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The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday paraded the two dogs that attacked four-year-old Omonigho Abraham in the Igando area of the state.

The police, while parading the two German shepherd dogs at its headquarters in Ikeja, added that the dogs had been examined and had been found to be disease-free.

The Commissioner of Police, Cornelius Aderanti, said it was important to parade the dogs so that the public would be convinced that the dogs were still in police custody, and had not been released as was being rumoured.

He, however, said only a court of law could decide whether the two dogs-which devoured the scalp of the little boy-would be killed or not.

He said, “We have brought the dogs out so that the public would know that they are still in police custody. They have been examined and they show no negative trait. It is only the court that will decide what happens to them. The police cannot decide to kill the dogs.”

PUNCH Metro had reported on Tuesday, October 21, that the victim, Omonigho, had asked the police and the government to ensure that the dogs which almost took his life be killed.

It was reported that Omonigho, who was now in the Burns and Plastic Wards of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja still had a bandaged head and some scars on his face.

On Tuesday at the police command, a veterinary police officer, Yahaya Usman, also told journalists that the medical report showed the dogs had no infection.

He said, “Initially, we quarantined the dogs and wanted to find out whether the dogs had any disease or not. That was the first step taken by the police. The dogs were under our watch for weeks.

“So far, they have not shown any negative trait. The medical history shows that they don’t have rabies or the Ebola Virus Disease. The dogs are with us, and only the court will determine what happens to them.”

Meanwhile, the victim’s father, Mr. Odiah Abraham, said apart from the attack on his son, the dogs had also terrorised other residents.

He said three days prior to his son’s attack, the dogs had chased a neighbour and residents had thereafter warned the dog owner.

He said, “Three days to the incident, a woman who lives in the neighbourhood had gone downstairs to spread her clothes on the line. She had left and was approaching her room when the dogs broke out of their cage and pursued her. She was just lucky that she was close to her room, if not they would have bitten her.

“She ran in and shut the door against herself. The dogs stood at the gate for some time and when they saw she did not open, they ran back to their cage. My wife met the dog’s owner and told him to do something about the dogs, as there were little children within the neighbourhood, but he just ignored the warning.”

However, the owner of the dogs, Mr. Stanley Wesley, has been arraigned in court for negligence but has been granted bail. SOURCE:http://www.punchng.com/news/police-parade-dogs-that-attacked-four-year-old-boy-2/

They should prosecute whoever that owns the dogs.

Lovelydaisy:
Same here. People all over the world are begging GOD to give them children and this man has the mind to abandon his kids for 8 solid years,unbelievable!! May GOD have mercy on him.

@Daisy,the guy's mind no correct at all

Am yet to comprehend why a parent would abandon his own kids ,things dey happen for this our country.

Omonigho Abraham, the four-year-old boy who was attacked by two dogs in the Igando area of Lagos State, has said the police and the government must ensure that the dogs that almost took his life are killed.

The little boy, who is in the Burns and Plastic Ward of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, told PUNCH Metro on Monday that he would not return home until the dogs were dead.

The victim, who still had a bandaged head, said he tried to run from the dogs when they started to attack him but he was overwhelmed.

Narrating his ordeal, he said, “I was playing with my brothers when the dogs entered our flat. I could not jump, so they bit my head. I pinched Gaddafi (one of the dogs), but he did not leave me. It was when I heard the voice of my mummy that I woke up. I want them to kill the dogs; I won’t return home.”

Omonigho, whose face was still marred with signs of the attack, wore a sad countenace when he saw the gory pictures of his torn head on his father’s phone.

He later started playing games on the smart phone.

A worker in the ward who said the boy’s health had improved compared to when he was admitted said, “The day they brought him here remains unforgettable for me. I couldn’t eat throughout that day because he looked horrible.”

PUNCH Metro had reported that Omonigho’s scalp was bitten off by two dogs in their neighbourhood, while he played with his brothers.

Our correspondent also reported that the residents of the area and some policemen who besieged the scene of the incident did nothing to rescue him until his mother arrived.

Our correspondent learnt that Mrs. Abraham fought off the dogs and snatched her son from their jaws.

The father of the victim, Odiah, berated the police for failing to rescue his son. He also accused the police of attempting to muddle up the investigations.

He told PUNCH Metro that a senior police officer asked him to “order the release of the dogs to their owner”.

Omonigho’s father, who was angry that the police claimed to have saved the boy, said he got a call from the Divisional Crime Officer of the Igando Police Station asking him to come and order them to release the dogs.

