Aflick: A 10-year-old pupil identified simply as Rofiat lost her life after a car knocked her down on the premises of her school, Isiu Grammar School, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.
PUNCH Metro gathered on Wednesday that the incident occurred on Friday, September 29.
Rofiat was said to have joined her friends on the school playground while preparing for the closing period. After a while, a vehicle parked by a teacher identified simply as Dele some meters away reportedly started to roll backwards towards her direction.
The female junior class student who did not notice the oncoming Nissan car got knocked down in the process.
A resident of the area said, “We were told that the incident happened around 1pm. The car had been parked there since morning when the teacher arrived. We don’t know how it managed to move from the position.
“Meanwhile, Rofiat was backing the moving vehicle. The moment the vehicle hit her, the impact made her hit her forehead on the ground. It was other students who rushed to call the teachers who came to the scene and found her motionless.”
The resident said Rofiat was rushed to the hospital for medical attention.
She was taken to Isiotu General Hospital where she was admitted and attended to. It was later that the medical staff members there discovered that her case had become critical. That was when they referred those who took her there to Agbowa General Hospital. On getting to Agbowa, she was immediately taken to the emergency section where she was later confirmed dead.
“Following her death, some police officers came to the school premises to take photographs and also interrogated some teachers who were on duty when the incident happened,” the resident added.
A police source told our correspondent that the owner of the car was taken into custody after he went to the police station to report the incident.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident.
“Yes, it happened. The owner of the car was taken into custody. An investigation is ongoing,” Hundeyin said.
paymentvoucher: Popular Nigerian music producer Samuel Oguachuba, aka Samklef, has spilled messy details about his fallout with Tunde Ednut. While going live on his Instagram page, the music star claimed that the celebrity blogger could have poisoned him many years ago.
According to Samklef, Tunde Ednut came to give him a drink despite knowing that they were ganging up against him. Not stopping there, the music producer added that he was paid for an ad, and the brand paid some blogs to post it, but Tunde Ednut refused to post anything with his face on it.
He also went ahead to claim that Tunde connived with a number of people, including singer and celebrity stylist, SexySteelz, not to comment on his page anymore. Read more
“Tunde would have poisoned me if they wanted to poison me, he came to give me a drink when they had ganged up against me, you need to come and explain. I did an advert, I was paid N4 million to do an ad for a brand, they paid Instablog9ja, they paid Tunde Ednut but he rejected it, saying he’s not posting anything with my face. He also reached out to the likes to SexySteelz that they should stop commenting on my page, that’s why you don’t see them on my page"
During the Instagram live video, music producer Masterkraft tried to caution Samklef, but he wasn’t having it. According to him, Mohbad died because of silence.
In his words: “Masterkraft don’t beg me o, Mohbad die because of sey e no talk, that’s why all of them dey attack me because all of them book dey my hand and the book. I gave Tunde time for reconciliation"
Dem need investigate TUNDEEDNUT, cos na him be plug youth believe in to make it big.. Who are dey? Who is he really working for? What are they recruiting for?
People like TUNDE EDNUT should be investigated , they are the ones these youth look as the PLUG to LINK with these SYNDICATE CELEBRITIES. Who are they, working for, RECRUITING YOUNG YOUTH FOR?
Both of them were remanded on Wednesday for 21 days after the Lagos State Police Command pleaded with the court to remand them for 30 days pending the completion of their investigation into the death of Naira Marley’s former signee, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad.
AMagistrate Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos State has remanded controversial singer Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, and Lagos socialite, Balogun Eletu, aka Sam Larry, in police custody.
Both of them were remanded on Wednesday for 21 days after the Lagos State Police Command pleaded with the court to remand them for 30 days pending the completion of their investigation into the death of Naira Marley’s former signee, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad.
The police earlier on Wednesday declared singer, Owodunni Ibrahim, aka Primeboy, wanted and N1 million bounty was put on his head for his refusal to honour their invitation in connection with the death of Mohbad.
The command spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, who disclosed this on his X handle, described Ibrahim as “approximately 1.64-m tall, male, dark-complexioned with tribal marks and Yoruba by tribe and alleged that the suspect did not honour police invitation successfully sent to him since the commencement of investigation on MohBad’s death”.
The command on Tuesday night disclosed that Naira Marley had been taken into custody for interrogation over Mohbad’s death.
kitikisa: American rapper Curtis Jackson popularly known as 5O Cent has revealed that he would be coming to Nigeria on tour 19 years later.
50 Cent, who is currently on tour 'The Final Lap Tour 2023' with Busta Rhymes and Jeremih, was in Nigeria in 2004 for a concert but the event was met with a controversy with Eedris Abdulkareem.
Posting an image with an attire depicting a man from Northern Nigeria on his Instagram account #50cent on Wednesday, he wrote: "The Final Lap tour has to go to Nigeria, before it ends. LOL".
