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Many things about Abuchi and Chinanu Amos are shrouded in mystery. Even their whereabouts have been subjects of controversy since the two siblings allegedly went missing about a year ago in Lagos.

Abuchi, boy, and Chinanu, girl, said to be 11 and 10 years respectively, were living with their auntie, Gift Amos, 38, at a Boy’s Quarters on 1, Macarty Street, Ilupeju, Lagos until their alleged disappearance on March 10, 2014 from the house.

Blaming her former boss, an Indian man identified as Dinesh and his landlord, Mr. Tunde Ajala, for the disappearance of Abuchi and Chinanu, Amos, who was teary-eyed, told our correspondent she had exhausted all avenues she knew to get justice.

For losing the children who were put in her care following the demise of their parents, Amos said she has been banished from setting foot on her village, Akpaaosopwa in Osisioma Local Government Area of Abia State in South-Eastern Nigeria.

She alleged that Abuchi and Chinanu were driven away by Ajala and Dinesh when she was ill and was being treated at a private hospital, even though, they had promised to take care of them in her absence.

“Dinesh and the landlord should tell me where the children are. They have bribed the police and lied against me because I’m poor. So nobody is talking about the missing children after almost a year. I’m tired of this world,” she said.

Amos’ story about the alleged missing children started on March 1, 2014 when she fell ill while on duty. At the time, she was working as a cook for two Indians, Ditta and Dinesh and was staying at the Boys Quarters attached to the main building at the Ilupeju residence.

The owner of the building, Ajala, who is also involved in the case, lives in the adjoining building, 3 Macarty Street, Ilupeju, a prototype of the other property.

Amos, who is unmarried, had taken up the responsibility of looking after Abuchi and Chinanu about five months earlier following the death of their parents, who died from HIV/AIDS.

She said, “I was working for Mr. Ditta and Mr. Dinesh as a cook and had taken permission from them in August 2013 to allow my brother’s children stay with me at the Boys Quarters. They agreed. But on March 1, 2014, I fell ill and slumped in the kitchen while working in the house and I was rushed to a nearby private hospital and was admitted there.

“No payment was made by my bosses and so the doctor sent me back home. The security guard at the house, Iriso, assisted me. Later, after much haggling, they asked my brother, Ugochukwu, to take me to another hospital and promised to foot the bill. So, I was taken to another hospital at Sango, Ogun State, two days later.

“But as we were about to leave, my brother asked them about Abuchi and Chinanu and they also promised to take care of them while I was away. They urged me to go on and get myself treated first. The landlord said he also had children and would be willing to be of help. So we left.”

However, Amos said she received a call from Iriso on March 10, while still on admission at the hospital, that her employers and Ajala had driven Abuchi and Chinanu away from the house. She said Iriso told her that he was also instructed not to allow anyone enter the house without their permission.Amos said Abuchi and Chinanu have been missing since then.

“Immediately, I got in touch with my brother and we left for the house but the gate was locked. We went to Ilupeju Police Station in spite of my illness but the police didn’t attend to us on that day. They said I looked very ill and asked me to come back when I felt better,” she said.

“No statement was taken from me or my brother. We went back a week later and one James Mora was assigned to the case as the Investigating Police Officer. He followed us to the house but only Iriso was arrested on that day because we didn’t see the Indians and the landlord.”

According to Amos, Ajala and Dinesh later appeared at the police station but Ditta never did. She said the police later released the suspects on bail, alleging that the agency stopped investigating the case because she couldn’t produce recent photographs of the missing children.

Her story is that her tradition demanded that the property of her deceased brother, Uzoma, and wife had to be burnt due to the nature of their deaths. She said their children’s recent photographs were also lost in the process.

She said, “I told the police I only had photographs of when the children were about four years old and they didn’t ask for them. Later, I was accused of not cooperating with them by refusing to bring the photographs of the missing children. The police have been bribed by the foreigner and the landlord and the suspects know they can get away with it because we’re poor.

“Dinesh and the landlord were asked why they sent the children away but they started lying against me. They said they didn’t know about the children’s disappearance and that I was only angry because I had requested to be paid off in lieu of six months because I was not well.

“But they were the ones who wanted to sack me. They called my brother and asked him to sign on my behalf that he had collected my February salary but he asked them to wait till I returned.”

Ugochukwu, in a telephone conversation with our correspondent, confirmed Amos’ account.

He said he and Amos were told they could leave the children behind while leaving for the hospital.

