DIG Ganiyu Dawodu Slumps, Dies
By Yemi Akinsuyi
The Inspector-General of Police Hafiz Ringim has announced the sudden death of the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Investigation (D Department), Mr. Ganiyu Ali Dawodu,
Ringim said the death occurred on Thursday in Lagos when the late DIG along with his friends visited another friend of theirs in his hotel room. Late Dawodu who sources said had been having problems with his heart slumped and died during the visit.
He was born on the 26th of June 1953 in Lagos and was appointed as Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1981 after his graduation from University of Ibadan where he bagged B.Sc. in Sociology.
He served in several states as a Senior Police Officer and these include Commissioner of Police in Osun, Sokoto and Kano states.
He also served as Assistant Inspector General of Police in Zone 1 Kano, Zone 12 Bauchi and AIG in charge of Force Intelligence Unit until his promotion to Deputy Inspector General in charge of Force Criminal Investigation Department in September 2010.
Dawodu was survived by an aged father, wives, children, brothers and sisters.
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Friday, 16 December 2011
• IGP Orders Probe Of DIG’s Death
Saturday, 17 December 2011 00:00 From John-Abba Ogbodo, (Abuja) and Njadvara Musa (Maiduguri) News - National
THESE are trying times for security. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Hafiz Abubakar Ringim, admitted this yesterday after reflecting on the serious security threats in the country and noted that Nigeria was going through trying times with a charge to officers and men of the Force to rise to the challenges.
Ringim gave the charge after postponing his meeting with top officers of the Force due to the sudden death of the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in charge of investigation, (D Department) Mr. Ganiyu Ali Dawodu.
He also charged police officers and men to ensure regular check on their health with a view to remaining healthy at all times. He has however ordered a probe into the DIG’s death.
“This is a very critical period for the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) as an institution and the country in general. We have security challenges.
“We have acts of terrorism being committed especially against security agencies. We have given instruction that you should live to the challenges that we have.
“We have the issue of militants demanding so many things. We have issue of bunkering and illegal refineries, which are crippling economic activities in our creeks.
“We have challenges of various armed groups breaking into our banks. On the civil side, we have people inciting others.”
On the roads, he said: “We have all kinds of mishaps. These are the challenges and the NPF being the first security outfit to deal with them, we can not afford to fail,” he said.
Ringim charged state commissioners of police to devise various strategies that would combat crime in this yuletide season .
“Christmas and New Year celebrations are coming. Make appropriate deployment and make sure that the officers are where they are posted. This is a trying period,” he reiterated.
After leading the senior officers in observing a minute silence in honour of the late DIG, Ringim charged officers and men of the Force to engage in regular medical check up.
He said the Force had ordered an investigation into the circumstance of his death “so that the records could be established.”
He added: “We need to reflect and draw a good lesson from his death.”
Meanwhile , an Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, has re-assured the security of lives and property in Borno, Yobe and Bauchi States .
Abubakar gave the assurance yesterday at the Government House, Maiduguri, where he was briefing Governor Kashim Shettima on the measures the police and other security agents had put in place protect people’s lives and property in Zone 12, comprising Borno, Yobe and Bauchi States.
He said “We are here in Borno and the other two states in the zone to critically assess the security challenges facing our officers and men.
He added that the security challenges in the zone had to be addressed by re-strategising and consolidating on the measures being put in place to check both Boko Haram insurgency and other bandits.
Saturday, 17 December 2011 00:00 From John-Abba Ogbodo, (Abuja) and Njadvara Musa (Maiduguri) News - National
THESE are trying times for security. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Hafiz Abubakar Ringim, admitted this yesterday after reflecting on the serious security threats in the country and noted that Nigeria was going through trying times with a charge to officers and men of the Force to rise to the challenges.
Ringim gave the charge after postponing his meeting with top officers of the Force due to the sudden death of the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in charge of investigation, (D Department) Mr. Ganiyu Ali Dawodu.
He also charged police officers and men to ensure regular check on their health with a view to remaining healthy at all times. He has however ordered a probe into the DIG’s death.
“This is a very critical period for the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) as an institution and the country in general. We have security challenges.
“We have acts of terrorism being committed especially against security agencies. We have given instruction that you should live to the challenges that we have.
“We have the issue of militants demanding so many things. We have issue of bunkering and illegal refineries, which are crippling economic activities in our creeks.
“We have challenges of various armed groups breaking into our banks. On the civil side, we have people inciting others.”
On the roads, he said: “We have all kinds of mishaps. These are the challenges and the NPF being the first security outfit to deal with them, we can not afford to fail,” he said.
