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mosho4all: Police station area A at ilorin,kwara state has turn to bank this days,as we are coming from party at princess hotel the police man stop us as us for our identification but unfortunately we didn't hold our student ID card but what surprises me there they having sex with girl's suspect before releasing them.nigerian should look into this matter.

As a student, where is the application of your understanding of present tense, past tense, and past participle in your post?.
Why are you doing this to yourself?.

Either the Driver of the bus or the traffic controller working with NRC is at fault. One of them should definitely be punished for put
ting human lives at risk.

House! I'm just begining to view this situation from another perspective.
To lawyers in the house comes this question.
"If a person or persons sell a genuine percel of land to another party, is it fair to ask the seller to sign an undertaking for a refund in a situatio where the buyer builds on a wrong plot?.

2013-06-22 00:58:39

Former Lagos State Deputy Governor, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, has maintained that she is innocent of the allegation of fraud levelled against her and her son, Samson.

In a statement made available to Saturday PUNCH on Thursday, Ojikutu denied that she and Samson obtained N130m under false pretences from the complainant, Mr. Cajetan Okekearu.

She claimed that the said amount was collected under genuine circumstances for the sale of a plot of land to Okekearu.

According to the statement, the said plot belonging to Ojikutu and her late husband, Sampson Ojikutu, is Block 4, Plot 24, Lekki Peninsula Residential Scheme, Phase 1.

It, however, accused the complainant of constructing on a wrong plot of land – plot 23 – which is the adjoining plot.

The statement, which was signed by Ojikutu's solicitors, B. Ayorinde and Co., read in part, "That subsequently, Mr. Cajetan Okekearu commenced construction on Block 4, Plot 23, Lekki Residential Scheme Phase1, the land adjoining Block 4, Plot 24, Lekki Residential Scheme Phase 1, whereupon one Afolabi A. A. Coker successfully challenged Mr. Okekearu's entry onto the land.

"It was after the events above that our clients discovered for the first time that Mr. Okekearu had built on Block 4, Plot 23, Lekki Residential Scheme Phase 1 instead of Block 4, Plot 24, Lekki Residential Scheme Phase 1."

Ojikutu maintained that she and her son had relied on the authority of a Letter of Administration (without a will) granted by the Probate Registry of the Lagos State High Court in 2010 with reference no PHC/2114/2010, "pursuant to which my aforesaid son and me are the administrators of my aforesaid late husband's estate, which includes the said land."

The statement further said that Alhaja Ojikutu had signed an undertaking to refund N130m to Okekearu, and had already paid N50m out of the said amount.

Also in the statement, Ojikutu's lawyers maintained that she had legal rights to the land as its joint owner, and therefore, had the prerogative to sell following her husband's death in 2008. It also denied that Ojikutu ever used the said land in any transaction prior to when the land was sold to Okekearu.

Earlier in the week, the Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police had declared the former deputy governor wanted for allegedly defrauding a land buyer of N130m.

The SFU alleged that the suspect and her son, Samson, fraudulently obtained the money from Okekearu by selling a plot of land belonging to one Mr. Afolabi, to the complainant.

The police also accused Ojikutu of jumping bail and not willing to abide by the terms of payment, which should have had her completely refund Okekearu by November 2012.

Meanwhile, Ojikutu is away in the United States of America and so far, there is no indication of when she intends to return to the country, in spite of her status as a wanted citizen.

She directed all questions from Saturday PUNCH to her lawyer, Mr. Bolaji Ayorinde (SAN), who did not pick his calls or respond to a text message to his phone.

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The Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police has declared a former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, wanted for allegedly defrauding a land buyer of N130m.

The SFU alleged in a statement on Wednesday that the suspect and her son, Samson, obtained money from the victim by false representation.

The Commissioner of Police for the command, Tunde Ogunsakin, said, “The victim alleged that in September 2011, the suspects conspired and sold a parcel of land at Plot 24 Block 4 situated at Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos for N130m which he paid into the first suspect’s account with the Union Bank of Nigeria Plc.

“He further stated that after payment, he requested title document and Alhaja Ojikutu procured an affidavit of support to back her fraudulent claim, a police crime extract and a publication in a newspaper all purporting to loss of the original documents of title to the land. The victim believed her because of her personality as the former Deputy Governor of Lagos State.

