Lift ban on motorcycles, restrictions on tricycles, people are suffering – Prof. Ubangeji to El-Rufai
A former professor of Conflict, Peace and Strategic Studies at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Professor Moses Ubangeji has called on the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai to lift the ban on Motorcycles and the restrictions on tricycles in the state.
He said there has been a rise in cases of banditry, and criminals in the state since the ban on vehicular movement.
The state government had in October 2021, placed a ban on Motorcycles, and restricted tricycle movement to curtail the banditry activities.
However, Professor Ubangeji who is worried over rising cases of kidnapping and the continuous attack on residents of the state, since the ban, noted that the government’s ban on vehicular movement has no effect on bandits and criminals.
Professor Ubangeji while speaking to DAILY POST in Kaduna on Thursday, said that bandits have their strategies for attacking the victims, adding that the only way to reduce crime in the state, is through peace talk, as there seem to be lapses in discharging responsibility by security forces.
He further added that several people are going through silent pains, since the ban, especially those in remote villages.
“Most people in remote villages who need medical attention at the night cannot find motorcycles or tricycles to convey them, because there is a ban on their movement.
“Several innocent people in the state have died, especially those who fall sick at night, and the parents have no car. ” He said
According to him, even those who depend on these vehicles for survival, have been in pain and hunger.
Tension in Bayelsa as Gunmen K*ll Traditional Ruler, Community Development Committee Chairman.
There is palpable tension at Kalaba community in Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa state, over the killing of the paramount ruler Chief Francis Kolubo and the Community Development Committee Chairman Samuel Oburo by unknown gunmen.
The reasons behind the killing have not been made known, but was allegedly attributed to the lingering chieftaincy dispute and their stand against oil thieves in the community.
When contacted, the Bayelsa police spokesperson Asinim Butswat who confirmed the story said the police have stepped up investigation leading to the killings, while also confirming that the traditional ruler was abducted on Sunday by unknown gunmen before discovery of his dead body and that of the CDC Chairman.
Efforts according to him are on to arrest the perpetrators of the dastard act
Ekweremadu, wife arrested for bringing child to UK for organ harvesting
Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, and his wife, Beatrice, have been arrested and charged for bringing a child to the UK for organ harvesting.
Confirming the arrests in a statement, the metropolitan police said the pair were charged to court on Thursday following an investigation by the force’s specialist crime team.
The police added that the investigation was launched after detectives were alerted to potential offences under modern slavery legislation in May 2022.
“Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55 (10.9.66) of Nigeria is charged with conspiracy to arrange/facilitate travel of another person with a view to exploitation, namely organ harvesting,” the statement reads.
“Ike Ekweremadu, 60 (12.05.62) of Nigeria is charged with conspiracy to arrange/facilitate travel of another person with a view to exploitation, namely organ harvesting.
“They have both been remanded in custody and will appear at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court later today.”
Drama as human rights lawyer attends Supreme Court proceedings in traditional worshippers’ attire
There was mild drama at the Supreme Court, Abuja, on Thursday as a Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Malcom Omoirhobo caused a stir in the courtroom when he appeared in the full traditional attire of an “Olokun priest” to attend court proceedings.
The lawyer said he dressed to court in that manner to exercise his fundamental human rights following the judgment of the Supreme Court that allowed all Nigerians to express their way of worship and the use of hijab in schools and public places.
It would be recalled that the Supreme Court had on Friday given approval to female Muslim students to wear hijab to school in Lagos State.
Five out of the seven members of the court’s panel which sat on the case ruled in favour of hijab while the two remaining members dissented.
The lawyer, who arrived at the court at about 9:05 am, created a scene in the courtroom when other lawyers who had been seated were taken by surprise to see him robed in traditional attire to look like an herbalist.
The lawyer who gained entry into the court was barefooted with feathers attached to his wig.
He was also wearing a gourd on his necklace with cowries and a red wrapper tied around his waist.
He dared the police officers and security guards who approached him to go out saying that he has the right to come to the court in his traditional regalia without any harassment in line with the judgment.
