelia and her late husband’s brother, Cosmos on who will inherit the late John’s property in the family.

P.M.EXPRESS gathered the fight which started from the family to the police has gone up to the High Court in Anambra and yet seemed unabated.

It was gathered that the late John married Fidelia some years back and they had two daughters before he became sick and died three years ago.

Before then, John and Fidelia had started the process of adopting a male child before he died.

Fidelia completed the process thereafter and adopted the male child.

Meanwhile, Cosmos who was late John’s younger brother also married and had his own children both male and female and he is now the eldest in the family.

It was gathered that in Umuchu Community, when a man died without having a male child, the brother will inherit both his wife and the property as their customs and tradition demanded.

The female children have no right over the family property because it was expected that they will marry.

But Fidelia disagreed and claimed that her husband had children including the adopted son and therefore her late husband’s property belonged to them.

But Cosmos insisted that when his brother was alive, he had no male child as such he was the rightful person that will inherit the wife, his property and train the children he left behind according to their customs and tradition.

On the status of the adopted child, Cosmos claimed that he was not part of the family and he had no right to inherit anything in the family.

P.M.EXPRESS gathered that Cosmos attempt to take possession of the wife and property had caused serious friction between him and the widow to the extent the matter has become a subject of litigation.

It was gathered that the members of the family were divided on how to handle the perceived complex nature of the matter because of the adopted male child.

Some of the family members said that Cosmos was right because his late brother did not complete the process of adoption and did not introduce the adopted child to the family before he died.

Some said such culture and tradition was outdated and since the late John started the process of the adoption, though he did not complete it before he died that male child belonged to him.

The traditional ruler of the town, Igwe Goddy Ezechukwu could not intervene and settle the matter before it was taken to court and it was not known how the rift will be finally settled.

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More facts have emerged on what transpired between a single lady, Ogochukwu Okeke and her businessman lover, Mr Ebuka Okeke who allegedly collected N1.9m from her under the false pretence of marrying her.

P.M.EXPRESS gathered that Okeke who was already married planned with his wife and introduced her to Ogochukwu as his sister to enable him obtain the money from her. It was gathered that whenever Ogochukwu visited Okeke in his house, the wife will pretend that he was her elder brother and will give them privacy to stay as lovers.

It went on like that for several months until Okeke obtained the whole money before it got exposed when Okeke failed to marry her. The 29-year old Okeke was arrested and charged before a Lagos court for allegedly obtaining the money from Ogochukwu under the false pretence that he will marry her.

P.M.EXPRESS had reported that apart from obtaining the money, Okeke brought a baked cake and used it to administer oath on her that she will not tell anyone that he collected the money to marry her. The incident happened between March and July this year at Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos where the suspect and the complainant reside.

The matter was reported to the Police at Area M Command, Idimu and Okeke was arrested and taken to the Command for interrogation. P.M.EXPRESS gathered that Okeke admitted that he collected the money from her and promise to marry her as claiming it was his family members that were not in support.

Okeke has been charged before the Ejigbo Magistrates court for obtaining under false pretence and placing the victim under false oath. He pleaded not guilty.

The presiding Magistrates, Mr Akeem Fashola granted Okeke bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum. He was remanded in prison custody pending when he will perfect the bail condition and the matter further adjourned till 18th of October, 2017.

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By John Owen Nwachukwu 


A 23-year-old pastor identified as Kingsley Ihunda has been arraigned by a Port Harcourt chief magistrates’ court for allegedly infecting a pregnant woman, Ejiro Abua with HIV.

The incident happened at the Ada-George area of Diobu, Port Harcourt Local Government of Rivers State.

The woman, a mother of one, narrated that she had lost two pregnancies, and was directed to the pastor by one Treasure Victor, 40, a female herbalist, for special prayers.

As she alleged in the court, it was during the process of deliverance that the pastor Ihunda infected her with HIV following a ‘holy bite’
The woman told the court that she also lost the pregnancy.

She also told the court that she consulted the herbalist for assistance to stop the hotness of her womb, which she suspected to be the cause of her miscarriages, but instead of helping her, she directed her to Pastor Ihunda, whom she said worked with her.

She explained that the pastor allegedly asked her to pay N1,500 for olive oil for prayer.

According to her, “When I objected to paying the money, he told me that if I refused to pay, my husband and child would die. The woman (herbalist), supported him and encouraged me to pay the money.

“She said she had brought other expectant mothers, who had the same problem, to the pastor, and after payment and prayers, their problems were solved.

“When I heard this, I decided to pay and come for prayers. During prayers, he asked me to raise my clothes, I refused, but the herbalist encouraged me to comply.

“He rubbed oil on my waist, bit me, sucked my blood and spat it out, claiming that was the cause of my problem and it had been solved.”

The woman further alleged that she tested positive for HIV few months later but her husband tested negative, adding that it was discovered the pastor infected her.

The pastor and the herbalist were charged with conspiracy, assault and pretence.

The Police prosecutor, Jonas Rufus, told the court that the crime was committed on July 27 at Ada George, Mile 3, Diobu, Port Harcourt.

