₦airaland Forum

Notorious billionaire kidnapper Chukwudi Onuamadike aka Evans has continued to disclose details about his criminal activities to the media.

In a session with journalists on Friday, June 16, Evans narrated how a bullion van transporting N200m cash was hijacked by him and his gang. According to him, the incident was one of three such attacks carried out by his gang on bullion vans.

This one took place along Aba-Port Harcourt road.

He said: “In 2007, I traveled to South Africa to deal in drug and returned to Lagos the following year after a customer, who did not want to pay for a drug I supplied him, shot me on the shoulder. “With the little money I had from my trip to South Africa, I came back to Nigeria and a friend of mine, Kingsley, introduced me to one of his gang members known as Too-Much-Money in Abia State. “Too-Much-Money got me involved in the bullion van robbery. We hijacked a tipper we found on the Aba-Port Harcourt Road to intercept the bullion van.

“We forced the driver and his police escort to open the van. We got N80m from the van and I was given N1.8m as my share. “Another operation was in Enugu where I met a gang leader called ND. We adopted the same tactic to attack another bullion van containing N200m. "When we wanted to share the proceeds, ND collected our guns and gave us N200,000 each.”

NAIJ.com previously reported that the notorious richest kidnap kingpin Chukwudubem Onwuamadike aka Evans who was arrested by men of the police force revealed more details about how he and his gang go about their kidnap operations.

Evans also revealed how he paid his boy Uche, 2 million naira and above on every operation.

Source: http://www.gist9aija.com.ng/2017/06/breaking-notorious-richest-kidnapper.html

The Senator representing Ogun east, Buruji Kashamu, has advised Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state to face his duty instead of asking President Muhammadu Buhari to resign. Kashamu described Fayose as a “misguided state governor” who is acting like a sick person for asking President Muhammadu Buhari to resign. Kashamu said when Nigerians are praying for the quick recovery of President Buhari, Fayose is insisting on the president’s resignation. It is an indication that the governor lives on “anti-depressant medicine.”

In an advertorial in The Nation, Kashamu said, “It is most unfortunate that while eminent and responsible Nigerians are praying for the quick recovery of our dear President. ''All a misguided state governor could do, apart from chasing the shadows of an illusionary elongation of his tenure, is to call for the resignation of the President. Is there any vacuum in governance? No! “We are all living witnesses to the marvelous work that the structure that has been put in place by this government is doing seamlessly. Anybody can be sick.


‘’Fayose himself is the one acting like a sick person; his erratic and unpredictable nature gives the impression of someone who lives on anti-depressant medicine. “This is confirmed by his irrational call for the president’s resignation and compulsive rhetoric in the guise of opposition.

The lawmaker noted that it’s unfortunate that Fayose: “burns his energy on unimportant things instead of using it to serve his people and fight for the interest of the Yoruba race”. He added: “He cannot leave the reins of power for anyone because he is power drunk. He cannot also trust anyone with power. The cloak of seeking to complete the seven months that he was denied in 2006, when he was impeached is a tall dream – an impossibility!”

NAIJ.com earlier reported that Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti had called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign from his position as the president of Nigeria if he had any integrity. In a statement by Lere Olayinka who is his media aide the governor was quoted as saying president Buhari’s ill health has prevented him from discharging his constitutional duties. The governor also spoke about the Chibok girls’ saga which he described as an orchestrated plan that was used to blackmail former president, Goodluck Jonathan.

Source: http://www.gist9aija.com.ng/2017/06/leave-president-buhari-alone-face-your.html

Senior special assistant on legal matters to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, Bilkisu Saidu, says that most senior positions in the office of her principal are held by northerners, and that his meals are even served by Muslims.

Saidu was reacting to comments credited to one Ismaila Farouk from Zamfara state that appointments made by the acting president into some federal agencies and in his office were lopsided.

Speaking in an interview on BBC Hausa Radio on Sunday, the vice-presidential aide described the nepotism charges “as simply laughable, untrue, unfair and should not be taken seriously”.

According to her, “most senior positions on the vice president’s office are held by Muslims including by individuals who are from the north”.

“If you are talking about religion, the most senior official or position in the Office of the Vice-President apart from the vice-president himself is the office of the deputy chief of staff to the president and the name of the person occupying that office is Abdulrahman Ipaye and he is a Muslim,” she said.

“The positions following the chief of staff’s in the order of hierarchy are the special advisers in the office of the vice-president. Here there are three special advisers and two out of the three special advisers are Muslims, Senator Babafemi Ojudu and Barrister Mariam Uwais from Kano state.”