He said, “She asked me to come and agree to release the dogs to the owner or else, they would release the dogs to the owner themselves. She said in the alternative, I should take the dogs to my house.”

Our correspondent learnt that the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, paid a visit to the victim at LASUTH.

Odiah said, “My wife even told him that at the gate when she was about rescuing the boy, she asked one of the seven policemen to follow her inside, but the police officer said, ‘am I the one that should follow you to go and die?’. My wife said that was what gave her the courage to go inside the rescue the boy,” he added.

He told our correspondent that since PUNCH Metro reported the matter, he had been receiving support from Nigerians.

He said the Governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, had also sent his personal medical doctor, one Dr.Ufoma, who discussed the possibility of the victim being flown abroad for further treatment.

The Lagos State Government, Ministry of Health, was also said to have refunded money spent on his treatment, and promised to pay all other expenses.

The police spokesperson, Nwosu, confirmed his visit to the hospital and promised to investigate the allegation.

He said, “I was there on Friday as part of our efforts to show concern. I told the mother that in the midst of all this, what is more important is the life of the boy. If anybody has acted in an unprofessional way, we will investigate and take the appropriate action.”

He said the dogs were undergoing tests and the results would be made public. SOURCE:http://www.punchng.com/metro-plus/police-must-kill-dogs-that-attacked-me-boy/


Three children abandoned in a boarding school in Abule-Iroko in the Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State are longing to meet their parents who have abandoned them for eight years.



When PUNCH Metro visited Solid Model College, the children recounted their ordeal, noting that the absence of their parents was affecting their studies.

Seun Adepegba, 14,Seyi, 10 and Titilola, 13, had been severed from parental love and care since infanthood. After waiting for eight years, they seemed to have relinquished all hopes of reuniting with their parents.

It was learnt that their tale of sorrow began in 2007 when their father, Mr Segun Adepegba, who had been separated from their mother, enrolled them in the boarding school because he could not afford to take care of them.

According to the proprietor of the school, Mr Samuel Ayegbusi, Adepegba came to enroll them in his school on September 24, 2007 with a promise to always check on them.

He said, “Mr. Adepegba told me his wife had just left him and that he could not afford to take care of them, being a jobless man. The children were very little. Seyi was two, while Titilola was five.

“Mr Adepegba had pleaded with me to accept them in the boarding school. Mr Adepegba’s sister promised to bear the cost of their upkeep. They paid an initial N150, 000 for the three children for the first term.”

But according to the proprietor, Adepegba never kept his promise. He said after the first term, the school expected him to come and take his children home for holiday but he never showed up until four years later. He said the school had expended over N7m on the upkeep of the children since 2007.

The proprietor said efforts to reach the parents’ families had proved abortive, adding that calls to Adepegba’s phones were not always answered.

He said, “Whenever we called him and he realised who was talking on the phone, he would switch off his phones and for the next two weeks, the numbers would not be available. When the school contacted their father’s sisters, we were told that they had travelled out of the country.

“When we called one of them, we were told that they had sent money to Mr Adepegba to defray the children’s school fees and upkeep. But Mr. Adepegba has never come here to make any payment since the initial deposit he made in 2007.”

According to the proprietor, taking care of the children had further become cumbersome for him as one of them, Titilayo, had started misbehaving. He recounted how Titilayo ran away from the hostel twice without informing the school authority on the excuse that she was going to look for her father.

Ever since she was found, the proprietor said the school had had to keep her in a room, under tight surveillance, because she had vowed to run away to find her father.

He said, “The school is not even bothered by the cost of their upkeep. But anytime the school closed for holiday and parents come around to take their children home, Titilayo would fall into a sober mood and twice, she had run away from the hostel without informing anyone. It was a resident who stopped her and brought her back to the school.

Some of the teachers, who spoke with PUNCH Metro during the visit, said the absence of the children’s parents was seriously affecting their studies. They said the appearance of their parents would boost their academic performance.

While recounting their days with their father, the children said he celebrated birthdays with them. They said they had never met their mother.

Titilayo said, “We do not know who our mother is. We grew up in Yaba, Lagos and all we remember is that there was a woman that washed our clothes and took care of us until we came here. We knew she was not our mother.”

Seyi, the youngest of the trio, however, was an exception as she kept a cheerful look during the visit. Seyi, who told our correspondent her dream was to become a medical doctor said, “Although I have a faint memory of my father, I will like to see him. If he comes today, I will ask him why he left us for so long.”

