Man Rapes girl

A 23-year-old man, Joseph Sarumi, has been arraigned before the Igbosere Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, for allegedly raping and defrauding one Fatimah.

The incident occurred on the Lagos Island area of the state.

It was not certain what relationship existed between the defendant and the victim, but the police said Sarumi raped Fatimah and defrauded her of N25, 000, and a BlackBerry Torch phone, at Silverland Hotel in Adeniji Adele area of the state.

He was also said to have collected N50, 000 from another victim, one Okikiola Elegbela.

Sarumi was arraigned on  three counts of rape and stealing.

The charges read in part, “That  you, Joseph Sarumi, on the 3rd day of September, 2013 at about 8pm, at an hotel on Glover Street, in Lagos Island in the Lagos Magisterial District did rape one Fatimah.

“That you, Joseph Sarumi, on the 2nd day of September, 2013 at Silverland Hotel along Adeniji Adele in Lagos Island in the Lagos Magisterial District did obtain the sum of N50,000 from one Okikiola Elegbela, and N25,000 from one Fatimah Isah.”

The prosecutor, Edet Akadu, said the offences were punishable under Sections 258, 312, and 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.

The defendant pleaded not guilty.

His defence counsel pleaded for his bail in liberal terms.

The magistrate, Mrs J. Ugbomoiko, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties each in like sum.

The matter was adjourned till October 3, 2013.

BOY FRIEND DUPES GIRL FRIEND

Forty two-year-old Akeem Daodu has been arraigned before an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court for allegedly defrauding his girlfriend, Oguniyi Omofela, of N1.8m.

The incident was said to have occurred at Onipanu area of Lagos.

Daodu had allegedly informed Omofela that he needed the money to enable him execute a contract with telecommunication company, MTN.

The police said he promised that he would return the money with interest.

It was later discovered he had lied and had nothing to do with the telecommunication company.

The charges read in part,

 “That you, Akeem Adeseye Daodu, and others still at large, between the months of March and June 2012, at Onipanu, Lagos in the Lagos Magisterial District, did obtain the sum of N1,799,000 from one Ogunniyi Omofela, under the false pretense that you will use the money to invest in a contract of installation of MTN mast and will return the money to her with interest from the profit you made from the contract, a representation you know to be false.”

The defendant pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

The magistrate,Mrs M.O Tanimola granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties each in like sum.

The matter was adjourned till October 14.

DELTA STATE SUSPECTED KIDNAP KINGPIN GIVE GOVERNMENT 60DAYS ULTIMATUM

Delta State’s most wanted criminal suspect came out of hiding yesterday to issue the government a 60-day ultimatum on infrastructure in his community.
Kelvin Ibruvwe, a suspected kidnap kingpin, led a group of masked boys who wore military camouflage and carried assault rifles. They addressed residents of Kokori in Ethiope East Local Government.
The leader of the Liberation Movement for the Urhobo People (LIMUP) said they would shut down all oil wells in Urhobo communities if at the end of the 60 days the federal government does not grant their request.
Ibruvwe, who confirmed that he has since been declared wanted by security agents for allegedly masterminding high profile kidnappings in Delta State, said his actions were to draw the government’s attention to the poverty level and neglect of the Kokori community, which according to him produces the best oil in the country.
He said: “We are giving this ultimatum because the cheating is too much, the federal and state governments had neglect us for so long and now we want them to hear us because for over 50 years now, they have been drilling oil from our community which is the second best oil in this country, yet we have nothing to show for it.
“There is hunger everywhere; graduates have no jobs. So we want the government to listen to us and that is why we are giving them 60 days ultimatum to listen to us or else we will shut down all the well heads in the area. If they like, they should bring soldiers. When we want to strike, no amount of security can stop us because we are not alone, and there are top people in this country and in foreign land backing us.
“The reason why they have been hearing of the name Kelvin is because of what I just told you now. The government must listen to us. Boko Haram will be destroying the Northern part of the country while we will be destroying the Southsouth. We will destroy all the well heads in Urhobo kingdom.
“After the expiration of the 60 days ultimatum, the federal government will know that we don’t make empty threats, but that we are capable of doing something but we are guaranteeing them that within the next 60 days there will be peace, but if they think we cannot do anything, then they will hear from us after the expiration of the 60 days ultimatum.”
The group was surrounded by women and children – in a village square setting.
Ibruvwe went on: “As you can see our mothers, sister and brothers, we are all suffering in this community. For a very long time now, they have been looking for Kelvin, that he is a kidnapper. I am the Kelvin, I am like two million Kelvins. I am not a kidnapper.
“We are drawing the attention of the federal and state governments and we believe now that we have drawn the attention of the federal and state governments, but if the government thinks that the existing peace in the state is because of the security, we will let them know we are relaxing for a while to see what they can do.”
“When the Ijaws and Itsekiris where agitating with arms, we the Urhobo youths chose to be peaceful, but what did we get? We are rather left out completely in the amnesty programme. Is it not the same oil that the Ijaws and Itsekiris produce that is also produced in Kokori, which has the second best oil in Nigeria? So what is our crime?”
A resident of the community who spoke on behalf of the youths, Ms. Favour Sokodi, said: “We are here today because Kokori is suffering. There are no jobs for the youths, graduates whom their parents borrowed money to see through their tertiary education roam the streets with nothing to do and businesses have been very slow for our market women because there is no flow of income.
“What we want the government to do is to build schools, hospitals, banks and cottage industries that can employ the men and teeming youths of the community.”
An indigene of the community, Chief Saroke Edah who spoke on behalf of women, said: “We thank God for using our son, Kelvin, to fight for our course. He is not a criminal, as the government of Delta State wants the world to believe. He and his group are fighting for what is just, equitable and legitimate. Therefore, he should not be given a bad name.
“If the government had provided jobs for these youths and our husbands, would they take up arms to ask for what rightly belongs to them? Where the oil is found in Kokori, the land belongs to Kelvin’s grandfather and yet the family has nothing to show for over 50 years of oil exploration. Is this not injustice?”
But Delta Police spokesman Lucky Uyabeme said: “To believe such a thing is difficult that a man declared wanted is in the community. I cannot make any comments on that until it is confirmed. I am trying to get in touch with the DPO of the area, I cannot make any statement until I confirm from my men on ground.