Islamisformumu: There were rumours in the days and weeks leading up to Mohbad's unfortunate death that he was an Airlord. Could this be the confirmation of those rumours?🤔
In the mud many of una dey in civil services, COPERATE & BANKS forget say dem GUILTY of back dating DATES & AGES oo( affidavit plenty for dem FILE) but here dey cap say one person dey QUESTIONABLE abt Age
Tiff Do NLC know the implication ? What is called INFLATION? If Naira no clock 2000 to 1$ after , swear in Obi . I doubt if all the officials at NLC are Learned people at all, nothing but selfish interest because they know they are at peak of the Level positions they get Tripple of the amount on theirs while low rank think they at their services. 200k ko 1m ni. NLC officials after Tenure & retirement they PROCURE POLITICAL OFFICE FORM with MILLIONS, is it their PENSION OR GRATUITY? I wil agree if accused they are bn sponsored by a political arm to frsutrate NIGERIANS
Feintline: It is clear that the certificate submitted by INEC to tinubu is a forged one as CSU blantly refused to authenticate it. It is is now official that tinubu submitted a forged certificate to inec.
@Op, as u can WRITE , I guess u should be able to READ, DECIPHER & ASSIMILATE! From all said in court, justify wetin u write? I hope you won't be WRITING ur next Epistle from PRSION like Apostle PAUL'S LETTER.
Ibrahimcoomasie: Reno Omokri, a former presidential aide, has slammed Peter Obi, the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate in the last election, for suggesting that President Bola Ahmed had submitted a fake certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Omooba77: Motorists have lamented the return of some policemen who specialise in extorting motorists around the traffic light in the Isheri-Berger area of Lagos State.
The policemen said to be attached to the Isheri Police Station were said to have been carrying out their activities in the last three months.
After receiving a series of complaints from motorists who had fallen victim to the law enforcement agents, PUNCH Metro had on June 28, 2022, investigated their activities.
Our correspondent noticed that the policemen targeted motorists seeking to connect from the Berger-Isheri Road to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, using the old traffic light.
I Watched Video Of Person Shot During Protest, Not Knowing It Was My Husband - Wife Of Victim The publication that followed the investigation led to the removal of the policemen from the community by the immediate past state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi.
However, the policemen have since returned to the spot to continue extorting motorists whom they usually accused of beating the traffic light.
A motorist, Sunday Oroleke, who fell victim to their antics recently said the leader of the group collected N 25,000 from him before releasing him.
He said, “On Friday, September 29, 2023, around 11am, I approached the traffic light from Berger to link the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The light flashed green and I drove towards the expressway only to be stopped by a policeman who claimed I violated the traffic light. I insisted I did not beat the traffic light and he asked for my driver’s licence, held on to it and came inside my car.
“Another man who was in a mufti, dark and on the fat side came and he introduced himself as a task force officer. The policeman advised that I cooperate with him. He came into the car and showed me a picture showing my car’s plate number which was captured by a purported camera at the traffic light.
“He asked that I drive towards Alausa, that they were going to impound my car and I would not be able to secure its release until next week. He claimed they had impounded about 17 vehicles. On the way, he said he was willing to help and asked how much I was willing to pay out of the penalty of N120,000. I begged him to collect N20, 000 but he refused.
“Meanwhile, I was going to Osogbo and was already running late. Eventually, we settled for N25,000 and he took me to a PoS operator at Jobi Fele Way where the amount was withdrawn from my account before I was allowed to go.”
Oroleke said he attempted to verify their claim at the state vehicle inspection office where he was told that it was a scam.
A resident in the area who craved anonymity said the officers returned to the area about three months ago.
“People have gone to the police station to report them but nothing was done. They went back to the place because the former police commissioner that sanctioned them had left,” he said.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, could not be reached as calls made to his telephone were not answered.
A text message sent to him had yet to be replied to as of the time this report was filed.
People have died because of LASTMA's recklessness and you are saying fry am.....
but u are young and should be able to comprehend na... abi u do age reduction too? i mean he should face consequence of his action.
Brendaniel: But that will not stop the bad behaviour of LASTMA officials, the blame is more on the Lagos state government because this is not the first time..
my bro we should all continue to pray may we not be a victim. all this happens all over with the WORLD tho with Styles. in london now if u call police u were robbed & phone was snatched , threy wont turn up ( why becos they (officer) will earn small point) imagine!
FIJ is an investigative journalism outlet or unt KEM KEM BRANCH OUTLET u MEAN? many of you in civil Service, Cooperate & Banking System are all guilty of AGE Reduction (AFFIDAVIT plenty for una File but they quick raise hands here) rest IJN
IfnobeGod20: Please are you saying since some people are guilty of age reduction, it should be legalized? Try and come out plain. Age falsification has been a serious in Nigeria and had reduced performance in every facet of our national. Someone that is already 80 will be claiming to be 65, [/b]when his or her brain is no more needed for the rigorous work of the office, is what you want the nation to legalize. There's problem with some of you.
@bolded, ur response shows that u REASONING like 75yrs claiming 40. did i say LEGALIZED ? but they are also guilty. [b]let one without spec in their eyes be the first to throw STONES.
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