Saidu also said that a look at other senior positions in the vice-president’s office indicate that religious consideration was not a factor in the appointment of the officers, adding that “If you look at the remaining senior positions in that office, most of them are in the hands of Muslims from the north”.

“For instance the person in charge of protocol (the director of protocol) is Ambassador Abdullahi Gwary from Yobe state; those in charge of welfare and health in the office of the vice-president are mostly Muslims and from the north,” she added.

“Worthy of note are the stewards, those who serve the vice president’s meals, they are mostly Muslims, so what do the critics mean when they talk about religion.”

Source: http://www.gist9aija.com.ng/2017/06/osinbajo-is-not-favouring-christians.html

Members of Senator Dino Melaye's constituency have commenced moves to recall him from the National Assembly.

According to them, recalling the controversial Senator is in the best interests of Kogi West Senatorial Zone, Kogi State.

The group, who claim they represent: Yagba West, Yagba East, Mopamuro, Ijumu, Kabba/Bunu, Koton-Karfe and Lokoja Local Government Areas say dignity will be restored to the Senate if Melaye is removed.

The group, in a statement which was sent to Pulse News, said "We have compiled the key reasons below to show the world that Senator Dino Melaye’s recall is not only long overdue, but the right thing to do in the best interests of Kogi West Senatorial Zone, Kogi State, Nigeria, and in fact the institution and dignity of the distinguished Senate of the Federal Republic Republic. "

"Dino Melaye has breached multiple codes of conduct by his deliberate acts and omissions and it is time the authorities acted to enforce the laws and the Constitution. Whether the appropriate authorities act or not, we the people of his constituency who are at the receiving end of his shameful deeds have run out of patience and are resolved to recall and replace him with a decent and people-oriented Senator.

"We understand the requirements of S69 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 regarding the recall of such a member of the National Assembly and hereby assure everyone that Kogi Central Senatorial Zone is united in this and will achieve it.

"We hereby give the Kogi State Government notice that we are going through with this and if they will not help us, they must also not try to stop us or put obstacles in our way, in particular, everything the Law requires to be done by the Administration in Lokoja in aid of this process must be done with despatch," they added.

The aggrieved constituents also gave some reasons for their decision to recall Melaye. They are that:

1. He has not deemed it fit to have a Constituency Office in Kogi West Senatorial Zone even after 2 years in the Senate, meaning he has no presence in the Zone and we have no way of reaching our Senator.

2. He has no projects initiated in the constituency after 2 years in the Senate.

3. He is known for a continuous flow of irresponsible utterances which embarrass the constituency. For example: ‘I will beat…impregnate you’ referring to a fellow Senator and the wife of the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu.

4. Violence, thuggery and other electoral Offences against our people during elections.

5. He insulted former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

6. He insulted President Muhammadu Buhari.

7. He not only insulted Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, but he travelled all the way from Abuja to the leader's home in Lagos looking for a fight.

8. He insulted the Sultan of Sokoto, calling him an Islamist with a Muslim agenda in Kogi State, simply because His Eminence visited to celebrate the 1st Anniversary of the Government of His Excellency, Governor Yahaya Bello.

9. He routinely insults other leaders, elders and personalities.

10. He persists in portraying our Senatorial Zone as hostile to the Administrations of His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari and His Excellency, Governor of Yahaya Bello of Kogi State respectively, for no just cause and not minding the impact on us.

11. He is notorious for conduct unbecoming of a Senator in the way and manner he relates to the Senate President as if he were a bodyguard or houseboy instead of a full Senator representing a proud constituency like us.

12. He is enmeshed in a pending certificate scandal - we now believe he lied to us about his academic qualifications, part of the basis of which he sold his candidature.

13. He has brought home no dividends of democracy to our Senatorial District.

14. He paints our dear Kogi State bad in the Press at every opportunity he gets for his own selfish political interests, many times without even a clear understanding of what he is talking about.

15. His source of wealth is questionable to us and certainly not the model we wish our youth to emulate.

16. He is indecent and deliberately corrupts public morals, for example, he routinely gives youths in the constituency who approach him for help N1000.00 or less, telling them to use it to buy condoms.

17. He is notoriously corrupt and has been caught on video scheming to steal the resources of Kogi State among himself and a few cronies calling us elephants to be killed and shared.

18. He is an electoral fraud and has been caught on audio offering a Judicial Officer money to decide an electoral matter in his favour.

19. He has no respect for Party democracy, and routinely flouts lawful decisions and directives of even his own party leadership.

Some political observers say this might be a blow out of Senator Dino Melaye's beef with the Kogi state Governor, Yahaya Bello.