Cultist on motion Re arrested for Murder

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested another suspected  notorious cult member who has been linked to   numerous murders in Mushin area of the state.
According to Police authorities, the suspect, Sodiq Shittu, who is believed to be a member of Black Axe Confraternity popularly called AYE, was arrested on Friday on Lawani Street.It was  learnt that the suspect, who had been on the police wanted list for some time, had been arrestedand arraigned in  court and had been remanded at the Ikoyi Prison sometime last year. However, the suspect was said to have been released from prison custody under controversial circumstances without the knowledge of the police.The suspect reappeared on police radar after he was suspected  of killing someone at Empire area of Jibowu, which is believed to be a stronghold of Eiye members.It was  said that after the alleged murder, policemen attached to the Alakara Police Division, spotted the suspect and arrested him. “Around 9pm on September 13, 2013, a team of policemen attached to Alakara Division, arrested Sodiq Shittu. The suspect is a key member of Black Axe Confraternity and is alleged to have led a team of cult members including one Ashanti, Tunde and Taju aka Orji, to a shootout and killed a rival cultist belonging to Eye Confraternity at Empire area of Surulere.
“After the attack, the suspect was said to have fled to Ikeja to avoid arrest but the police remained on his trail. He was finally arrested on Lawani Street. The suspect has been linked with numerous murders in Mushin area of the state as well as Surulere.”A source at zone D area Command said the police were carrying out investigations to ascertain how he was released from prison.
“Last year he was charged to court for murder but last month he mysteriously regained his freedom. Investigations will reveal this in due course,” she said.
Meanwhile, Police sources said that the ease at which remanded murder suspects were being released without due process was becoming worrisome.
A police source said the problem was both troubling for witnesses and policemen.
“The rate at which these criminals are being released from prison is becoming alarming and if it is not curbed, witnesses will not be coming forward anymore. Imagine writing a statement against a killer and the killer is released! What do you think would be the fate of witnesses?
“The judiciary needs to checkmate this if not, the war on cultism will not be won.”
From a reliable source ,there is a kingpin of the hoodlums who lives at Ereko street facilitating the release of the cultist."The kingpin himself was arrested sometime last month and guns and ammunition found in his house but to the chargrin and surprise of even Policemen he was released based on other from above" said the source who does not want his name in prints.
People also believes in the involvement of a high ranking Police Officer and some Lagos State Politicians who have been protecting the cultist.

Serial murderer and Cultist Arrested by the Police

The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended a 32-year-old man, Adigun Muda, in connection with some  murders in the Mushin and Fadeyi areas of the state.

Livingstone.Com learnt that the suspect a stammerer  was arrested at South Africa Visa Application centre on Billingsway, Ikeja.

According to police authorities, the suspect, who is also an alleged leader of Black Axe cult popularly known as AYE, has been linked to the killings of over 10 youths between 2010 and 2013.

The police added that the suspect had  in the past, been declared wanted by the police, charged for murder thrice and was remanded at Ikoyi Prison for over a year.

According to police sources, each time Adigun is charged with murder at a magistrate’s court, the suspect, with the help of some influential members of his community, was able to obtain a motion for bail application and  released under controversial circumstances.

It was learnt that after his release, the suspect allegedly went after those who had collaborated with the police to arrest him.The suspect according to the police is a cold blooded murderer who does not flinch .

The suspect was said to have killed more youths in the area and was declared wanted again by the police. All attempts to arrest him had proved abortive.

However, it was learnt that a team of policemen attached to Area D Command, Mushin, remained on Muda’s trail.

It was learnt that the resilience paid off last Thursday when the policemen, led by the Area Commander, ACP Omololu Bishi, arrested him at the visa application centre with travel documents.

A police source said, “Around 2pm on that day, a team of policemen on patrol duty, rushed to the scene and arrested the suspect.

“We found forged documents on him including a fake identity card portraying the suspect as a supervisor with the Lagos State Waste Management Agency.

“Upon interrogation, he confessed that he was a member of Black Axe Confraternity, and had killed many people. He mentioned other members of his gang and we will continue to make more arrests. We have transferred him to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba.”

Policemen attached to the Homicide Department at the SCID told Livingstone.com that investigations were on to unravel the mystery behind Muda’s previous releases.

A police detective said, “We did our job and charged this guy (Muda) to court. We have arrested and charged him three times but he continues to find his way out of prison. This frustrates our job and we want the government to look into this.”

Muda’s arrest ignited celebrations in Mushin as youths narrated some of their experiences in the hands of the suspect.

A victim, Toheeb Sodiq, who spoke to our correspondent from the hospital bed, said he was shot three times by the suspect.

He said, “On August 4, 2013, I was at the entrance of Lawani Street when four armed men led by Muda, started shooting at me and left me for dead. They shot me three times. Muda and his gang members have been terrorising us for a long time. This is indeed an achievement for the police.”

Police sources told our correspondent that Muda was the one who led thugs to wreak havoc at a naming ceremony on Alhaji Lasisi Street.

Livingstone.com  had reported on May 20, 2013, that at the naming ceremony on Alhaji Ota Street, the suspect and his gang members shot one Yinka and later killed three others in an attack that lasted for three days.

Meanwhile, it was learnt that policemen had beefed up security in Mushin as Muda’s gang members were said to have threatened to carry out reprisals for his arrest.

Meanwhile rumour going round the Town says his sponsors has vowed to get him released at all cost.His mentor was said to have been arrested by Men of the Lagos State SARS some few weeks back but was released based on order from above.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, confirmed Muda’s arrest to our correspondent on the telephone.

“The suspect has been transferred to the SCID. Investigations will reveal all his crimes,” she said.

In a new twist a woman who claims to be the mother of Muda and a man who also claim to be the brother have been going round media houses claiming Adigun was not a bad boy though he had actually gone to jail thrice but some people believe this to be the usual gimmick employed by Adigun sponsors to rent a mother and some other people whom often claim to be family members.

Maidan Community:A forgotten Land

The acronym, Centre of Excellence, might be associated with Lagos State government, but inhabitants of Maidan, a riverine community in the state would definitely kick at the mention of it.
It is not in doubt that the present administration in the state has committed enormous resources to make Lagos a truly mega city, yet inhabitants of Maidan believe that that appellation is better kept in the cooler
Maidan community is located within the precinct of Isheri-Ikosi Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, and with an estimated five thousand inhabitants. The community is less than five minutes drive from the ever-busy Mile 12 market. Accessing Maidan village through the market via Oniyanrin Street was a smooth drive until the end of the street.
The road from Mile 12 to the end of Oniyanrin Street was well tarred and quite motor able, but just as the visitor descends from the vehicle to enter into Maidan, life becomes very unbearable and not worth living.
Livingstone.Com learn t that the General Buba Marwa administration in the state had planned a bridge to link the community with the rest of the state, but that dream was short-lived with the advent of democracy in 1999. Since then, it has been tales of woes for residents of the community. The motor bridge that administration reportedly embarked upon at the eve of its departure was turned into a pedestrian bridge which was reportedly completed by the people of the community when the pedestrian bridge was allegedly abandoned.
For residents of the community, life has been very unfair to them as there are no noticeable government-owned schools or health facilities. Government pipe-borne water is completely alien to the people, while inhabitant, though like most Nigerians, provided their own electricity. Needless to mention that there is no basic recreational facility in the community.
Hundreds of children of the community braved the odds to attend schools in Mile 12 and Ketu areas of the state, which could be quite risky during rainy period, as the community is always nearly submerged by floods. Sometimes during the rains, these children make the journey to their respective schools on canoes, and it is the same with officer workers and market women from the community. Put succinctly, Maidan village is completely cut off from the rest of the world.
Chief Mukalia Runsewe is the Asiwaju of Maidanland. In a telephone chat, Chief Runsewe lamented the living conditions in Maidan. Claiming that the community usually participate actively in the installation of successive governments in the state, the community leader maintained that there two polling booths in the community which were usually filled to the brim during elections. He, therefore, called on Governor Babatunde Fashola to come to the rescue of the people of the community so that they could be connected to the world.
But a resident of the community, identified as Oloyede Binuoku was more furious with the neglect of the community by successive government s in the state. According to Binuoku, “When people from other places ask us where we stay, we tend to tell them that we live in Lagos. The truth is that we are within Lagos but we are not really staying in Lagos. This is because our own Lagos is different from their Lagos. Apart from this, living in the community is just like living 30 years behind modernization. The closest place to our community is Oniyanrin. When you are at Oniyanrin, you will see that the street there is well tarred with paving stones and is also illuminated with street lights. But surprisingly, the tarred road stopped at the end of Oniyanrin once you are approaching Maidan,” Binuoku said.
Another resident, Olawale Thompson, claimed that apart from the Oniyanrin road, no other one connecting the community to the rest of Lagos, except a footpath leading to Owode Onirin. According to Thompson, “It was the Buba Marwa administration that made attempt to build the pedestrian bridge for us when he was the state military administrator. But unfortunately, after he left, the bridge was abandoned and a footbridge built instead. When you look at it very well to the foot of the bridge, it was not completed and it was the effort of the community that the bridge was built to connect the community,” he said.
Thompson further claimed that the footpath leading to Owode Onirin is “permanently rendered impassable during the raining season for both vehicle owners and pedestrians. In short the community is totally disconnected from the outside world,” he said.
In the same vein, Tolani Ajisegiri, an elder in the community, while speaking said, “Can you imagine there is no single government hospital or health centre in Maidan? No primary or secondary schools primary and even electricity.”
Efforts to speak with Chairman of Isheri-Ikosi Local Council Development Area was futile, but a source in the local council claimed that the chairman places the interest of the community at heart and has been working to ensure that government presence is felt in the community.
The source who declined to be mentioned, says, “The complaints of some people is unnecessary. The reason is because the chairman and his management team have been working hard to ensure that Maidan got a major facelift and that he is ready to achieve. But these things don not in one day; it takes some time but we will get there,” the source said.