The court proceedings were abruptly stopped when the presiding justice suddenly announced that they would be going for a short break.
Though it could not be immediately ascertained what was responsible for the short break.
The situation attracted a large crowd who thronged the courtroom to catch a glimpse as people were seen using their mobile phones to take his pictures.
Malcom who addressed journalists said, “I am very grateful to the Supreme Court just last week Friday they made a very resounding decision that promotes Section 38 of the constitution. That is our right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion. That we are free to express our way of worship in our schools and in our courts. That decision was reached on Friday and that has encouraged me.
“Because I am a traditionalist and this is the way I worship. Based on the decision of the Supreme Court this is how I will be dressing henceforth in court because I am a strong adherent to “Olokun” the god of rivers.”
Malcom said the implication of the judgement was that every Nigerian, including doctors, police, military students, and journalists, can now wear their mode of worship in public places.
He added that he was not against the judgement rather he was happy with the decision because it strengthened and enriched the rights of all Nigerians as stipulated in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.
‘Stop the killings’ – Sagamu residents beg cultists
Residents of Sagamu have appealed to cultists terrorising the community to stop killing one another
It was reported that many persons have been killed in the past weeks in Sagamu when rival cult groups took turns attacking one another.
Worried by the continued spate of killings in the Ogun State community, the people trooped out on Wednesday to plead with suspected cultists.
Addressing a press conference, a youth leader, Kayode Segun-Okeowo, described as disgusting, the fact that “Sagamu has become a centre field for cult-related activities and killings.”
He said many stakeholders and community leaders have come up with different ideas and ways forward to end this menace, regretting, however, that ”all efforts in the sensitization, peace and reconciliation processes have proven abortive and it seems as if there is no solution to this menace.”
He lamented that the rise in cult killings in Sagamu had reached a peak of communal shame among the comity of towns and cities in Nigeria.
“Therefore, at this mediational and conscious point, there is an absolute and compulsory need for every Sagamu son, daughter and resident to as a matter of must, rise and raise their voice against every act of cult killing in Sagamu, not minding whose ox is gored. Enough is Enough!” Segun-Okeowo said.
He lamented that the recent cult killings in Sagamu are enough to destroy and disrupt the economic potential of the ancient town.
He called on government at all levels, security agencies, Obas, Baales, community leaders, youth leaders and other stakeholders to come together towards battling the menace.
The speaker urged them to ensure a compulsory peace reconciliation between all the warring groups, stressing that this has become necessary.
He listed some of the consequences of cultism to include untimely death, loss of moral and social values, jail sentence, incomplete education, drug addiction, unrealizable life ambitions, mental illness, spiritual problems and possible loss of family members.
Tinubu, Atiku, Obi Won’t Make Good President, They Are Just Deceiving Nigerians – Pastor Giwa
Pastor Adewale Giwa of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Christ Ministry has said that none among the top three presidential candidates vying for the 2023 presidency will make a good president because they are only going there to get their share of the country’s resources.
According to the popular pastor, the constitution of the country, which is defective, will hinder anyone who has the intention to perform.
Giwa, who spoke on Wednesday, emphasised that all efforts must be geared towards restructuring the country for proper administration.
“None of the top three candidates can make a good president. They are just going there to get their share from the resources of the common people.
“What Nigeria needs is disintegration. How can you become a president on a military constitution? How do you want to perform? A lot of things are wrong unless we address them.
“I repeat none of them can make a good president. They are just deceiving Nigerians.
“I don’t know what Christians in all the political parties, particularly in APC and PDP are looking, that they allowed the muslims hijack the tickets of the party from them. They should be ashamed of themselves.
“I urged Nigerians to pray very well. We need a Christian and competent president, not a muslim president.
“We should deliberate on how to change the 1999 constitution. Any presidential candidate that fails to sign a paper showing Nigerians that when he becomes the president, he will restructure the country and change the 1999 constitution is not ready to serve the people.”
Giwa added that “Peter Obi should exercise patience. He has a long way to go. He is not a saint. How many lawmakers does Labour Party have in the National Assembly? We should not deceive ourselves. He should just align himself with somebody he thinks is competent to change the 1999 constitution and to restructure the constitution.