SOURCE: http://www.gist9aija.com.ng/2017/06/senators-constituents-begin-moves-to.html

A leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Somolu Local Government Area, Mr. Segun Adenuga has alleged irregularities in the conduct of the party’s ward primaries in the area.

In a petition entitled: ‘Electoral fraud in Somolu LGA’, Mr. Adenuga alleged that “a monumental electoral fraud was recorded in Somolu local government area during the APC primary for the councillorship slot in the designated eight Wards of the Council on Monday, May 28, 2017.” Adenuga, a veteran journalist, said some chieftains of the party of were involved in massive electoral malpractices at the Wards as they “threw cautions to the wind by openly canvassing votes for their candidates.” Describing the ward primaries as a charade, he alleged that some party leaders colluded to thwart the conduct of the ward primaries in Somolu.

He said: “The electoral officers, who were supposed to arrive at their duty post at 8 am, did not report at the designated venue at 1 Johnson Street for accreditation of voters.

The electoral officers, who eventually arrived at 2.05pm, told the expectant crowds that they were being delayed at Somolu local government secretariat by some party leaders, where names on sheets sent from APC’s secretariat in Acme were being doctored to suite their whims and caprices.”
In addition, he said: “the frenzied atmosphere at Johnson Street turned sour as supporters of the aspirants became agitated as there was no sign that the election would hold at Ward E centre.

The electoral team led by a Police patrol were taken to Alade Police post, possibly to prevent irate supporters from venting their anger on the erring group. They were late escorted to the council secretariat where they were greeted with a plethora of banner-carrying protesters, calling for justice in defence of democracy.

Three leading contenders in the race for the councillorship slot in the affected Ward have resolved to present their complaints to the APC leaders in their ward. “What could be more worrisome and embarrassing than seeing a popular party chieftain and a lawmaker openly throwing hist weight behind an aspirant.

It is a matter of regret that the lawmaker could be privy to elections malpractices in his ward with brazen impunity. He was seen jubilating and hugging his anointed candidate, who garnered only five votes to beat other contestants in a ward where 500 voters were expected to cast their vote”, the petition stated.

SOURCE: http://www.gist9aija.com.ng/2017/06/lagos-state-apc-leader-kicks-against.html

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has sympathised with the Oba of Lagos Rilwan Akiolu over the fire incident at his palace recently.

The Oba of Lagos' palace was gutted by fire on Tuesday, May 2, 2017.

Speaking to Premium Times, the Ooni’s Director of Media and Public Relations, Moses Olafare said “We are not happy over the fact that the palace of Lagos king got burnt, we can only sympathise with the palace on the development.”

Following the fire incident, there were speculations that it occurred because the Oba Akiolu snubbed the Ooni of Ife at an event.
In his response, Olafare said “People are entitled to their own views. But what people say doesn’t mean that is the position of the palace. What happened is mere coincidence and should not be traced to the incident in Lagos, we send our sympathies.”

Reports say a certain Tunde Awoyeni had claimed that the Ooni of Ife palace would invoke the wrath of his ancestors on the Oba of Lagos.

Source: http://www.gist9aija.com.ng/2017/05/ooni-of-ife-speaks-on-fire-incident-at.html

[img]https://2.bp..com/-r7gPbnyTmb0/WQnS3QSBp6I/AAAAAAAAATQ/iBT2T7qGPKofmvNoch2GhCm18BYGQKulQCK4B/s640/Oba-Adeyeye-Enitan-Ogunwusi-620x400.jpg[/img]

A police officer from Biu, Borno state, Inusa Saidu Biu has threatened to kill 200 people if Buhari whom according to him was poisoned but was saved by God, dies.

Saidu Biu described Buhari as the cat with nine lives.

[img]https://4.bp..com/-rtGsaq_SvHA/WQBqmh7HuYI/AAAAAAAAAHc/yX6xEZQnpoYrXOWZb0W8BncjNC--A2XqgCK4B/s640/1493192230.jpg[/img]
[img]https://1.bp..com/-lKI8HSHHLTA/WQBqvCs6tVI/AAAAAAAAAHk/xdRfERWOsR8KeN12uYMTOtVcL3BDUl30gCK4B/s640/1493192231.jpg[/img]
[img]https://3.bp..com/-EbXh_gRcvtA/WQBqwTE_DkI/AAAAAAAAAHs/NKuRj8PxS88WLHo9t_f2D1sxlNmXleciACK4B/s640/1493192232.jpg[/img]

SOURCE: http://www.gist9aija.com.ng/2017/04/i-will-kill-200-people-if-buhari-dies.html

Ekiti State Governor​, Ayo ​Fayose​, is in ​c​ourt in solidarity with IPOB Leader, Nnamdi K​anu,​ whose ​hearing ​is set to com​mence​ before Justice Nyako.