Police Arrest Three over the Death of two Youths in the Bariga Area

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Three young men  32years old Olamilekan Shokunbi, 20years old,Shakiru Oloyede and 32years old Jacob Sunday have been  arrested by the Men of the Police force and are presently undergoing interrogation at the State Criminal Investigation Department(SCID),  Panti in connection with  the gruesome killing of  two people and injuring of two others Samuel omeh and Micheal who are still recuperating at the Lagos State Teaching Hospital ,LUTH ,Idi Araba
The incident which happened around 3.15A.M  on the 5th of August at 16 ,Ebunoluwa Street in the Sun gas area of Bariga, Lagos State.
This incident brought panic and fear into the lives of the residents of the area when some hoodlums believe to be cultist stormed the house where one of the suspects Shakiru reside and killed two of his friends injuring two others and left Shakiru untouched ,this has brought a lot of controversy over how he escaped  without injury
According to an eye witness account ,the five Boys Shakiru Oloyede a furniture maker ,owns the room where four of his friends where squatting with him. Malik and Wale now deceased. while Micheal and Samuel injured and still undergoing treatment at the Hospital.
''he said it was a reprisal attack as the boys have a foreknowledge of the attack .The boys were all sitting outside until 12midnight expecting the attackers but unfortunately the attackers did not turn up as at that time.''
Furthermore ,''they went in to sleep but some of the residents who were still awake saw Shakiru making a call outside and they overheard him telling the receiver to come over  but nobody understood him.Later around around some few minutes after three A.M in the wee hours of the morning some Cult boys believed to be members of the dreaded Eye Confraternity stormed the house and shot  Malik and Wale  who tried to escape after inflicting serious machete cuts on them, but Micheal  and Samuel who were also shot  survived while Shakiru was not touched.''
Speaking  with  one of the suspects arrested,Olamilekan , a bricklayer and  father of three from Obada, Ogun State said,''I stay in the same Compound with the boys but my apartment is at the back building where i stay with my family.On this fateful day in the midnight ,i heard a gunshot and people shouting where is your money ,where is your money.Myself and my wife woke up and before you know it ,i heard another gunshot that was when i moved my wife and children to the back of the house where Sunday met us.After about 30 minutes,i heard Shakiru shouting for help and Sunday said we should go and see what was going on.When we got there we saw Shakiru's two friends shot dead and two seriously injured .We then helped to take the two survivors to the nearest remedy Remedy Hospital at Sungas but they were rejected.We had to call in the Police from Pedro and Bariga to assist us in taking the injured to the Government owned hospital. I was then asked to come to the Station at C.M.s Bariga to write a statement where i was subsequently detained and later transfer to the SCID ,Panti''
Speaking with Shakiru,he said  ''the Boys about five in number ,armed with guns and cutlasses pointed their torch light on our  faces and shouted where is the money,one of us ,Malik was shot twice,and  when Wale tried  to escape they also shot him outside the room and inflicted serious cutlas wound on Micheal  and Samuel who tried to challenge them.;
On how he manage to escape unhurt,he said, ''I was only lying on the floor close to Wale ,I do not know anything''
One of the suspects  Sunday ,a printer from ,From Ibadan in Oyo State also narrated his ordeal.According to him,when he heard the gunshot ,he ran to the back of the building where he found Olamilekan and his family hiding.he hid himself beside the dustbin but came out thirty minutes later to assist Shakiru who was shouting for help. According to him, ''I do not know anything about this issue, i only assisted the injured boys but i was told at the Stationthat one of the deceased was asked not to sleep in the house to avoid the attack,I am not their friend,i go about my work ,people in the neighborhood can attest to this ,i have never been bad I am innocent'
 when i  visited one of the injured boys who is responding to treatment at the hospital ,Micheal,he said it was actually a reprisal attack and they had knowledge of the attack but he felt it was non of his business, he decided to stay behind,according to him there was a Ramadan Lecture at Oworonsoki on the 3rd of August 2013 where some boys from Bariga and Oworonsoki clashed and disrupted the Lecture.
Furthermore,on the 5th of August,there was a rumour that Some boys from Oworonsoki believed to be cult boys are staging a reprisal attack that night. On entering the house, Samuel challenge them and they shot him ,he fell to the floor and pretended to have died,,he was badly inflicted with cutlass wounds.
Meanwhile the three boys are still cooling their feet at the SCID ,Panti while Iinterrogation contin