“When we heard that the children were missing and I got to the house, the security asked me to ask the landlord about them. His gate was locked and when I knocked, he threatened to get people to beat me up if I didn’t leave his house,” he said.

Ugochukwu also confirmed that he was offered N20,000 by Dinesh as her sister’s pay off from work following her illness, which he connected to low blood pressure.

He alleged that he overheard Dinesh saying he had paid a sum of N2.5m to the police as bribe in a conversation with Ajala.

But all the allegations were denied by Ajala and Dinesh, when they spoke with our correspondent.

They said that the case of the alleged missing children was a scam by Amos and Ugochukwu to get money from Dinesh, knowing he is a foreigner. Ajala denied ever volunteering to take care of the children while Amos was away, insisting she knew the whereabouts of the children.

Ajala told our correspondent he asked Ugochukwu as he was about to leave for the hospital with his sister about their plan for the children and that he said he would return for them.

He said, “As they were going, I said ‘what of the children’ and he (Ugochukwu) said he would come back for them. What relationship will be between the landlord and the maid that will make me suggest I would take care of her wards?”

In Ajala’s account, Abuchi and Chinasa were older than Amos had portrayed them to be. He said the children were about 14 and 15 years of age and therefore painted a picture of children craftier than what Amos’ story suggested.

Ajala said he intervened in the matter when Dinesh raised concerns over the children’s truancy and repeated absence from home.

He said, “One Monday, as they were returning home in the morning, I asked where they were coming from. They said they had slept over in their auntie’s place (not Amos) at Palm Groove area of Lagos. Then I asked them to go back and tell their auntie to see me because they were like a flock without a shepherd.

“Then they borrowed the mobile telephone of the security man to make a call which I know was to their uncle (Ugochukwu). I didn’t know what was said because they spoke in Igbo. The next I knew, the police were here accusing me of kidnapping, abduction and stealing.”

Ajala also alleged that some family members of the children had demanded for N100m in one of the meetings held with them, allegations which Amos and Ugochukwu bluntly denied when asked by our correspondent.

“They said I wanted to sell the children of my brother? Me? Why would I do that? I can never do that. They should talk about where they have kept the missing children,” she told our correspondent.

“I cannot go to my village now until I get the children. My kinsmen have told me..........

http://www.punchng.com/feature/super-saturday-crime/police-indians-and-landlord-punish-me-because-im-poor-amos-woman-whose-wards-have-been-missing-for-a-year/

JayKayMaybachz:

The soldiers were reportedly killed by explosions while clearing the IEDs, which the terror group, Boko Haram, had deployed in different parts of the town.

Four soldiers died in the course of the operation to clear terrorists from Buni-Yadi, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State as troops, on cordon and search, uncovered a bomb-making factory, where the improvised explosives devices, used by terrorists, are being produced.

The soldiers were reportedly killed by explosions while clearing the IEDs, which the terror group, Boko Haram, had deployed in different parts of the town.

A large quantity of IEDs, including those said to be commonly used by suicide bombers, were recovered from the site last Saturday.

A statement by Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, in Abuja on Friday, said the factory, which was located in a fertilizer company, had converted some of the materials there for production to all types of IEDs.

“Troops are still evacuating the materials, which include a large quantity of suicide bomber vests from the facility to their base. It is believed that the heavy-calibre bomb, used in blowing up the bridge between Damaturu and Buni-Yadi, was produced in the factory,” it said.

The statement added that terrorists were sacked from Buni-Yadi after a military assault, adding that the troops’ advance was delayed by the series of IEDs planted on the highway leading to the town.

“This discovery is expected to degrade the capability of terrorists in the production of explosives, which they have been using lavishly in the area until they were dislodged from their stronghold,” it added.

http://www.punchng.com/news/four-soldiers-die-as-troops-uncover-yobe-bomb-factory/

JayKayMaybachz:
Always calm down

JayKayMaybachz:
Yhu so selfish

Dear Bunmi,
I’ve been sleeping with my boyfriend’s father for a while now and I’m pregnant and the baby could be his. The thing is, I’ve also been sleeping with my boyfriend. I’m scared as I’m only 19 and an undergraduate. I know what I did was wrong, but I don’t know what to do about it. My parents will kill me if they find out. Please help!

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/his-dad-could-be-my-babys-father/

coogar:
the junior colleague is at fault - she bit the fingers that fed him. the wife was being generous which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

the hubby is the victim of all these mess.....
heaven knows what the junior colleague must have done to him to succumb.

crackhaus:
She'll get over it, people lose their respect in front of other people everyday.