“If Nigerians vote a saint without restructuring the country, what we will experience will be a total failure.”
LASG CONDEMNS ILLEGAL EXCAVATION OF MAGODO WETLANDS BY ONIKOSI FAMILY
…Warns Culprits Urges To Desist From Provocative Act …Says New Scheme Is Being Created To Resolve Dispute
The Lagos State Government has condemned in strong terms the indiscriminate excavation of Magodo wetlands by the Onikosi Family, saying it portends serious danger to lives and property.
The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako, who visited the area on Monday, described the action of the Onikosi family as unwarranted, provocative and contrary to the civic gesture of the State Government, which has displayed absolute trust in the Rule of Law in the Magodo land saga.
He said: “While the Government was busy making efforts to resettle the Onikosi family in Magodo Scheme III, being created in between Scheme I and II and Omole Estate, the family decided to stoop so low by taking the law into their hands and traumatising innocent citizens with the unlawful act, which has affected the foundation of some buildings in Magodo GRA.
“It is unimaginable that any family in Lagos State, noted for her unrivalled sense of accommodation and conviviality, will go to this length to inflict pain on others despite reassurances by the Government”, Dr. Salako stated.
The Commissioner urged the Onikosi family to henceforth desist from any untoward acts such as the current ill-advised excavation in the Estate or face stiff sanctions from the Lagos State Government.
Meanwhile, Salako visited Mr. Bolaji Omotoso, a resident of Magodo Scheme II, to see the extent of damage caused to his property as a result of the excavation by the Onikosi family, commiserated with the resident and advised him to evacuate the building while proper engineering tests would be carried out to ascertain the level of damage.
Emphasising that it was no longer safe to continue occupying the building as it could cave in due to heavy rainfall, the Commissioner said that the area being excavated had been sealed to arrest the situation.
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Pic 1: Foundational damage to a property, occasioned by the excavation by Onikosi in Magodo wetlands
Pic 2: Damage to buildings due to Onikosi Excavation of Magodo wetlands.
Cyber-Fraud, Yahoo Boys to Wash Toilet for Eight Months in Osun
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the EFCC, on Monday, June 20, 2022, secured five convictions before the Federal and State High Courts in Ibadan, Oyo State and Osogbo, Osun State respectively.
Among the convicts is Amusa Abdulhakeem Oluwasegunfunmi, a final year student of Transport Planning Management at Tai Solarin University, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State who was sentenced to eight months community service for fraudulent impersonation. The others are Amusa Abdulhakeem Oluwasegunfunmi, Ajisafe Sodiq Olaide, Lawal Samuel Morenikeji, Osuolale Abdullahi Abiodun, and Olamilekan Ridwan Taofeek.
Two Boys Lure Nursing Mother to Hotel, Drug Her Yoghurt, Kill Her and Sell Her Baby for N150K
Nemesis has finally caught up with two young men as Abia State Police Command has paraded them as suspects involved in the gruesome murder of a young Lady and a nursing mother, of an 11 months old baby boy and took away the baby which they allegedly sold and got N150, 000 naira reward.
The lady, Chihurumnaya Udeh, a native of Edda, Ebonyi State but resident at No. 125 Umunkama Road by St. Dominic Ngwa Road, Aba had her life cut down by the two young boys after luring her to a hotel in Ogbor Hill area of the commercial nerve centre of Abia state
Addressing newsmen on Monday in her office at the Police Command Headquarters, Umuahia, the Abia Commissioner of Police, CP Janet Agbede, said the incident occurred at Merry Home Hotels, Aba on April 15, 2022.
According to her, she said on the said day, two suspects Chimaobi Anyim Kalu 25, of No. 44 Nwogu Street Ngwa Road Aba, and David Ogwo Orji 21, resident at Umukanma Roundabout, Ngwa Road, connived and killed Chihurumnaya Udeh while her baby boy of about 11 months was taking away by the suspects.