Nigerian Al Qaeda Member To Be Extradited To the US

A Nigerian suspect, Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi, is expected to face trial in the United States for allegedly supporting a designated foreign terrorist organisation, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
The 33-year old suspect was allegedly given about $9,000 by AQAP leadership to recruit other English speakers from Nigeria to join the terrorist group.
Charges were preferred against Babafemi yesterday by the U.S Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Loretta E. Lynch; the Acting Assistant Attorney-General, National Security Division, John Carlin and the Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), New York Field Office, George Venizelos.
A statement by the Information Office, Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, said Babafemi is also known as “Abdullah” and “Ayatollah Mustapha”.
The embassy said the suspect would soon be extradited from Nigeria to the U.S for trial.
The statement said: “An indictment was unsealed yesterday in the Federal Court in Brooklyn, New York, charging a Nigerian citizen with providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organisation, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (“AQAP”), and using high-powered firearms in furtherance of that crime.
“The United States is currently seeking the extradition of the defendant, Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi, also known as “Abdullah” and “Ayatollah Mustapha,” from Nigeria.
“At the request of the United States, the Nigerian government thereafter commenced extradition proceedings against the defendant in July 2013.
“The charges were announced by E. Lynch, Carlin, and Venizelos.
“United States Attorney Lynch acknowledged the continued cooperation and assistance of the government of Nigeria in terrorism matters affecting both nations.
“According to court documents, between approximately January 2010 and August 2011, the defendant travelled twice from Nigeria to Yemen to meet and train with leaders of AQAP, the Yemen-based branch of al-Qaeda.
“Babafemi assisted in AQAP’s English language media operations, which include the publication of the magazine, Inspire.
“At the direction of the now-deceased senior AQAP commander Anwar al-Aulaqi, Babafemi was provided by AQAP leadership with the equivalent of almost $9,000 in cash to recruit other English-Speakers from Nigeria to join that group.
“While in Yemen, Babafemi also received weapons training from AQAP.”

KIDNAPPER ALMOST LYNCHED

This woman was was almost lynched after tghe beating of her life he got from some angry residents in somolu area today at about 5,30p.m .Axccording to some residents ,the woman who claimed to be mad and dresses like a mad woman is always seeing parabukating the nooks and crannies of somolu but relocates to God knows where latwer in the night.THey suspect she has been behind the series of child kidnap for ritual purpose.It was a resident who saw her that exposed her as been normal but only pretends to be mad to commit her attrocities,the man claimed she was caught stealing a young girl in one of the areas in Mushin sometimes ago and almost killed

Last week the Police at Alade also arrested hert and found a black berry phone with her but allowed her to go but disd not released the phone to her.

When she was accosted by some residents this evening the who who had always pretended to be mad begged the people not to snap her pictture nor film her as she promisedthem not to ever come into somolu again.She was rational in hwer thinkings and thoughts.She was beaten from the market street junction og Balogun down to the ikorodu expressway ,they found with her money of different denominations ,hidden in her private parts.when they got to the Onipan Police Station the police seems not to be concerned and only looked the other way round.traffick was held to a stand still at the ikorodu expressway while the woman was asked to cross to the mushin end and told never to come to somolu again

Security Man Killed by unknown Gunmen

died inside this vehicle on his way to the hospital

Ahmed

Ahmed  Lawal , a trained IT Technician who also doubles as a security man was this morning shot by six hoodlums  at Banji Lawal Street in the Bariga Area of  Lagos State.The killers  are suspected to be armed Robbers terrorizing the Bariga Area of the State.

Ahmed Lawal according to an eye witness Segun Olawaiye ,a co security man attached to the same Street '',We had just closed for the day and was leaving for our different homes when all of a sudden we saw six boys marching towards our direction.It was as if they noticed we were the security men , one of them brought out a gun and shot at us with the gun hitting Ahmed,People in the vicinity had to run for cover as it was just 5.30a.m,they shot several rounds and escaped.I later called for help.When our Supervisors came we took Ahmed to the General Hospital Gbagada,he was bleading profusely through the head and other places the gun hit him.Unfortunately the Hospitals refused to accept him because they were on strike.We took him to the General Hospital Somolu and before we could get to Luth he gave up the ghost.Because he was brought in dead the hospital too rejected him.''

Ahmed Lawal ,30year old native of Imodi Imosan in Ogun State according to a Police source at the Bariga Police Station was a member of the OPC He was employed as a night Guard by the residents of Banji Lawal .

He resides at 13 Onasanya Street off Buraimoh Alli Street Bariga ,Lagos State.He is not yet Married

his remains has been taking to his home Town Imodi Mosan For burial.

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SECURITY GUARD SHOT BY CULTIST

Toba Joel

Toib Sodiq

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For daring to severe his relationship with his former boss and  question frivolous spending of proceeds from their ‘work,’ a security man is currently recovering at an undisclosed hospital in Lagos after being shot and several bullets extracted from his legs and thighs.
Toib Alamu used to collect tolls from shop owners and other traders for a former unit chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) identified simply as Toba Joel. When the going was good between master and subject, Alamu was Toba’s most trusted and reliable collector of tolls in an area spanning dozens of streets and,shops and bussinesses  around Jibowu, Mushin and Fadeyi areas of Lagos State. However, somewhere along the line, Alamu, 32, reportedly fell out with his boss and had to take to working as a security man.According to Alamu working with Toba was like monkey de work Baboon de Chop
It is reported that now as a security guard, part of Alamu’s briefs was to guard dozens of commercial buses parked on a particular stretch of road Because of his new job, a clash was imminent between him and his former boss as the latter was the one said to be in control of the collection of the parking lot tolls before that time.Further more Toba had also lost out in his supremacy battle with other youths in Mushin wehich has affected his sources of income especially in the Awolowo Market Mushin where he once hold sway as the defacto security man.
Odd as his job appears, Alamu is also a devout and practising Muslim. On series of occasions in the past, Alamu had allegedly been attacked by agents of his former boss.
No matter the seeming atrocities committed in the course of his duties, Alamu was always quick to seek the face of his Creator. Quite unlike his peers, Alamu even always observed the whole 30 days of Ramadan (the Muslim fasting period).
But unfortunately, it was during the last Muslim fasting period that Alamu’s perceived enemies chose to strike him rendering him almost crippled now. On Saturday, 13 July, 2013, around 8:50p.m, Alamu was outside the Ansarudeen mosque at Lawani area of Jibowu discussing with one of the elders of the mosque. As a matter of fact, Alamu was said to have been saddled with the task of delivering the Tafsir (sermon) the next day and was seeking knowledge from the cleric.
But while he was in discussion with the cleric, a green Toyota Camry car reportedly moved towards where Alamu sat with the elderly cleric. Since he was not stranger to atrocities of cultists and notorious groups, having worked closely with many of them in the past, Alamu sensed danger lurked around.
So, he reportedly got up to see where the suspecting car was heading to. Alamu later said he identified one Dauda Adigun, said to be a protégé of his former boss with whom he had been at daggers-drawn. Speaking with LIVINGSTONE.COM, Alamu claimed he immediately recognized Adigun in the car. He continued: “When I saw Dauda inside the car, I immediately knew they came for me.
So I dashed towards the driver of the car and that was when I saw all of them. They were six in number including the driver all wearing black T-shirts. As I tried to grab the steering from the driver, Dauda brought out a gun shot me in the thighs and legs.” Alamu reportedly fell, but the mob that had gathered prevented the assailants from finishing off their ‘job’.
They reportedly sped off in the car leaving a profusely bleeding Alamu on the asphalt. He was eventually rushed to a nearby hospital where he was reportedly given first aid before he was referred to another hospital. In the meantime, the alleged mastermind of the attack, Toba, was reportedly arrested by security operatives last week but was later freed because of what some called “order from above.”
Alamu recounted further: “After the gunshots and blood was gushing out of my legs and thighs, I heard one of the occupants in the car saying ‘Dauda why did you come out of the vehicle before you shoot? You know people in the area know you well. Oga did not say you should come down from the car.’” A resident of the area identified as Alhaji Baba Dele confirmed the attack to LIVINGSTONE.COM. According to Baba Dele, “We all left the mosque together but Toib stayed behind to see one of the leaders there.
Though my house was just 10 blocks away from the mosque, I had not stepped into my compound when I heard gunshots. After coming out of hiding and I headed back to where the sounds came from, it was Toib I saw on the ground in the pool of his own blood.”
Prior to this incident Toib had reportedly sent a petition to the Inspector General of Police via an email about the threat to his life by Toba Joel and one inspector Banjoko attached to the FEDSARS Adeniji Lagos
An inspector at Alakara Police Station told LIVINGSTONE.COM that Toib and the gang that attacked him had been locked in a fierce battle for the ownership of motor park which had cost a lot of lives in the area. A police source at SARS also confirmed Toba’s arrest but declined to comment on his sudden release.