A 20-year-old girl, Miss Mercy Elom, was yesterday burnt to death as a mysterious fire gutted 68 rooms in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital.

She was among the candidates, who wrote this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The deceased was an ICT apprentice at Pastoral Centre, a foremost ICT centre in the town.

The fire, which started about 1am, occurred at 40, Igwe Liga Street, Mile 50, Abakaliki. The house has over 100 rooms.

Miss Elom, who hailed from Onuenyim Agbaja in Izzi Local Government, squatted with her friend, who had travelled.

Items worth millions of naira were destroyed. They included motorcycles, tricycles, documents, refrigerators and other electrical appliances.

One of the victims, whose father is the owner of the house, Elias Igwe, said he was sleeping when noise from residents about the inferno woke him up.

He said: “People were shouting fire, fire. This woke me up. I came downstairs and saw everywhere engulfed by fire. We tried to put it out, but we were helpless because it overpowered us. I contacted the state fire service with the help of the Divisional Police Officer, Kpirikpiri, but the bad road leading to our house affected their movement. Before they arrived, the fire had gutted about 50 rooms.”

While some of the tenants salvaged a few of their property, others were not so lucky, especially the health workers and security officers, who were on night duty.

One of the tenants, Mr. Aleke Celestine, lamented the loss of his vital documents. He appealed to the government to assist them.

http://thenationonlineng.net/new/one-killed-as-fire-guts-68-rooms-in-ebonyi-2/

crackhaus:
None is at fault, they were all just being human - the wife was being generous, while the husband and junior colleague were only expressing their sexual desires which is perfectly normal.

I'd rather blame religion and society for making it seem like adultery is the worst thing that could happen in a marriage.

Dear Bunmi,
When a junior colleague was having personal problems, especially with her landlord, I let her move in with me and my husband. She’s young enough to be our daughter and I enjoyed her company. It was to be a temporary solution until she found alternative accommodation.
Unfortunately, I’ve just discovered she’s been sleeping with my husband even after she moved out. I’m devastated, I feel like such an old fool!
Tessy,

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/took-seduced-husband/

Mrs Kareem added he did not respect her as his wife because he slept with other women despite the fact that she played her role as his wife and took care of him.

OREMUSSANCTUS:
And tinubu will head EFCC and ameachi will head ICPC. Mad men supporting apc. GEJ till tansformation agenda is completed(2019)

A mild drama played out at the Kano State police headquarters at the weekend when a bride who was arrested for allegedly stabbing her husband to death three days after the wedding said she committed the crime because the deceased attempted to have sex with her.
Rahama Hussaini, 18, killed her husband, Tijjani Nasiru, in their residence at Darmanawa quarters in Tarauni Local Government Area of Kano State.
The accused said: “I didn’t just kill him like that; it was during a fight over sex. He wanted to have sex with me and I refused”.
She said when her late husband overpowered her during the struggle, she used a knife to stab him. “After I stabbed him, I ran away while he was shouting,” she said.
She denied the report that she killed him after taking drugs, saying she committed the crime in self defence.
“He was my cousin, but I did not love him. We were just told to marry each other,” Rahama said.
But a close friend to the deceased, Malam Sani Mai Almajirai, faulted the wife’s claim, saying his friend was stabbed to death while sleeping.
“I was in my house when I was told that my friend, Tijjani, had been stabbed by his bride. I rushed to his house, where I found him calling for help. We rushed him to the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) where he was confirmed dead,” he said.
He added: “What we are suspecting is that Tijjani was stabbed while asleep, because it would have been impossible for her to stab him twice while awake. He would have protected himself.”
When asked if the bride was forced to marry the deceased, Almajirai said: “Nobody was forced to do anything. I was the one who sought her parents permission on his behalf, to court Rahama, as enshrined in Islamic law”.
He alleged that they had a hitch free courtship and that on the eve of the wedding, everything she asked for was provided.
In an interview, spokesperson of Kano State Police Command, ASP Magaji Musa Majia, said the couple had a quarrel and that in the process, the accused stabbed the deceased in the stomach.
“The husband died as a result of the stabbing and he has since been buried according to Islamic injunctions. She will be charged to court after investigation,” he said.
He appealed to parents to always allow their children to choose their spouses.