“The bubble burst when the victim commenced development of the land and was on the verge of completion when the bona fide owner of the land surfaced and indeed it was discovered that the land the suspect sold did not belong to her. She actually sold Plot 23 Block 4 while Plot 24 Block 4 already has a property on it.”

According to police investigation, the land Ojikutu sold, did not belong to her, but to one Mr. Afolabi. It was also discovered that the Plot 24 Block 4, which actually belonged to Alhaja Ojikutu’s late husband, Samson Ojikutu (senior), was sold by him in 1995 and the suspect was a life witness and appended her signature to the sale of the land.

Ogunsakin said the suspect further perpetrated the crime by alleging that the original Certificate of Occupancy to the property was missing and swore an affidavit which enabled her to obtain a police report and memorandum of loss. She also put up an advert in newspapers that the original C of O was lost, whereas the original C of O was with the Hallmark Homes, the buyer of the property.

He said, “The suspect, who is a 67-year-old retiree from Lagos Island, allegedly connived with her son, Samson, who is currently in the United States to commit the fraud. The suspect and her son were parties to the sale of the land and both signed the agreement given to the complainant and obtained the sum of N130m from him.

“She admitted committing the crime but confessed that it was a genuine mistake of plot identification. She refunded the sum of N50m to the complainant and promised to refund the balance as soon as she disposed of her two properties she put up for sale. She also confessed that she had invested the victim’s money in her business.

“She equally made an undertaking and payment plan which was drawn from September, 2012 and was to terminate by November 2012, but she defaulted.”

Ogunsakin stated that the suspect was not willing to abide by the terms of payment and had jumped bail. He added that all attempts to contact her had proved abortive.

“The SFU declares Alhaja Ojikutu wanted. Anybody with useful information regarding her whereabouts should report to the Commissioner of Police, Special Fraud Unit, 13 Milverton Road, Ikoyi,” he said

http://www.punchng.com/news/police-declare-ex-deputy-gov-wanted-for-fraud/

Parcels of land measuring 1200sqm and 1330sqm @ Ikeja GRA, Ikeja, Lagos C of O N220m and N250m respectively.

For more information and inspection, please call 08082783328 or 08055262701. E-mail: eninoble@yahoo.co.uk

micklplus: 10 litres should give you about 62mpg according to the manufacturer ( HONDA)

For every 10litres, you are losing about 29mpg. Check you plugs. Is your thermostat in place. If your engine runs cold, you car would guzzle fuel. Is your 02 censor in place?

Thanks Mickplus. I recently replaced the spark plugs but I don't think the thermostat is in place now since the two fans have been connected on continuous rotation.
However, I will have to check the oxygen sensor as advised.

9icetoo: Does your car show any symptoms of being faulty? Does it give out black or white smoke when u accelerate? (you can tell a close friend to trail u and observe or u can park the car and have someone rev it slightly while u observe the tail pipe). Does it idle roughly? When u r stopped in traffic, where does your needle point to on the rpm instrument display? Answers to these questions might help us narrow down the cause of ur fuel issue. cheers. 2.2 is a small engine compared to what most cars come with these days. My 2.4 litre engine still does 19 mpg. I have a lightfoot by the way.

Nicetoo!Thanks for your contribution.
Actually, the car does not smoke and there is no sign of engine wear. The only thing I can confirm is that the vehicle idles roughly with the rpm droping to like 400 sometimes thus disallowing me from using the A/c.
My Mechanic had to adjust the engine speed few days ago and it's 1200rpm at idle. This I understand can result to high fuel consumption but the bottom line is that the problem of high fuel consumption has always been there even before he adjusted it.
What do you think might be responsible?.

ZIM DRILL: if you cant understand what i said how come you can understand the figures you gave us?

Sorry! I thought I was talking to a responsible person.

@ Zim Drill: Thank you for your response. Please can you be more explanatory? I really do not understand you. Thanks in advance.

Still waiting for comment.

Dear Nairalanders!Please I need suggestion as to how I can overcome the problem of excessive fuel consumption of my Honda Accord 1997 model popularly called Bulldog.
The vehicle runs on like 10 liters of fuel for a journey covering about 35km( i.e
Akowonjo-Egbeda area of Lagos State to Oregun in Ikeja and back to Akowonjo) and this is really frustrating.
Please what can I do to remedy the situation taking into consideration the fact that the journey combined together takes like 3 hours due to traffic holdup?.