HOW PASTOR IRETIOLA AJANAKU WAS BURIED IN GBONGAN ,OSUN STATE

The Late Spiritual Father Of Tope Alabi Pastor Ireti Ajanaku who died sometime last week was said to have been buried in the traditional way by the Oro Cult in Gbongan ,Osun State.According to a source

Prophet Ajanaku was An Oro Cult  Member; his burial  rites  was  Performed By Oro Traditional Worshipers In Gbongan, Osun State.

 In a false attempt to keep his memory alive, some members of the  late Prophet Ajanaku‘s church
claimed  he woke up from the dead  as mortuary attendants were preparing  his corpse ready for burial. 

According to the  rumor making round, Pastor Ajanaku allegedly woke up and shouted “Thank you Jesus ” before relapsing into another spiritual slumber. The members also claimrd  his wife, Joy Ajanaku has been claiming daddy is not dead but has gone on spiritual  journey with the saint triumphants.

According to sources from Gbogban (the hometown of late Ajanaku), in his lifetime, the founder of Christ Revival Victory Chapel International in Lagos, Pastor Iretiola Ajanaku who was a muslim before converting toChristianity.He was also said to be a member   of the popular Oro cult. 

 Some  residents of Ikola Odunsi, in the Ipaja Area of Lagos State where  Prophet Ajanaku lived before his untimely death on Saturday evening where at Gbongan for his burial where surprised  when Oro Adherents and Priest  Conducted  his burial rites. His funeral rites that started around 12:30am in the morningon Tuesday August 20, 2013 didn’t end until 4am. 

The residents claim the oro  worshipers chanted Ajanaku’s name throughout the nooks and crannies of Gbongan  town. They  Oro members stated the funeral rites from his residence and ended the rites at Folarin Williams Close.. The oro traditionalists chanted ““Ajanaku lo, o di gbere odarin na ko .otun doju ala” meaning “Ajanaku is gone forever, adieu”. This development has led to confusion among his faithful church members as some have vowed never to step into Christ Revival Victory chapel International again. This is unbeliavable said some of the confused members,they never knew the man they have come to trust as their spiritual head had all along lived a dual life.it is so sad.

A Community Lost and Forgotten

The foot bridge leading to Maidan Community

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They are literally a hungry, naked , hapless and hopeless people.  Theirs is not an inspiring story; it is rather a piece of doleful tale.  Their experience, to put it mildly, is not like a cup of honey that sweetens the tongue, but it is more like bile, so distasteful. What a life!  Even a toddler, without recourse to exaggeration, will tell you that the government is the cause of their seeming sleepless nights.
To some people, Lagos is the next place to heaven in Nigeria; and to some others, it is the only place to be in Nigeria.  And to the government of the day, Lagos is working; a state that stands out as the envy of all other states combined.
But to the residents of Maidan community, their Lagos is ‘dead’.
Located within the Isheri ikosi lcda of Lagos State, Maidan community has a population of over five thousand people of different professions and occupations.
A visitor to Maidan community can navigate through the Mile 12 axis, passing through Oniyanrin Street. But a more spectacular fact is that, despite being located in Lagos State, which prides herself as the most populous, most sophisticated and most developed state in Nigeria, this community lacks the simplest of all basic social amenities.
For Chief Mukaila Runsewe, a resident and Asiwaju of Maidan  Community, living in the community is like living 30 years back. He claimed that the community had not had any trace of modernization.
With palpable anger, he said,“When people from other places ask us where we stay, we tend to tell them that we live in Lagos. But the truth is that we stay in Lagos and we are not really staying in Lagos. This is because our own Lagos is different from the real Lagos. Apart from this, living in the community is just like living 30 years behind modernisation.
“We are a totally forgotten people. We have no electricity supply, potable water, health care centre, hospital and even modern primary or secondary schools. We live as if we are in a remote village, but in actual fact, we live in Lagos State.
“The closest place to our community is Oniyanrin and when you see Oniyanrin, you will see that the road leading to oniyanrin is well tarred with paving stones and also illuminated with street lights. But incredulously, the tarred road stopped at the end of Oniyanrin.Can you believe we have a councillor representing us at LCDA?But he has never represented us ,he represents his pocket alone.”
Speaking further with LIVINGSTONE.COM, another resident, Mr. Wale Thompson, claimed that it was the regime of Buba Marwa that made attempts to link them with the outside world, with the intention of constructing a pedestrian bridge
According to him, “It was the Buba Marwa administration that made attempt to build the pedestrian bridge for us when he was the state military administrator and his lofty intention was to link us with the outside world. But unfortunately, after he left, the bridge was abandoned and a footbridge built instead. When you look at it very well, at the foot, the bridge was not completed and it was the effort of the community that the bridge was built to connect the community.”
Thompson further claimed that there is another road like a footpath that leads to Owode Onirin from Maidan, but the place is permanently rendered impassable during the raining season for both vehicle owners and pedestrians.
“The Community is totally disconnected from the outside world. There is no single government presence,” he added.
In the same vein, Mr. Tolani Ajisegiri, an elder in the community, while speaking with Daily Newswatch said, “Can you imagine there is no single government hospital or health centre in Maidan?  No school primary and secondary schools or even no electricity.”
He, however, alleged that the painful aspect of it is the silence of the member of the Lagos State House of assembly representing the community.
“Hon. Adeyeye has never represented the people,” he alleged.
He also alleged that the Oba of Ikosi, who once lived in the community before becoming the traditional ruler, never lent any helping hand to re-write their story.
Speaking further, he claimed that the pathetic situation of the community had affected everything in the community.
“We have written series of letters to the appropriate authorities, but there has not been any response. On the whole, life has become very unbearable to us. It is very difficult for our children to go to schools, enjoy basic things required for growing up in a modern world. In fact, with the situation of things, our children cannot relate with their peers outside because they have been deprived of so many things. Worse still, every month, the govt and council officials will come and collect land use and other money from us; yet, they have refused to improve our lives.”
On a conciliatory note, however, the community is calling on the Lagos State government to come to their aid and as a matter of urgency, help them construct a road to link them to the outside world.
They also called on the government to establish primary and secondary schools, among other basic needs of a growing community.
‘We are using this medium to appeal to Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola to kindly come to our aid. He is  the only person that can save us from this neglect, if not because of we the adults but because of our children who don’t even know that a place like the National Theatre or Tafawa Balewa Square exist,” pleaded Ajisegiri.