The governor is now seated at the Federal High Court 4, Abuja.

​The court had on April 6 fixed ​today to deliver ruling in the application for variation of the order of court on protection of witnesses in the case against Kanu.

Kanu, through his defence counsels led by Ifeanyi Ejiofor, asked the court to set aside the order made on December 13, 2016 for the protection of witnesses.

Kanu’s lawyers argued that having been acquitted of the charges of terrorism and importation of weapons, the defendants cannot be tried with the identities of witnesses based on section 36(6) of the 1999 Constitution.

However, counsel to the Federal Government, Suleiman Labaran in a counter affidavit urged the court to dismiss the application as a ploy to delay the trial.

Recall that Kanu was charged alongside Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi on charges of treasonable felony and criminal defamation.

The Federal High Court had on March 2nd, struck-out six out of the 11-count criminal charges the Federal Government preferred against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu and three other pro-Biafra agitators, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi.

The court, in the ruling delivered by Justice Binta Nyako, had also said that the fact that IPOB was not an organisation registered in Nigeria, it however did not make it an illegal society.

The judge said, “It may be true that IPOB is not registered in Nigeria, but does that make it an illegal organisation?”

Justice Nyako held that the Federal Government failed to prove that IPOB, allegedly managed by Kanu and his co-defendants ​- ​Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi, is an unlawful society.

Recall also that Kanu had on February last year, opposed the application by the federal government to conduct his trial in secret.

FG had in the application it filed before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, decried that all the witnesses billed to testify against Kanu and two other pro-Biafra agitators, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi, who are facing trial with him, have declined to appear in court.

SOURCE: http://www.gist9aija.com.ng/2017/04/fayose-joins-ipob-leader-nnamdi-kanu-in.html

[img]https://4.bp..com/-7guxJQWyRyQ/WP8nYRZB3VI/AAAAAAAAAGU/NOuqUo_F2pcsQcKqfQ-AuNTATv33S6crQCK4B/s640/nnamdi-and-fayose-480x400.jpg[/img]

A man has been arrested in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital for possessing human parts. Information revealed that the residents of Ita Kudimo, Abata Suban, Pakata area, were watching the accused person on speculation that he possessed a corpse in his building.

The neighbours of the suspect swooped on his residence at about noon on Sunday and the suspect was allegedly caught with human parts. He was later dragged to Adewole Police station, amidst shouting and rain of curses by the crowd of people. His car was also set ablaze.

His house was demolished and his properties were carted away by hoodlums who took advantage of the situation.
In confirmation of the report, The commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Mr Olusola Amore, said:“it is true that a man was caught with human parts today. He was being beaten at Kudimo area of Adewole on Sunday.

There was a crowd trying to lynch the man. On a closer look, they discovered that he had human parts, skulls and other parts, while they were trying to lynch him, police was informed and moved to the place and arrested him.”

Source: http://www.gist9aija.com.ng/2017/04/man-caught-with-human-parts-in-illorin.html

[img]http://3.bp..com/-vDgod3kXHE8/WP3jQkzhu9I/AAAAAAAAACE/5GZmdRH6O6wy1206VfmJSTfORa7PsUH9gCK4B/s1600/man.jpg[/img]
[img][/img]

We might just being seeing #Marfe once again, as Marvis has said she wouldn’t rule out getting together with Efe.

Recall Efe had said he liked Marvis, but she has a boyfriend and wants to continue her relationship
“Based on logistics, if you are confined in a place for a certain period of time, attraction na very important [something]. E must happen. You nor fit hide am. But when you put am now in a broad perspective after the house, reasoning fit change. But for the house? Yes, I been dey feel Marvis well but e just dey unfortunate say she get boyfriend- she dey serious relationship. She said she is going to continue with her boyfriend, so me I gats to move on and wait for my own.” He said.