Ringim charged state commissioners of police to devise various strategies that would combat crime in this yuletide season .
“Christmas and New Year celebrations are coming. Make appropriate deployment and make sure that the officers are where they are posted. This is a trying period,” he reiterated.
After leading the senior officers in observing a minute silence in honour of the late DIG, Ringim charged officers and men of the Force to engage in regular medical check up.
He said the Force had ordered an investigation into the circumstance of his death “so that the records could be established.”
He added: “We need to reflect and draw a good lesson from his death.”
Meanwhile , an Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, has re-assured the security of lives and property in Borno, Yobe and Bauchi States .
Abubakar gave the assurance yesterday at the Government House, Maiduguri, where he was briefing Governor Kashim Shettima on the measures the police and other security agents had put in place protect people’s lives and property in Zone 12, comprising Borno, Yobe and Bauchi States.
He said “We are here in Borno and the other two states in the zone to critically assess the security challenges facing our officers and men.
He added that the security challenges in the zone had to be addressed by re-strategising and consolidating on the measures being put in place to check both Boko Haram insurgency and other bandits.
Bank robbers terrorise South-West states
Written by Comfort Oseghale
When Ade Omotara went to cash some money she needed urgently for some purchases penultimate Monday in Lagere, Ile-Ife, Osun State, little did she know that her ordeal of being unable to have money would last the whole week.
The reason was that all the banks in Ife shut their doors to customers from that day on account of the information that robbers would attack them. Seeing that the robbers meant business, all the banks closed up, leaving customers in limbo.
Though Wema Bank opened three days later, it was only for a few hours with a heavy presence of security men.
The same thing happened in Ilesa, a distance of about 40km from Ile-Ife.
In recent times, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo and Osun states have had one thing in common besides being in the South-West.
Banks in the respective state capitals and many of the towns in those states had from the last week of November regularly shut their doors to customers for fear of being attacked by armed robbers, who were said to have written letters to the institutions that they were coming to raid them.
The spate of robbery attacks which these commercial banks had endured for some time had left the police helpless and grasping at straws. The commercial banks operating in major towns in Ogun State had been closed for 10 days, starting with the ones in Sagamu. While bank customers groaned under the artificial cash crunch, the bank operators stood their ground not to reopen for business until their safety could be guaranteed.
Several banks operating in Abeokuta, Ilaro, Ijebu-Ode, Ago-Iwoye, Sagamu, Ota, Ifo and Ijebu-Igbo were all said to have come under robbery attacks last month. At the Onabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, three lives were lost when armed men invaded several banks on the campus. A 20-man gang was said to have raided five banks in an operation that lasted 45 minutes after blowing up the security doors of the banks with dynamites. Around the same period, some commercial banks at Sagamu suffered the same fate after armed robbers struck. In all these attacks, huge sums of cash were reportedly carted away, while lives were lost in the process.
For residents living in Ife and Ilesa, the last three months have been one of terror as armed robbers launched an unrelenting campaign against commercial banks. Last September, armed robbers numbering about 50 attacked four banks at Oke-Odo, carting away millions of naira. The robbers, who reportedly came in three buses and a Mazda car, overwhelmed the policemen who came to the scene. A police inspector was reportedly killed in the attack. A few days later, another robbery attack was launched in the heart of the town on two new generation banks. The robbers reportedly made away with an unspecified amount.
These bank workers were so traumatised by the reports of these attacks that a rumour of an impending armed robbery attack forced all banks to shut their doors last week again. Even banks located within the Obafemi Awolowo University campus were not spared: students who had arrived early with the hope of making withdrawals were greatly disappointed as the banks were locked. In a show of force, the police command, Osun State, reportedly mounted roadblocks at strategic locations within and outside the town. A patrol team was deployed to put the threat under check; however that did not convince the banks to reopen for business.
In Akure, four persons lost their lives last month when a 15-man gang attacked a new generation bank. In an operation that reportedly lasted an hour, dynamites were used to blow open the bank’s bullet-proof doors.
Although three of the gang members were arrested by the police who gave chase, the rest were able to escape with their loot. The experience has since set all bank operators in Akure on edge. Things came to a head after a robbery attack on the Idanre branch of a first generation bank last week: all commercial banks shut their doors in protest of the unrelenting attacks.
Following the trend in Ogun, Osun and Ondo, bank operators in Ibadan followed suit, shutting their doors when rumours of impending armed robbery attacks made the rounds. At no time has the deficiencies of the police been more apparent than now.
Even as the police commands in the affected states have remained helpless, there has been no word from the Inspector-General of Police, apart from the 300 mobile policemen he sent to Ogun State to save the situation. Yet, the major burden has been left for the South-West governors and the respective police commissioners to fashion a way out of their dilemma.