According to him, the offences breached sections 516(A), 351, 335 and 343(g) of the Criminal Code Cap 37 Volume II Laws of Rivers State Nigeria 1999.

However, the accused pleaded not guilty and were admitted to bail.

The matter was adjourned till Sept. 29 for hearing.

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City trader who claimed to be a self - made millionaire has been jailed after he tried to mow down a man he owed money to .

As reported by the Mail Online , cash- strapped Elijah Oyefeso , 23, attacked creditor Dennis Ofosu during a row over a debt , outside the Goals soccer centre in Southampton.

Oyefeso , who once boasted that he earned £ 90, 000 - a -month, was said to owe Mr. Ofosu cash after borrowing it to buy a Land Rover.

The self- taught trader was heard telling his victim : “ If you were in London, I would kill you , ” before ramming his Toyota Prius into the ex -soldier and throwing him onto the bonnet .

Oyefeso , from Camberwell , south London, was jailed for two and a half years after being convicted of dangerous driving and possessing a weapon in a public place , at Southampton Crown Court.

The trader has previously boasted of his luxurious lifestyle on social media , posing alongside a fleet of sports cars in a series of smug snaps . He flaunted his wealth to his 30 , 000 Instagram followers , showing off a gold Lamborghini Gallardo , Rolls Royce Wraith and Bentley Continental.

Oyefeso also featured in the Channel 4 TV show ‘ Rich Kids Go Shopping’ , in which he was filmed as he traded online, making £ 1 , 000 in just 15 minutes .

But , Jamie Gammon , defending, said that while his client conveyed a champagne lifestyle online, his finances told a drastically different story.
He told the court: “ He makes a number of claims about his wealth , but I have seen no evidence of this .

“ Clearly, if he had this money , he could have written a cheque to the victim . ”

Judge Christopher , Parker QC , condemned Oyefeso ’ s actions and accused him of lying about his business acumen and wealth .

He said : “ You portrayed yourself as a very successful trader within the financial market . Clearly, this is not the case . ”

Richard Martin , prosecuting, said Mr. Ofosu had loaned money to Oyefeso so he could purchase a new 4 × 4 to add to his fleet of top - of - the - range cars. But when he asked for his money back , furious Oyefeso got behind the wheel of his car in effort to knock him over .

Mr. Martin said : “ Oyefeso ’ s friends said to him , ” Why don’ t you get rid of this waste man ?”’ Oyefeso then drove into the victim who ended up on the bonnet of his car .

Mr. Martin said : “The victim grabbed on to the windscreen wipers . Oyefeso said , ” I told you I would kill you ’ and his friends told him to stop.
“ He put the windscreen wipers on and the victim ended up on the grass . ”

Oyefeso , who claimed he started his trading company with a student loan after dropping out of Buckingham University, represented himself at the trial .

Judge Parker told the defendant: ‘ The victim came off the bonnet of your car and landed on the dual carriageway of a major road . Mercifully, he was not seriously injured .

“ It was very dangerous and he could have been killed or badly injured . ”

Oyefeso also had a string of convictions for motoring offences since 2013, including five counts of driving without insurance, five counts of failing to identify a driver and four for speeding.

Many of these had taken place before he passed his driving test last year . The court heard he also had a stun gun, meaning he was in breach of a suspended sentence for the possession of one in a public place in 2015.

Oyefeso was jailed for 12 months for dangerous driving , and 18 months for possessing a weapon in a public place to run consecutively. He was also banned from driving for three years and three months .

In addition to his Instagram account , Oyefeso also has 15, 000 followers on Twitter , where his bio describes him as being a ‘ Trader by day , film producer and car connoisseur. ’

He has reportedly claimed to earn as much as £ 90, 000 a month, even though he says he sometimes only works an hour a day. This was through a form of stockbroking called binary trading , in which the investor bets on whether the share price of a company will go up or down over a given period , which can be as short as a minute .

Video clips on his Instagram has shown him buying a £ 230 , 000 Rolls Royce for his mother , turning up at the dealership in a cream bathrobe.
There was also a video tour of his six - bedroom home in Chilworth, worth in excess of £ 1 , 000 , 000 , where he shows off his king - size bed ‘ for the king ’ .

At the end of the video, made in the style of MTV show ‘ Cribs’ , he goes ‘ scouting’ for a jet plane and arrives at an airfield where he poses on the bonnet of his Rolls Royce with an aircraft in the background .

After building his profile online, he set up DCT Training Group and encouraged people to invest with him . On the company ’ s website , it described him as the founder of DCT – which stands for ‘ Dreams Come True . ’

In his own words he says : “ Four years ago, I was delivering and making pizzas at my local restaurant. When I was 18, I taught myself the basic of trading in my spare time and it wasn ’ t long before I realised the potential .

“ I could trade during my lunch break and make almost as much as my weekly wage . I quit my job and Uni and took a massive risk by investing my student loan into trading .

“ I hit a few bumps along the way but was able to achieve huge success after mastering risk management and a few key strategies. Now I want to help others do the same .

“ Me and a few other professional traders have formed DCT, Dreams Come True . We analyse the markets for you and send signals straight to your phone , allowing you to follow our exact trades and mimic our success.