However, During an Interview with Cool FM’s Mannie, Chilli and Dora, Marvis didn’t completely rule out the possibility of herself and Efe being a couple
Read excerpts from the Interview below:
Are you a Tom Boy?
Yes i am
What will you change about your stay in the Big Brother house?
It’s hard to say, ‘Cos i was me the entire time. I’ve been asked this question by biggie, and i thought about this for a while and honestly, there isn’t so much to change when you’re you. So, i was there the whole time being Marvis 24/7, so there isn’t necessarily anything i will change. Probably do better, but not change.
Do you think your closeness with Efe affected your chances of winning?
Not at all, No, i never thought that actually
But, was that closeness real? or was it a Big Brother thing?
It was real, Yes it was
So now that you’re out, you don’t mind continuing that?
I don’t mind, but i don’t know how things are flowing now

What was the biggest thing that you guys heard when you left the house? What shocked you the most?
Thin Tall Tony!
Who was the most house mate you liked the least?
For me, it was a different person every week.
Who did you like the most?
Bisola and Efe

SOURCE: http://gistreporterngr..com.ng/2017/04/i-dont-mind-dating-efe-after-bbnaija.html

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday re-arraigned Abdullahi Alao, the son of the late Ibadan business mogul, Arisekola, before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja for an alleged fuel subsidy scam of N1,110,049,444.35.

Abdullahi, alongside his company, Axe Energy Ltd., and one Olanrewaju Olalusi was re-arraigned before Justice Lateefa Okunnu.

The defendants had earlier been arraigned on May 22, 2015.
Their re-arraignment on Thursday followed the removal of the name of another oil marketer, Opeyemi Ajuyah, from the charge sheet.

Ajuyah was announced to have died on January 20, 2017.

At the last adjourned date, the EFCC counsel, Mr. Seidu Atteh, had told the court that the anti-graft agency had not been officially informed about the demise of Ajuyah.

In response, Ajuyah’s counsel, Mr. Olanrewaju Ajanaku, told the court that the deceased’s husband was not in town to produce the death certificate and pleaded with the court to give him time to get the said certificate.

SOURCE: http://gistreporterngr..com.ng/2017/04/n11bn-subsidy-fraud-efcc-re-arraigns.html

Femi Fani-Kayode a former Aviation minister and chieftain of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Chibuike Amaechi, Nigeria's current Transportation minister and party stewart of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of being the owner of the sum of monies discovered in an apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos State by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) earlier this week.


[img]https://3.bp..com/-czVxPnUNF6U/WPDMdERwyNI/AAAAAAAAAUM/nVVs1vEROhUNg9_K61IxI1OGP0ClICTswCK4B/s1600/Untitled-5.jpg[/img]


SOURCE: http://gistreporterngr..com.ng/2017/04/43m-found-in-ikoyi-belongs-to-transport.html

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has vowed to continue his fight against corruption irrespective of criticism.

Magu made the remark on Thursday during an interactive session with staff of the commission to mark its 14th year anniversary.

His words:

“We will continue to fight corruption whether anybody likes it or not. Because, we know that, that is the only way we can bring succor to this country. Now that we have found ourselves in this position, please, let us put heads together.

“My door is completely open. If something is going on wrong, please come and tell me. If you don’t want to show your face, just write a letter to me.

Information is very important. I am alone, if you don’t tell me what is wrong, I would not know.

“I don’t want to know what is right, just tell us how we can correct the system itself, because the system needs correction every day. People are complaining about corruption in the EFCC, which is not good. We should not allow some individuals to spoil our names here.

“If you go to United States of America and the United Kingdom, they are all awash with news about us because of this Malabu case.
“So we are succeeding. Be part of the success. Forget about your own interest. Consider the overall interest of this country and the interest of the nation.”

SOURCE: http://gistreporterngr..com.ng/2017/04/magu-we-will-continue-to-fight.html

Mshwwww..... Sambissa KO forest ni

The Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos Police Command on Friday said it rescued a woman who tried to commit suicide by jumping into the Lagos Lagoon.

In a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES, the police detachment said the incident occurred at about 11:25 a.m. in Lagos.

The statement reads, “Shortly after the report of Mrs. Abigael Ogunyinka who was rescued by fishermen in Lagos Lagoon early Friday morning, another woman was today prevented at about 11:25 a.m from leaping into the Lagoon by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos state Police Command.

“The lady, Taiwo Momoh, 58, a textile dealer in Lagos Island, had put off her shoes and was wrapping her dress around her when men of RRS 226 prevented her from jumping.

The lady, who lives in Lekki Lagos, disclosed that she was pushed to committing suicide in order to put an end to her constant sleeplessness and shame occasioned by her indebtedness to three Swiss textile dealers.

“She noted that her problem started sometimes in 2015, when a Bureau De Change dealer carted away her N18.7 million she wanted to change to pay her foreign creditors.


“She added that the creditors had given her Swiss textiles worth several millions of naira, noting that she has maintained good relationship with the creditors for more than 15 years.

“Her condition she said became compounded when robbers invaded her shop in Lagos Island carting away most of the textiles that was left with her.

“She emphasized that most of the time, she has been having sleepless nights and seeing the ghosts of the creditors whenever she was alone.