Below is the designed specification of the car.

Transmission: Lock-up/Automatic/4 Speed
Engine Size: 2.2 litres
Fuel Mileage(City): 12.4 Litres/100km
Fuel Mileage(Highway): 8.7 Litres/100km
Fuel Mileage(Combined): 10.2 Litres/100km[s]

A parcel of land measuring 1300 square meters, strategically located @ Ire Akari, Isolo with good title. N45m.

Interested? Please call 08082783328 or 08055262701. E-mail: eninoble@yahoo.co.uk

A parcel of land measuring 1300 square meters, strategically located @ Ire Akari, Isolo with good title. N45m.

Interested? Please call 08082783328 or 08055262701. E-mail: eninoble@yahoo.co.uk

I can recall that sometime in 2008, I was invited for an interview by APM Terminals for the position of Crane Mechanic. I, alongside other interviewees was asked individually one similar question '' WHAT IS A TURBO CHARGER?.
I don't really know the position you applied for but I have decided to state this and I believe it might be useful to anyone going in for technical role. I want to believe the company attaches great importance to Turbo Charger since it is a major part of diesel engines that increases efficiency of machines.

I don't see anything wrong in Falana's planned action.
Some companies that are not as big as Dangote Group have insurance policies (I.e Group Life Insurance Scheme) which is made against death while in service. The compensation is paid to the recognized Next of kin in the eventual death of the employee.
Why should Dangote find it difficult to adopt this?.

Thanks Jarus. Your analysis is quite indepth. I appreciate.

I doubt if PZ is serious about employing people for the positions advertized.
I have seen similar advert from them over and over.

Still waiting.

Still awaiting contribution from other Nairalanders.
Thanks.

Thanks!
But I meant to say "she(The Landlady is in total control).
I have really picked some points from your advise and will definately make use of them.
I appreciate.

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azpekuliar: Is the property managed by the landlord herself or she's being advised by a professional (i.e estate surveyor) or managing agent? While I await your response, it is not unusual for rent to be frozen over a 2-year period, at the expiration of which a rent review is done with a view to either reviewing the rent upwards, downwards or not at all. But again rent review isn't done arbitrarily, but subject to the conduct of neighborhood market survey to determine the going rates for similar properties in the neighborhood. Hence my question. I will also well add, that both parties can meet themselves halfway at the negotiation table and agree on a rate for the term.

Thanks!
She has a Caretaker(though not a Professional) but she is the one in total control.
Rent for a 2 bedroom flat in the neighbourhood ranges between 200-250k but the big question is " Is it proper to treat existing tenants the same way as a new Tenant based on the going rate of a property and considering the fact that the rent was reviewed upward last year?".

Lawyers are the causes of some of the problems we have in this country. They are always fond of creating confusion for nothing. Some of them also aid corrupt fellows in this country by trying to argue cases that are not supposed to be argued.
Mind you, profession should not stop us from knowing what is wrong.

Still waiting for contribution.

Awaiting responses.

Dear Nairalanders!
I don't know if a topic like this has been created previously but I must say that I have been pushed to posting this due to what I'm experiencing at the moment.
I currently stay in a two(2) bedroom apartment in Akowonjo, Lagos State. I paid N170,000.00PA(2 year-rent) to secure it in 2009 while my rent was to expire in Nov 2011..
However, in July 2011, my Landlady informed me of her resolution to increase my rent to N200,000.00PA(to cover 2011/2012) an amount which I had to pay even after much plea.
I'm now surprised when she sent another letter of increment for the sum of N250,000.00PA(to cover 2012/2013) a condition which I find absord.
Meanwhile, I have consulted some Co-Tenants who also have a fare share of what I'm passing through & their opinion is that I should pay her the old rate of N200,000.00 and wait for court action.
What do you think about this and how often does not Landlord increase your house rent?.

Calling for what now?.

Tell them this will be your final bus stop and that you will like to retire with them.

I want to seek more challenges.

I will have mercy on whoever I chose to have mercy on.

When you are being asked "What are you even doing in your location,ow?".