Lynch mmobs rule Badagry

Author(s): Patience Ogbo
Famed for its various tourist sites, most of which highlight the history of the slave trade era, Badagry is also known for its vicious mobs, regular residents who can instantly transform to wild animals at the first scream of “thief!” and mete out the capital punishment on any suspect.
There are no trials, and no questions asked. The development has risen to such proportions that police officers in the area are powerless, and in some cases encourage the mobs.

In May 2013, Quadri Adisa, got the beating of his life when a mob accused him of armed robbery. He is still alive to tell the tale.

The latest recorded lynching occurred on July 21, 2013, when two friends – Ifechukwudi Nwanikpor, 25, and Kazeem Onayemi, 26, were beaten to death by villagers in Tozukame Ajara in Badagry. The villagers had accused the men of theft but there was no evidence of what they stole; nobody saw them break into a house; nobody saw them take anything.
While the killing has continued to provoke public outcry, the greater horror lies in the fact that video evidence of the murder shows police officers from the Badagry Police Station watching gleefully as the lynching occurred.
Stories behind the story
The late Kazeem had a misunderstanding with a yet-to-be identified man, which led to the mother of the said man rising a false alarm, calling Kazeem and Ifechukwudi armed robbers.
The head of the vigilante group in the community, whose name was given as Mr Ashirigbo, and who was called to arrest the duo, died when his gun discharged as he tried to stuff it inside his pocket on arriving the scene. The bullet hit him in the stomach and he was confirmed dead at a nearby hospital.
Mr Ashirigbo’s death infuriated the villagers, who blamed the two men for it. Instantly, the mob grew as more villagers poured out of their homes as they sensed a lynching. In seconds, planks and stones rained down on the two men. As the bloodied men writhed in agony, the mob delivered the coup de grace by pouring fuel on them and lighting the men up.
The Chelsea FC connection
Samuel Nwankpor, Ifechukwudi’s father, is a shadow of himself. He told Nigerian Telegraph that his son wept whenever English club, Chelsea, lost a match.
“Ifechukwudi was a great fan of Chelsea Football Club,” he said. “Though he was a very quiet person, but he can argue with anybody who brought up anything against Chelsea. He loved going to viewing centres to watch his beloved club play but anytime they lose a match, he would be unhappy and would refuse to eat. His mother even bought him a Chelsea molar which he carries on his neck every time. It may be in the course of watching football in the viewing centre that he met Kazeem.”
Tajudeen Onayemi shared a similar story about his son. “Kazeem loved Chelsea Football Club madly,” he said. “He can do anything for that club. He had two Chelsea hand bands on his wrist. He would not eat for days if Chelsea lost a match. I’m sure was the great love the two of them had for Chelsea that made them to become friends.”
Ifechukuwdi was a graduate of Geology and Mining. He worked as a clearing agent while he waited for his call-up for the national youth service scheme.
Kazeem was an apprentice at an aluminium fabrication shop, and was supposed to have graduated in December 2013.
The two men had gone to Tozukame Village to see another clearing agent on the day they were killed.
Gangsters paradise
Armed robbery has become a weekly occurrence in Tozukame Village, and a robbery was said to have occurred in the community a few days before the men were killed.

In most cases, vigilante groups take the law into their hands and lynch people at the slightest chance.

Like typical Nigerian communities, vigilante groups play a prominent role in providing security in the area due to the poor presence of police officers in the village.
The vigilante groups are expected to complement the police,; but in most cases they take the laws into their hands. Suspects are supposed to be handed over to the police; but in most cases, when emotions run high, the vigilantes initiate the lynching of said suspects. The villagers, most of whom have been affected by robberies, are quick to take vengeance.
As the case of Onayemi and Nwanikpor suggests, some villagers take advantage of this development to settle scores with perceived enemies as well. Usually, no questions are asked when someone raises an alarm.
Lawyer and police authorities react
Giwa Amu, a human rights activist and lawyer, has urged the Lagos State government to address the issue of lynching in the state.
Reacting to the Badagry lynching, Mr Amu expressed sadness over the role the police officers played and called for their prosecution.
“It was a gruesome murder,” he said. “There is no way we can absolve the police from the increasing spate of mob justice in the country. Those police men should be charged to court for accessory before the fact of murder and conspiracy to commit murder and murder itself. I am not surprised at the behavior of those policemen, because policemen engage in extra-judicial murders, so killing itself does not matter to them. It is a way of the average policeman in this country to carry out extra-judicial killing.
“For a policeman to watch in his presence when such act is being perpetrated shows that we do not have trained men and officers in the Force. Their primary duty was to take those suspects and if they are found wanting, they charge them to court. Also, if they need superior power due to the mob, they should have called for backup but that was not the case. The policemen may not have participated directly but they encouraged it, they connived and consented to it and that was why those men were murdered. It is sad looking at the call for state police and community policing. This shows that we are not ready for state police as this can be used for personal vendetta, so those policemen must be charged to court.”
The Lagos State Police Commissioner, Umar Manko, has set up a special team to investigate the lynching and arrest the perpetrators. As a result of this, most of the villagers in Tozukame have fled their homes but the team has been tasked to fish them out.
“When we saw the video clips and watched the way those boys were killed, we told ourselves that we would be failing in our duties if we fail to bring everyone involved to justice,” Manko said

Hoodlums Beat up Policemen And Attempt to Take Their Riffles

The EfCC/FEELINGSTEALING BOYS who also doubles as members of the eye confraternity cult on thursday  trrorising some parts of somolu  on thursday at about 2.15 p.m at olabiran street beat up some policemen attached to pedro police station in the bariga lcda .The policemen were mercilessly beaten and one of them was almost dispossed of his gun if not for the timely intervention of a rescue team from the Alade  division dpo supol Aminu mohammed who drafted his men in to save the situation.Problem stated for the Policemen who had a distress call from an okada rider whose bike was forcefully taking by some hoodlums suspected to be armed robbers,The anti robbery team quickly moved to the scene to rescue the victim ,in pursuit the bike was abandoned and the suspected robber took to his heels.The policemen pursued the suspect into olabiran street the den of the cultist.,the suspect ran into a building and effort by the policeman to enter the building and arrest the fleeing suspect was thwarted by another hoodlum named sanjay who i a squatter in the building.Sanjay refused to allow the policeman into the building as the suspect scaled the fence into another building.He sanjay later threatened to deal with the Police man telling him wether he the policeman does not know the building is a residential area and if he has anyright into the building and moreso the area falls within the Alade juridistion.All entreaties by the policeman to make Sanjay a hoodlum see rason and allow him to pursue the armed robber fell on deaf ears .later the other 3policemen arrived and saw Sanjay harrasing their collleague,sanjay seen that the policeman was not alone ran into a room of one of the tenants an old woman to escape when it now dawned on him that the police man was not alone.The police attempt to arrest him was blocked by an old woman who pleaded that the boy be left alne as he was a friend of his son .Further attempt to enter the room ,the woman fell on the ground and fainted ,Sanjay and the other hoodlums led by Yesiru Adesanya aka Talonskibo ,Yomi Ado ,Friday igbinabaro ,Eyin BOuncng and other hoodlums operating within salami ,fagbeyiro , ajose ,fadipe okoh close ,sodimu ,and others from majiyagbe stormed the area beating the police men while some wanted to force the gun out of them.The policemen whom where all in the police anti robbery vest were humiliated by the boys.they were beaten and the clothes of one of them torn ,he was later given another cloth to change .