“Momoh, a member of the Redeemed Christian Church of God disclosed that on several occasions she had attempted to see her Parish Pastor to identify with her problem and for the church to help her raise money to meet her Swiss Creditors in order to assure them that she would pay their money.

“She noted that she was only allowed to see the second in command, which has yielded no fruits.

“Added to all these, my first son, whom I felt would stand by me and console me abandoned me. By the time I’m gone, maybe he would come around and inherit what is left.

“I don’t want to use my debt and death to disturb anybody. I was in the shop this morning. I have looked everywhere and estimated what is there.

“I think, with my house, a bungalow, those I am leaving behind can still live comfortably. I want to go and meet God. This world is empty.

“I won’t because I want to get rich join cult group. I go my way and I don’t socialize unnecessarily.

“I was a Muslim, I have because of this problem been jumping from one faith to the other. The problem is too much for me to bear. I want to go back to God.


“That is why I have dressed very simply. I am ready to meet HIM. If He cannot address my problem on earth, let me go back to Him.”

SOURCE: http://gistreporterngr..com.ng/2017/03/how-we-stopped-woman-from-jumping-into.html

[img]https://2.bp..com/-dbqhdF4kOTc/WNVTpA3e5rI/AAAAAAAAAOc/Naip7SqcemQ1ni2kxzgKVz8BiBoXpqlGwCK4B/s400/arrest-police-300x162.jpg[/img]

A 32-year-old security guard, Kenechukwu Okonkwo, was on Friday sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for raping a 29 year-old virgin.

Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye while passing the sentence at an Ikeja High Court, Lagos, described rape as an `act of extreme violence’ against women.

Ipaye said that there should be zero tolerance to any form of violence against women and vulnerable members of the society.

“I hereby sentence you, Kenechukwu Okonkwo, to 14 years imprisonment to commence from today March 24, 2017,” she said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Okonkwo was arraigned in court on July 14, 2015 on a charge of rape which is contrary to Section 258 (1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.

During the trial, the prosecution led by Adeniji said that Okonkwo committed the offence on Dec. 27, 2013 in his one-bedroomed apartment located in Ketu Lagos.

Adeniji said: “The complainant was a 29-year-old saleswoman (name withheld) who was a virgin.

“She became friends with Okonkwo who was a security guard working at a supermarket where she supplied goods.

“She was experiencing accommodation problems and was about to be evicted from her home.

“The complainant however, confided in Okonkwo about her problem and he offered to keep some of her property in his apartment.

“She came to inspect his apartment which was a ‘face me I face you,’ doubting the suitability of his apartment and when she turned to leave, Okonkwo blocked her exit and forcefully dragged her from the corridor into his apartment.

“She was screaming and begging him in Igbo language and he responded saying that ‘you have been suffering me for too long,” he said.

The prosecutor said the convict however, gagged her with wrapper to stifle her scream and had forceful carnal knowledge of her in his bedroom.

“The noise and commotion in the apartment attracted Okonkwo’s co-tenant who came to intervene to no avail.

“It was when the landlord knocked on Okonkwo’s door to enquire about the noise that the complainant was able to escape,” Adeniji said.
However Okonkwo, in his testimony during the trial, claimed that the sexual intercourse between him and the complainant was consensual.

He said that he had a desire to marry her and she usually visited him at his apartment on Sundays with members of her church.

“On that fateful day, I attended a naming ceremony and while I was leaving the ceremony, I received a phone call from the complainant saying that she was at my house.

“I got home and she collected the bag of pure water I was carrying and asked me what I wanted to eat and I told her I wanted to eat Indomie.

“She changed into a pair of tights from her jeans trousers to make the Indomie and I played an adult movie which we watched together while we had dinner.

“She made me promise that I will marry her and thereafter, we made love,” he said.

However, when he was being cross-examined by Adeniji, Okonkwo admitted, contrary to his testimony, that the complainant visited him for the first time on the day of the incident.

Justice Ipaye, in convicting Okonkwo, noted inconsistencies in his testimony.

She said: “The defendant is not only economical with the truth, he should not be believed.

“There were inconsistencies in his testimonies and his longstanding friend who testified on his behalf as DW2, could not recall knowing her as his girlfriend.

“She was at risk of having her belongings thrown out of where she was staying and he took advantage of her vulnerable state on the night of Dec. 27, 2013.

“After hearing and observing the defendant and the complainant give their testimonies, her account is more in line with narration of her accommodation problem.

“Her visit to the defendant was not a social visit but to establish the suitability of his home to keep some of her belongings at the time.