Seun added, “I don’t care how long he has left us. I just want to see him. I really need to see him.” When PUNCH Metro called Adepegba on Thursday, his phones were switched off.



SOURCE:http://www.punchng.com/news/man-abandons-children-in-boarding-school-for-eight-years/

The police in Lagos have arrested a woman,
Aminat Akanni, for allegedly abducting two
of her stepchildren and murdering one of
them because she claimed her husband
refused to provide Sallah clothes for her
own son.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspect killed
one of the kids, Nofisat, by pushing her into
a soakaway.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Aminat was
arrested by the police at CMS Bus Stop,
Lagos Island, on October 9.
Our correspondent learnt that prior to the
arrest, seven-year-old Lateef and four-year-
old Nofisat had been declared missing on
Friday, October 3- a day to the Sallah
celebration.
It was learnt that the father of the missing
children, Moshood Mubo, who is also the
suspect’s husband, had raised the alarm
and reported the case to the Adeniji Adele
Police Division on Friday, October 3.
However, after the suspect’s arrest, she
confessed to have abducted the two kids
from Church Street, Lagos Island where they
lived.
She further confessed to have also killed the
younger, child, Nofisat, by pushing her into
soakaway beside a mosque in the Orile
area.
Our correspondent gathered that Lateef
and Nofisat were pupils in Primary 1 and
Nursery 2 classes respectively in a private
school.
Speaking with PUNCH Metro on Sunday,
Moshood who hails from Ilorin, Kwara State,
said his second wife, who he rented an
apartment for in the Orile area, abducted
the kids claiming that she wanted to
“punish him for not buying Sallah clothes
for her own son.”
He said, “I married Aminat in 2010. In order
to avoid a crisis at home, I rented an
apartment for her at Mosalashi Street,
Alakara in Orile. She has only one son for
me. His name is Yusuf. She does not come
to Church Street, Lagos Island where I live
with my first wife.
“What happened was that on the evening
of Friday, October 3, when I returned from
work- just a day to the Sallah celebrations- I
sent the two children to go buy biscuits in
front of the street. That was around 7pm.
We expected them till around 9pm. I was
shocked. I quickly rushed to the Adeniji
Adele Police Division, and reported the
incident.
“Believe me, I and their mother, Funmilayo,
could not sleep all through that night. We
were walking around throughout the night
from one police division to the other,
repeating the same thing. The whole Sallah
celebration was a sad one as I looked for
my two children. Little did I know that it
was my second wife who sneaked into our
area to abduct them.”
Moshood, who spoke to our correspondent
while fighting back tears, added that
Aminat had called him the following day,
and made a suspicious comment.
He said, “The following morning, around
11am, Aminat called me and heard me
crying on the phone. I told her that we
were looking for Lateef and Nofisat, she
simply said, ‘All I know is that no one can
kidnap my own son.’ I was shocked at her
statement, but I never thought she was the
one behind the whole trouble.
“It was six days later when the police
arrested her that she then confessed that
she committed the act because she claimed
I was not taking care of her, and I had not
bought sallah clothes for her son, which is
not true. She had sneaked to our area, and
asked the two kids to follow her to Orile.
This is unimaginable for me.”
PUNCH Metro learnt that as the search for
the two children continued, which took
Mubo and his first wife to travel to Ilorin,
Kwara State to consult their relatives and
get ‘spiritual help’, a friend had called them
on Thursday, October 9, that she saw Lateef
with Akanni around the CMS Bus Stop,
Lagos Island. The police were then invited
who trailed her movement and arrested
her.
The mother of the two children, Funmilayo,
told PUNCH Metro that Aminat had bottled
up grievances against her for a long time.
She said, “Aminat killed my daughter. She
made us to have a sorrowful Sallah. We
were running around police stations. She
said she wanted to punish me and my
husband because she was having issues
with us. So, why did she not come after us,
why after my two children?”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations
Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the
incident, adding that Aminat was now in
police custody.
He said, “Aminat Akanni is the second wife
of the complainant. Investigation revealed
that the corpse of Nofisat was recovered by
the Orile Division in a sudden and unnatural
death.
“The suspect confessed to have drowned
the child and dropped the corpse at Orile.
The case has now been transferred to the
Orile Division for further synchronisation
and action.”
SOURCE :http://www.punchng.com/news/woman-abducts-stepdaughter-buries-her-in-soakaway/