According to an eye witness ,one of the policemen was pined to the ground by five of the hoodlums ,they wanted to snatch the gun from him,the police man however resisted them ,while shouting that the gun was loaded .his colleagues to loked helpless as they were stoned and battered,said the witness who does not want his name inprint for fear of of been attacked by the boys whom have taking total control of the area.Another witness Mr Agbaje said for the first time in his live he saw policemen in danger but restrained from shooting..it is good it happened to policemen this time around ,maybe they will take drastic action against these hoodlums whom have made lives so terrible for the residents.

Most of these boys family members have relocated from somolu ,those few of the like yesiru adesanya ,kunle eyin bouncing and okanlawon oluwa who still have family members continue to bring wanted criminals to the community.The residence of the area said they are totally fed up with the activities of th hoodlums who are well known in the community.each time they are declared wanted ,they are always their with the politicians and causing more havoc.

Who are they deceiving when they said they declared the brother of the Lg cso wanted ,Elewure is always seen in the local council with the lg chairman .The federal sars are on the trail of others yet they are with politicians walking freely

It  was when a reinforcement of policemen came and  shot into the air that the hoodlums escaped .Though some were arrested and taking to the Pedro Police Station ,they were charged to court on friday the 16th based on the other of the area commander who was visibly annoyed at the audacity of the hoodlums .he has vowed to arrest those hoodlums

The Arrest and Release of Toba Joel

Yesterday one of the Notorious guys responsible for the series of Mayhem in mushin was arrested based on strong evidences against him ,but to the surprise of all including the Policemen ,he was released based on order from above.It is now clear that it is the Government that continues to sponsor these Vampires .They are the hitmen ,no wonder so many high profile cases has remained unresolved in the country.The Politicians knows that if they TARKA the blood hounds ,the Blood hounds will DABOH them by exposing their ugly deeds.
This is Toba Joel of Ereko in Mushin.Who ordered for his release without investigating the allegations against him as the one who gave guns and sponsors killer squad?

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POLICE ARRAIGN THREE FOR ASSAULTING POLICEMEN

The police in Lagos State Command have arraigned three men at the Shomolu Magistrate’s Court for assaulting policemen and preventing them from carrying out their duties.

The men, Afees Ismaila, 29, Eddy Thomas, 40, and Wasiu Lateef, 40, were on Monday arraigned before the court on four counts of assault and obstruction of duties.

The suspects, said to be members of a notorious cult group in Somolu, had last Thursday allegedly attacked two policemen, Jacob Obande and Olugbenga Oloare, attached to the Pedro Police Division. It was said that the policemen responded to a distress call from a commercial motorcyclist whose bike was seized by a hoodlum at Somolu.

Obande and Oloare reportedly chased the suspect to Olabiran Street, where they were allegedly ambushed by a group of hoodlums comprising of about 12 men who were the hoodlum’s friends.

 They allegedly pounced on the policemen, beat them up and attempted to disarm them. It was said the timely intervention of a fresh team of policemen from the Alade Division  saved the situation.

The charges read in part, “That you Afees Ismaila, Eddy Thomas, Wasiu Lateef and others at large on the 15th day of August 2013, about 1300hrs at Number 27 Olabiran Street, Shomolu, Lagos did inflict injuries on the following officers FNo. 432967, Cpl Jacob Obande; and FNo. 355965, Cpl Olugbenga Oloare, by hitting them with stones, plank, and other weapons, thereby committing an offence  punishable under Section 171 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011.”

The men pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The Magistrate, Mrs. B. O. Osunsanmi, granted the accused persons bail in the sum of N100,000 each. The case was adjourned to September 11 2013.

DEATH IN A POLICE CELL,FRIENDS OF VICTIM CRY FOUL

Friends of a 25-year-old driver, Babatunde aka Apoche, are crying foul over the manner of his death at the Denton Police Station, Ebute Meta, Lagos State.

 Apoche was said to have been tortured by the police while in custody over claims that he stabbed his brother-in-law during a fight in June 2013.

 One of the friends of the deceased, who identified himself as Babatunde Adeleye, said, “Although Apoche was married, he lived separately from his wife. The couple had no children and had been quarreling for a while over Apoche’s drinking problem.

 “On that fateful day, Apoche had gone to his mother-in-law’s house to ask his wife for money. His wife had earlier complained to Apoche’s boss that he often spent his salary on drinks and gave her no money for her upkeep.  As a result, the boss began to pay her Apoche’s salary. “

 LIVINGSTONE.COM, gathered that Apoche’s wife declined her husband’s request, which led to a quarrel. It was said that the rift was eventually settled by neighbours.

 Adeleye said, “Unknown to Apoche, his wife’s brother, a known cultist at Evans Square area in Ebutte Metta got wind of the quarrel between his sister and Apoche and trailed him to Evans Square.

 “A fight ensued between Apoche and his brother-in-law after the latter accosted him. In the process, both men stabbed each other with a broken bottle. After both men had been separated by bystanders, his brother-in-law went to the Denton Police Station to report the incident.

 “The police arrested Apoche, who was also bleeding from a side wound which he sustained in the fight. They threw him in a cell and denied him medical attention for three days. We suspect he was also tortured too because the next thing we heard was that he was dead.

“While Apoche was in detention, he was denied access to his family and friends.”

 Apoche’s family was said to have been denied his corpse until sometime in July 2013, when it was eventually released. The policemen reportedly said Apoche hung himself in the cell.

 Another friend of the deceased, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of backlash from the police said the policemen lied

 “Nobody believes that allegation; Apoche can  never commit suicide he was a jolly good fellow who enjoys life.There was never a dull moment in his life,people within and outside Ebutte Metta can testify to this.  But Apoche’s family members are being harassed by the police to keep silent. The matter is gradually being swept under the carpet,” he lamented.

 LIVINGSTONE.COM gathered that the Divisional Police Officer  of  the station had been summoned by the command over the incident.

In fact, some members of the press  has been paid to sweep the case under the carpet as they have compromised and refused to publish the story.