CP Agbede, revealed that on discovering the misnomer, the proprietor of Merry Home Hotels, Ogbor Hill, Aba, Felix Abengowe, reported to the Police that the corpse of an unidentified female with a sharp cut on her neck was found in one of the hotel rooms, a report that madet the Police swing into action.
On arrival at the scene of the heinous crime, it was discovered that the suspects escaped with the deceased’s baby boy after murdering the mother.
Further police investigations revealed the victim’s name, address as well as the name of the victim’s stolen son “Chimereobioma Silver” aged eleven months, CP Janet Agbede added.
The Commissioner of Police said the suspects were arrested between May 15th and 16th, 2022 upon credible information and upon their arrest, it was discovered that both suspects are motorcycle riders, popularity called “Okada” and both hails from Ugwueke in Bende LGA of Abia State.
She revealed that in their confessional statements, the suspects admitted to administering drug which was a mixture of yoghurt , which was spiked with 8 tablets of piriton tablets on their victim. After taking the yoghurt, she became dizzy, unconscious and slept off, before stabbing her on the neck with broken glass cup which led to instant death as they equally confessed to selling the baby for the Sum of one hundred and fifty thousand naira (N150, 000) only, which was shared equally by both suspects
The CP, Abia state Command equally told newsmen that plans are underway to arrest other fleeing suspects, a man and a lady, that could lead to the recovering of the 11 months Chimereobioma Silver who was purportedly sold .
Exhibits found with them included broken glass cup, black material soaked with oil paint and CCTV footage in a flash drive.
The Abia state Commissioner for Police, Janet Agbede used the opportunity to harp on the need for security consciousness around hotels, schools, churches, residential areas, business premises, recreation centers as well as when driving or on transit.
In their confessional statements to newsmen, Chimaobi Anyim Kalu Nwogu and David Ogwo Orji, acceded to killing Chihurumnaya Udeh while also admitting to selling her baby for the sum of N150, 000.
Interacting with newsmen shortly, the parents’ of the deceased, Mr and Mrs John Udeh from Edda in Ebonyi State who could not hold their tears, called for justice to be meted to the suspects.
In his reaction, the Director of Merry Homes Hotel, Mr. Felix Abengowe, regretted the sad incident at the hotel, which he described as the first shocking experience of the establishment and thanked the Abia state Government and Abia state police command for their proactive response that led to the arrests of the suspects.
He said the security measures put in place at the hotel assisted in the arrest of the wicked and heartless suspects.
Mr. Abengowe dismissed as unfounded and malicious falsehood, the story published by a conventional newspaper, allegging that the hotel was a ” Den of Criminals” and assured that the hotel has engaged a Legal team to challenge the newspaper house.
He consoled the family of Late Ms Chihurumnanya Udeh for the sad loss of their daughter and stolen grandson and urged the Abia state police command to make sure that justice is served and insist that the wicked murders should not go unpunished by the long arms of the law.
Take Portable To Drug Rehabilitation Centre, Okowa’s Aide Advises
Ossai Success, an aide to Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has stated that fast-rising singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, should be taken to an alcohol and drug rehabilitation centre.
This is a reaction to a viral video clip on social media, where the singer was alleged to have organised some youths to beat up a young man.
In the video, the Zazzu crooner was seen asking some youths to beat up a man, whom he accused of messaging his wife.
Reacting to the video, the Special Assistant on Media to the Governor took to his Twitter page to call for the singer’s rehabilitation.
Ossai tweeted, “Take Portable to alcohol and drug rehabilitation centre. As a young boy, I love Zazu singer Portable zeal of defeating poverty, but the truth must be told. There are a lot of misbehaviors in him that are associated with too much alcohol and drugs.
“This young boy needs to be taken care of before he gets himself damaged, all in the name of fame. Someone close to him should as a matter of urgency take portable to alcohol and drug rehabilitation centre.
“Don’t say his character is what is giving him fame because this is how some persons started having kidney problems or musical career started dying while people were busy hailing them .
“I need him to be more better in doing his things and that is why I am so concerned about his well-being. He needs urgent attention. My name is Ossai Ovie Success. “S
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