“She is of a very slim build and could have been easily overpowered by the defendant and her account was more in line with the account of the medical doctors who testified on behalf of the prosecution,” Ipaye said.
NAN reports that four witnesses testified on behalf of the prosecution — the complainant, the investigating police officer and two medical doctors.

Noting the impact of the medical evidence on her conviction of Okonkwo for the crime, Ipaye said: “Penetration, however slight, constitutes the offence of rape.

“I have no doubt about the penile penetration, as the testimony of the complainant was clear, concise and unequivocal.

“PW3, Dr Oluwaseun Osungbusi, is a medical doctor with the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). He came to testify on behalf of his colleague, Dr Justina Oyemarin, who attended to the complainant on the night of the alleged rape.

“He and Oyemarin both worked at the Ikosi Primary Health Centre where the complainant sought treatment after the alleged rape.

“Oyemarin’s report noted that the complainant had a broken hymen, had bruises on her body and had heavy vaginal bleeding and discharge.

“PW4 was Dr Joseph Onwoh, a medical doctor with over 30 years of experience in gynaecology.

“In his testimony, he told the court that when the complainant was referred to him, she was bleeding and had a ragged, broken hymen.

“He counselled her and advised her to keep her bloodstained underwear as evidence in case the matter goes to court.

“He can be seen as a first responder who saw the complainant in her state of distress and his testimony was in line with the test results presented by Osungbusi,” she said.

NAN reports that counsel to the convict, Mr Worer Obuagbaka, in his plea for mercy, told the court that Okonkwo was a first time offender and was repentant.

“The convict is a first time offender and the only son of his family; he lost his mother last year to cervical cancer and has been in custody since December 2013.

“During this period, he has learnt his lesson, I plead with the court to pass a light sentence on the convict and temper justice with mercy,” Obuagbaka said.

However, the prosecutor, Mr Kazeem Adeniji, the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, commended the judgment.

SOURCE http://gistreporterngr..com.ng/2017/03/security-guard-bags-14-years.html

The Lagos State Police Command on Friday rescued a woman identified as Taiwo Titilayo Momoh who attempted to jump into the Lagoon from Third Mainland Bridge.

The suicide attempt is coming few days after a medical doctor, Allwell Orji jumped into the Lagoon from Third Mainland Bridge as his remains was retrieved from the water on Wednesday.

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni who disclosed this to journalists at the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, headquarters, Lagos Government Secretariat, Alausa, Lagos on Friday said Momoh was in a taxi heading towards Oworonshoki on Third Mainland Bridge when she told the taxi driver to stop on the bridge.

According to Owoseni, the woman was about to jump into the water when a police patrol team on a routine patrol on the Third Mainland Bridge sighted her and rushed to save her before she jumped into the Lagoon.

“She attempted suicide by attempting to jump into the Lagoon around Oworonshoki inward Mainland on Third Mainland Bridge. Unfortunately for her, she was rescued. The woman was in a taxi and alighted on the bridge and wanted to commit suicide by jumping into the Lagoon.

“The police patrol team sighted her and rushed to rescue her before she jumped into the Lagoon,” he said.

The commissioner said from his interaction with the woman, she had depression as a result of unpaid loans, adding that “she is still insisting that she wants to end her life.”

Owoseni noted that committing suicide was an offence under the law but that the police would try to talk the woman out of committing suicide.

He said the woman would be taken through post-trauma programme to ensure that she had hope and not commit suicide, adding that the police would do a medical evaluation on her to ascertain her condition.

The Lagos police boss lamented the rate at which people commit suicide in the country, describing it as worrisome, adding that the police had begun patrol of bridges across the state to forestall other cases of suicide.

He added that it was now an offence for individuals to walk on bridges in the state and that no vehicle would be allowed to stop on any bridge in the state henceforth in order to prevent suicide incidences.

“Right now, the woman is still in trauma and she still insists that she wants to end her life,” he said.

SOURCE http://gistreporterngr..com.ng/2017/03/the-lagos-state-police-command-on.html

[img]https://1.bp..com/-d2_7sczdBuQ/WNAH9y7eYeI/AAAAAAAAA4E/1pXzBlVG4eUJG_hxNJ5wmMWyAOHHVeZOwCLcB/s1600/DINO.jpg[/img]

Dino Melaye slams Sahara Reporters
Sahara Reporters said Senator Dino Melaye never graduated from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria as is being claimed.