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/daily/news/48898-why-i-killed-my-husband-bride

omonnakoda:
STOP TALKING RUBBISH there are countless examples on successful interfaith marriages among Yorubas.That is what we are known for and are proud of.
In life we do not derive PRINCIPLES from single examples. Are there no cases of EVERYTHING mentioned in this case among couples in the same church.? Do we not have cases of people attending the same church using charms on each other,poisoning each other,killing each other or even passing off other people's children on to their husbands for years?
Do so called Christians not use magun or the equivalents, do they not swear before Okija shrine and other such monstrosities?

As usual "Christians" doing what they do best; HYPOCRISY and JUDGING others

uselessgoat:

bushdoc9919:
I have modified the original....but it still stands I guess.

If a couple's love for each other cannot pass the beliefs test...then don't get married.

ikombe:
am suspecting this woman for trying to push d blame to an unknown pastor . Na she just decide on her own to marry d man, y say its a pastor

sisisioge:
OK o...4k for two children per month

bushdoc9919:
Don't marry someone who has different beliefs from you....unless your love can pass them beleifs

“He was my cousin, but I did not love him. We were just told to marry each other,” Rahama said.

The fate of a missing 10-year-old pupil of Command Day Secondary School, Ilese, Ogun State, Victoria Ibijoju, has remained uncertain after she mysteriously went missing.

PUNCH Metro learnt that while the school management launched a search for the JSS 1 pupil, they came across a pile of bones in her school uniform two weeks later.

Her school bag, foot wares and books were said to have been found beside the bones in a bush around the school compound.

But the victim’s father, Mr. Christopher Ibijoju, insisted that the bones were not that of his daughter.

Christopher, an IT engineer, told PUNCH Metro that it was impossible that within two weeks that his daughter went missing, she would have decomposed to the level that no flesh could be found.

He added that despite the heavy rain that fell in the area during the period, the bones he saw were very dry and disjointed.

Our correspondent learnt that the victim, who stayed with guardians, Mr. and Mrs. Emuyibo, had gone missing on June 23, 2014, after she did not return home from school.

Her father, who lives in the Ogijo area of the state, said he got a call from Mrs. Esther Emuyibo, on Tuesday that his daughter did not come home on Monday.

He said, “My daughter stayed with the Emuyibos and I usually send them money for her feeding and upkeep. She was formerly staying with a teacher in the school, who found another job and asked us to keep her with them.

“We never had any problem with them. On Tuesday, June 24, 2014, Mrs. Emuyibo called me that my girl had yet to return from school.”

He said he went to the school the following day, where it was also confirmed by the school authorities.

The management of the school, the parents and guardians were said to have organised a search party to look around the school.

They reportedly did not see her throughout that week.

Christopher said he also went to the Ilese Police Division to report the incident.

“The first Monday in July, the school administrative officer called me on the phone and said I should come over to the school because he had seen something very terrible. He did not disclose what it was on the phone.

“When I got to the school, they told me my daughter had died. They took me to a place where we saw a pack of bones in her uniform. Although her school bag, books and shoes were there, I told them it couldn’t have been my daughter,” he added.

Our correspondent learnt that it was at that point that the school management disclosed that the victim had followed her friend, who lived in the barracks, to her home on the fateful Monday she went missing.

PUNCH Metro gathered that the duo slept in the barracks that night, but as early as 6am, the victim was asked to hurriedly leave because her friend did not inform her parents that she was bringing in a visitor.

It was learnt that she did not report in the school that morning.

After the bones, which Christopher vehemently rejected as his daughter’s, were found, our correspondent was told that the guardian, Mr. Victor Emuyibo, was arrested by the police.

He was said to have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Eleweran.

The victim’s father explained that the bones were taken to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital for forensic test.

He said, “The bones were packed in a nylon bag; they were disjointed. They were taken to OOUTH. A professor in the hospital, who examined them, said they could not be less than six months old. He, however, suggested a forensic test which requires N1m.

“The police said they don’t have budget for it and I also don’t have the money. So, we don’t have any report on it as we speak.”

The victim’s mother, Mrs. Funmilola Ibijoju, said the family believed their daughter was still alive.

She said this had been confirmed by spiritualists, adding that they had continued to pray and hope that she would return home.

She said, “I know that my daughter is still alive. We appeal to the school management to use their............


http://www.punchng.com/metro-plus/missing-schoolgirls-bones-found-two-weeks-after/

pwerrymansion:
It baffles me how some people will always have the mind to inflict pain/injury on their fellow human being. Stabbing on the eye and nose? That was so extreme, over a mere 'expensive joke'? Lord have mercy!

PUNCH Metro gathered that the duo, who are neighbours in a popular market on the Lagos Island, had not been in talking terms for almost three years.