It has become the usual habit of the Crime Writers Association to sweep stories under the carpet once money has exchange hands,The CRAN as they are called have lost credibility and can no longer be trusted to report objectively

IGP redeploys 14 commissioners of police

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered the redeployment of 14 Commissioners of Police to commands and various formations.
This was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by CSP Frank Mba, Deputy Force Public Relations Officer.
Four of the commissioners are in charge of state commands: Lawal Tanko, (Borno); Ibrahim Ahmed, (Zamfara); Hilary Okpara, (Bayelsa), and Maigari Dikko, (Ebonyi).
The statement urged the affected commissioners to step up the fight against all forms of criminality in their new commands and formations.
It advised them to leverage on the cordial relationship among sister security agencies in their beats to ensure that criminal activities were reduced to the barest minimum.
The IGP, however, told the commissioners to ensure that officers and men under their supervision were mindful of the rights of the citizenry.
“All postings are with immediate effect,” the statement said.
In a similar development, the IG ordered six Assistant Inspectors-General of Police and 13 Commissioners of Police from various commands to proceed on a Leadership and Strategic Management Course.
The five-day course will take place at the Centre for Management Development, Shangisha, Lagos.
The IG said that the course, billed for August 19 to 23, would equip the officers with requisite leadership and managerial skills necessary to drive the vision and mission of the current police management.

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Nigeria Government send 8,000 more troops to Borno

The President and Commander In Chief of Nigerian Armed Forces, Dr Goodluck Jonathan has stepped up measure to check the activities of the deadly Boko Haram sect in his efforts to bring to an end their activities in the Country.

Dr Jonathan ordered the immediate deployment of 8,000 troops to further boost the military presence in the North-east of the country where the terrorists operate. The Troop  will be under a new Army Division in Maiduguri, named 7th Infantry Division.

Military sources told LIVINGSTONE.COM that the new army Division will be solely responsible for securing the entire North-East and protect the  Nigerian border with Niger,Chad and Cameroon where the terrorists get their training and regroup  for attacks.

President Jonathan also ordered  the immediate injection of more fighter and patrol aircraft as well as helicopter gunships of the Nigerian Air force tactical Strike Group with headquarters in Yola, Adamawa State, where some attack aircraft of the Tactical Air Command are stationed.

According to our source this new development, will help to tackle the reprisal attacks from the frustrated Boko Haram members and increase the house-to-house search for the terrorists and their supporters.

community offers cash settlement to placate family of lynched Youths in Badagry

 

 

Tears  freely flowed as the remains of Ifechukwudi Nwanikpor was laid to rest at the Badagry Cemetery in Lagos yesterday. The 24-year-old was one of two young men lynched by villagers from the Tozukame community area in Ajara, Badagry .
Policemen watched as both men – Nwanikpor and Kazeem Onayemi (26) were beaten and killed by the community members after being labelled armed robbers.
Mourners and family members came out in their numbers at the Badagry cemetery but couldn’t hold back their tears at the burial.

Rev. Fidelis Ajoko commits Ifechukwudi Nwanikpor’s remains to the earth.

LIVINGSTONE.COM spoke to the Sam Nwanikpor, a retired Immigrations officer and father of the deceased after his son’s interment. The senior Nwanikpor, who served for 30 years before he retired in 2008, said that John was the oldest of his two sons.
“He was born on 25th September, 1988 and he was born here in Badagry, the same area where he was murdered. He read Geology and Mining at the Delta State University, Abraka and he was home, hoping to put some things in place.
“Instead of being idle, myself and his mother decided that he should go into clearing and forwarding though with his consent. We handed him over to a relation, who is from Isialuku and ever since then, that’s what he has been doing; his only free time is Sundays due to his job.”
Asked if he intends to press charges, he said, that they would wait for the outcome of the investigation by the police.
“We are watching and waiting. The whole world is watching,” Nwanikpor said.
“I have a lawyer and I think he is in the best position to answer that question. He is not around now, if not I would have referred you to speak to him because he knows the next line of action.”
LIVINGSTONE.COM also spoke to some of the deceased’s family members.
One of them, Mrs Rose, said, “[He] is my nephew and I hope the Nigerian police comes out with a better investigation [The police] are currently doing a very good job with the arrest of some youths involved in the killing, the Baale of the community, who gave the order and the police officers, who were at the scene to supervise the horrible incident. But we are still going to press charges; we want justice. All the people who have a hand in the death of my nephew must be brought to face the law.”
Blood money on the table
Some sources said that the community is now pleading with the families of the lynched young men and have offered about N2.5 million to the families so that the matter is closed and forgotten.
In reaction to that, one of the relations, Ike Daphey, who was visibly angry, told LIVINGSTONE.COM that the said amount offered to the families cannot bring back the dead and that the most painful part of the whole situation was that his family was humiliated, by labelling their son an armed robber and killing them [Nwanikpor and Kazeem Onayemi] like animals.

“Now, the community is begging with money, saying it was a mistaken identity. We are not ready for all their rubbish talks, we are taking the case to court to seek real justice, I also blame the police because they gave their consent to the community and supervised the killing.

Ifechukwudi Nwanikpor’s family at their residence in Ajara, Badagry.

“The two young men were innocent of what they were accused of. The police is supposed to protect lives and properties and not supervise the killing of poor innocent people, all these people including the police that were at the scene will never go unpunished.”
The pastor, who officiated the burial, Rev. Fidelis Ajoko, advised the family of the deceased to leave the case for Almighty God to handle and he also advised the friends of the deceased to be very careful and mindful of the kind of places they go to. He also advised them to be prayerful at all times.
Ajoko, who said he was shocked when he got the news, described the late Ifechukwudi Nwanikpor as cool-headed.
The young man’s friends from the Delta State University were also in attendance but refused to speak on the matter. The late Ifechukwudi Nwanikpor was a football lover and a fan of Chelsea Football Club of London. He was buried with the club’s muffler.

JUNIOR PASTOR RAPES AND IMPREGNATE’S SENIOR PASTORS DAUGHTER

A 29-year-old pastor (name withheld) is  presently  standing trial for allegedly raping and impregnating his senior pastor’s daughter in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has  establish his own church after he was granted bail by an Ekiti State Magistrate Court.

After spending three months in detention ,the Pastor finally perfected his bail Condition and was released.Though it was not the Lower court that granted him bail as his Lawyers appealed to the High Court for his bail .

The new church, which he started in Ikoyi area of Ikere-Ekiti was said to be  attracting  a lot of people,apart from Members who left the former Church to worship with him ,lots of others are daily  swelling the number of the congregation.
The girl, Oluwadamilola (surname withheld) who until her ordeal was a SS1 student of a High School in Ikere-Ekiti, was said to have eventually gave birth to a baby boy on May 26th ,2013while the man was still in detention .
Damilola’s mother said that the father of the young pastor had entered  into a written agreement with the parents of the girl in March this year, promising that they would take care of the girl and her pregnancy but the alleged lackadaisical attitude of the pastor thereafter compelled the girl’s parents to report the case to the police.
According to our source, the embattled pastor had been organizing revival programmes and crusade, calling members of the public who were not aware of his atrocities to come for miracles.
After he was granted bail, he organized a thanksgiving service in his  newly formed church.
  The Pastor was allege to have raped Damilola in July 2012  when the Youths of the church were having a special Revival programme at night, but Damiolola’s mother said: “We did not know the girl was pregnant until January this year, while he (the pastor) had hurriedly left in September 2012.”

According to Damilola  Mother ,they never thought the Pastor could decend so low as a man of God and a trusted member of the Church, who is also  married ,to defile their daughter.He hurriedly left the Church after he realized Damilola  was pregnant .He also warned her not to reveal the source of her pregnancy.