Dino as expected slammed them thus:
“Sahara Reporters have promoted their stupidity and hate to an advertisement level. One will imagine how you did not graduate from a university and still be able to run masters in the same school. I am presently a student of ABU running my 3rd degree programme in the same university and 7th degree in whole.
No amount of blackmail, lies, intimidation, harassment, name calling will detract my attention from speaking the truth at all times.
I have conquered fear.
I fear no soul,
I only respect souls.
Fake documents paraded by Sowore only exhibit the desperation of his pay masters. I ready for una. God pass man”


Source: http://gistreporterngr..com/2017/03/senator-dino-melaye-slams-sahara.html

More PHOTO here: http://gistreporterngr..com.ng/2017/03/nnamdi-kanu-appears-in-court-in-jewish.html

The director of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu who has been arraigned before Justice Binta Nyako at the Federal High Court in Abuja
Details later.

[img]https://1.bp..com/-i3hPrfkAh90/WM_I3cIOkyI/AAAAAAAAAJs/rllHk-p5bbUr7AaJiJFrC7bzD9Lj7SChgCK4B/s1600/5027483_capture_jpeg6d0ce43c2e6495dc5ba7597dd3872afd.jpg[/img]
[img]http://3.bp..com/-vh-t69ukWuE/WM_I8K35LoI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/ZPlKS2DPl-oczjt4eSlb78B-KMfA_AVCwCK4B/s1600/5027484_sane2_jpegcb00c1d80149048f3d81486ac6e72cb9.jpg[/img]
[img]https://3.bp..com/-Tov9Dbvj2EI/WM_JAHcxteI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/Gd2sEthv_ug4msg0ejzTWdOiToaYjBjLACK4B/s1600/5027485_sanurai_jpegc4d3921aac6c47d929d474b6085d779b.jpg[/img]
[img]http://2.bp..com/-jikgzuOrAio/WM_JJT132qI/AAAAAAAAAKM/lU6IRfg36GoiSWIOeRtLRy9ow4QM4L2ewCK4B/s1600/5027492_vam1_jpegd6b6bba4e08cb887d7658af3813b078e.jpg[/img]
[img]http://1.bp..com/-m-WD72QRYEU/WM_JJX26TcI/AAAAAAAAAKU/db5bovMzc0cNpAhRspE27znOuWCawWxaQCK4B/s1600/5027493_van_jpeg7a0694ef1a763f83ec10d97105c30e7b.jpg[/img]

Source: http://gistreporterngr..com.ng/2017/03/nnamdi-kanu-appears-in-court-in-jewish.html

see him face rubbish

Niice one....

And so what.........Mshwww

Shiooo...

https://www.gltrends.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/13398676_600546640112277_1782393884_n1-e1478720646985-1.jpg
After successfully gaining fame through his use of SnapChat, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, popularly known as Bobrisky has announced the coming of his reality TV show.

The famous crossdresser made this revelation on his SnapChat today, adding that the show would be hosted by Linda Ikeji’s media house.

“I am trying to finishing up [the] interior of my house, then change my car to [Then] I’m ready to hit my reality TV show,” he said. “My reality TV show will be supported by our one and only Linda Ikeji which we all know as d no 1 blogger in Nigeria.


“I can’t wait to slay you guys,” he added.”

Source: http://gistreporterngr..com.ng/2017/03/unbelievevable-bobrisky-announces-first.html

what rubbish......................

And so.

Awwwch...............

You are welcome my president .............! Long live Mr President! Long live Naija!!

Wo wo wo what a wicked world...........

The House of Representatives has mandated two of its committees on Poverty Alleviation and Finance to probe the office of the Vice-President manned by the current Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, for alleged politicization of the social intervention schemes of the Federal government.

The resolution followed the adoption of a motion moved by Rep member, Mark Gbillah, who decried the lack of involvements of all the critical stakeholders in the execution of the scheme.

While moving the motion, Hon Gbillah said that there was need to protect the interests of all Nigerian citizens regardless of party affiliation and to ensure equitable participation of all Nigerians in the social intervention schemes of the federal government.

According to him, “the federal government has completely ceded the identification and selection process for these programs to the states to be superintended by coordinators appointed by state governments without the oversight or involvement of the federal institutions who conceptualized and approved the appropriation of funds for the schemes except for the approval of payment”.

To this end, he said the ceding of these responsibilities solely to the states had allegedly resulted in the nomination of beneficiaries who were genuinely in need of this intervention.

The scheme, he said, included the N-power programme, the conditional cash transfer for eligible Nigerians, and the home grown school feeding program where local vendors would be selected to prepare required meals for about 5.5 million primary 1 to primary 3 school pupils in all the states.

The motion scaled through when it was put to vote by the Speaker, Hon Yakubu Dogara.

Source: http://gistreporterngr..com.ng/2017/03/national-assembly-to-probe-osinbajo-for.html