“ Signals are sent daily and and will help everyone from a beginner trader with no experience to a day- to - day trader looking to use our signals as an extra confirmation or advisory to their strategy . ”

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Posted by Onwuka Nzeshi


The move by the Federal Government to hold Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe and others responsible for the disappearance of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), may hit a brickwall as legal opinions outside government circles do not seem to support such a plan.

A source conversant with the matter told our correspondent that the preponderance of legal opinions showed that it was the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. T.Y. Buratai, and the Commanders of Operation Python Dance (2) that should be held responsible for Kanu’s disappearance and not anyone else.

According to our source, the Federal Government and its military would have themselves to blame if Kanu remains incommunicado, by October 17, 2017, the date he is expected to appear in court to answer to the charges pending against him.

“The idea of holding sureties responsible for the disappearance of Nnamdi Kanu is not only ridiculous but laughable. It is true that some personalities signed the bail bond that led to his release from prison.

It is also true that Kanu may have violated some of his bail conditions, but that should have been left to the court to decide and then mete the necessary sanctions on him.

“The bail bond was the outcome of a judicial process and therefore, a legal instrument of a court of competent jurisdiction.

It is obvious that the court did not envisage that the Federal Government, a party in the dispute, will, at some point, take the laws into its own hands and act in the manner it has done.

“Why did the Federal Government decide to resort to self help by invading the residence of Kanu with armoured tanks? It is more or less jungle justice to invade the home of an unarmed Nigerian citizen, shooting sporadically at the building and causing unquantifiable collateral damages.

As it is today, neither Kanu’s lawyers nor the sureties have seen Kanu since the military invasion of his home.

“It is only the Federal Government and the military that can tell the world why they prempted the court and decided to take the laws into their on hands. It is because they either wanted to arrest Kanu and detain him ahead of his date in court, or they wanted to kill him using jungle justice. Either way, they cannot eat their cake and have it.

The onus lies on them to produce Kanu when the need arises because they have willfully sidelined the due process of court in their desperation to achieve political goals.

They can’t eat their cake and still have it,” the source said. Although Abaribe could not be reached on his mobile phone for reactions to the development, his Special Assistant on Media Affairs, Mr. Uche Awom, told Sunday Telegraph that his principal and others who stood surety for Kanu did so in good faith and as law abiding citizens of Nigeria.

According to Awom, there was no cause for alarm as the sureties had kept their own side of the bargain before the military threw spanners in the works.

Posted By: Yusuf Alli

A run-away former governor has lost a choice hotel in Singapore to the latter day wife he used to launder his loot.

The ex-governor is currently under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly benefitting from the $2.1billion arms scandal.

Also hanging on his neck is an allegation that he mismanaged N19.8billion public funds while in office.

He has refused to honour EFCC invitation CR: 3000/EFCC/ABJ/ASO/TM5/VOL.5/596.
The Nation gathered that the ex-governor used to frequent Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia.

But following the recent signing of six agreements by Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), he reportedly left Dubai for Singapore.

A highly placed source familiar with the ongoing probe of the ex-governor, said the suspect entered into a marriage of convenience with the woman in Singapore with a view to protecting the investment of his laundered funds in the choice hotel.

He reportedly bought the hotel in the name of the ‘wife’.

“But the marriage turned into a scam because the ‘wife’ divorced the ex-governor and took possession of the hotel,” the source said yesterday.

“The suspect has been battling to retrieve the hotel from his ‘wife’. It is however doubtful if he can get it back.”

It was learnt that the ex-governor is now in a serious dilemma.

Investigation revealed that over N600million of the $2.1billion arms scandal fund has so far been traced to the ex-governor.

Another source said EFCC has been on his trail in connection with the alleged mismanagement of N19.8billion state funds between 1999 and 2007.

“Documents showed that he collected N600million illegally from the $2.1billion arms deal cash through the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA),” the source said.

“Initially, the suspect was based in Dubai but following a close up by detectives, he left the UAE for some countries where he has been on a make-shift life.

“We are weighing options on how to extradite him in order to bring him to justice. We will explore all legal options.

Responding to a question, the source added: “The former governor has been giving one excuse or the other for not honouring the invitation of the EFCC.

“At a point, the suspect said he had a heart-related problem but intelligence report confirmed that he was pretending.”

Meanwhile, the acting chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has asked Nigerian youths to take up the gauntlet and become change agents in the fight against corruption in the country.

Represented by the head of the Benin Zonal office, Mailafia Yakubu, at an event to mark World Peace Day celebration in Benin City, Magu said the biggest challenges facing Nigeria were the “twin evils of corruption and impunity.”

He charged the youths to imbibe the culture of excellence as future leaders of the country and to shun all forms of criminality.

“The corrupt and other economic and financial criminals can no longer hide because the Commission is working hard to bring them to justice,” he added.

Magu said it was disheartening that some youths were involved in advance fee fraud but warned that the prevailing economic challenge was not an excuse to commit crime.

He said: “I agree that the country is going through a process but it is not an excuse to commit crime, be legitimate in your dealings so you can be the future leaders that you are.”