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun, in an attempt to calm frayed nerves, was quoted as saying that plans were under way to acquire armoured personnel carriers. He said, "Let me assure you that we as a government are more concerned. I can tell you that we have taken delivery of one or two APCs and another 10 units are on the way. Ultimately, we plan to have about 30 units. But you know the huge investment required; that is why we are trying to see how we can partner with the people for assistance."
Published reports of a meeting held between Ondo and senior bank officials in THE PUNCH on Tuesday had focused on the strategies to get commercial banks re-open for business. The Commissioner for Finance, Chief Yele Ogundipe, who presided over the meeting, had explained that the government would continue to invest in the maintenance and sustenance of internal security in the state.
Bankers and security agencies at the meeting were assured that the state government would acquire Close Circuit Televisions and mount them in major streets for community surveillance. Ogundipe said, "The state has taken delivery of five new Armoured Personnel Carriers to boost the internal security network during festive period and plans are underway to purchase more APCs."
Clearly, the underlying theme was the funding of the police commands, which has over the years been a recurring decimal in public discourses on their inability to combat crime.
Written by Comfort Oseghale
When Ade Omotara went to cash some money she needed urgently for some purchases penultimate Monday in Lagere, Ile-Ife, Osun State, little did she know that her ordeal of being unable to have money would last the whole week.
The reason was that all the banks in Ife shut their doors to customers from that day on account of the information that robbers would attack them. Seeing that the robbers meant business, all the banks closed up, leaving customers in limbo.
Though Wema Bank opened three days later, it was only for a few hours with a heavy presence of security men.
The same thing happened in Ilesa, a distance of about 40km from Ile-Ife.
In recent times, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo and Osun states have had one thing in common besides being in the South-West.
Banks in the respective state capitals and many of the towns in those states had from the last week of November regularly shut their doors to customers for fear of being attacked by armed robbers, who were said to have written letters to the institutions that they were coming to raid them.
The spate of robbery attacks which these commercial banks had endured for some time had left the police helpless and grasping at straws. The commercial banks operating in major towns in Ogun State had been closed for 10 days, starting with the ones in Sagamu. While bank customers groaned under the artificial cash crunch, the bank operators stood their ground not to reopen for business until their safety could be guaranteed.
Several banks operating in Abeokuta, Ilaro, Ijebu-Ode, Ago-Iwoye, Sagamu, Ota, Ifo and Ijebu-Igbo were all said to have come under robbery attacks last month. At the Onabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, three lives were lost when armed men invaded several banks on the campus. A 20-man gang was said to have raided five banks in an operation that lasted 45 minutes after blowing up the security doors of the banks with dynamites. Around the same period, some commercial banks at Sagamu suffered the same fate after armed robbers struck. In all these attacks, huge sums of cash were reportedly carted away, while lives were lost in the process.
For residents living in Ife and Ilesa, the last three months have been one of terror as armed robbers launched an unrelenting campaign against commercial banks. Last September, armed robbers numbering about 50 attacked four banks at Oke-Odo, carting away millions of naira. The robbers, who reportedly came in three buses and a Mazda car, overwhelmed the policemen who came to the scene. A police inspector was reportedly killed in the attack. A few days later, another robbery attack was launched in the heart of the town on two new generation banks. The robbers reportedly made away with an unspecified amount.
These bank workers were so traumatised by the reports of these attacks that a rumour of an impending armed robbery attack forced all banks to shut their doors last week again. Even banks located within the Obafemi Awolowo University campus were not spared: students who had arrived early with the hope of making withdrawals were greatly disappointed as the banks were locked. In a show of force, the police command, Osun State, reportedly mounted roadblocks at strategic locations within and outside the town. A patrol team was deployed to put the threat under check; however that did not convince the banks to reopen for business.
In Akure, four persons lost their lives last month when a 15-man gang attacked a new generation bank. In an operation that reportedly lasted an hour, dynamites were used to blow open the bank’s bullet-proof doors.
Although three of the gang members were arrested by the police who gave chase, the rest were able to escape with their loot. The experience has since set all bank operators in Akure on edge. Things came to a head after a robbery attack on the Idanre branch of a first generation bank last week: all commercial banks shut their doors in protest of the unrelenting attacks.
Following the trend in Ogun, Osun and Ondo, bank operators in Ibadan followed suit, shutting their doors when rumours of impending armed robbery attacks made the rounds. At no time has the deficiencies of the police been more apparent than now.
Even as the police commands in the affected states have remained helpless, there has been no word from the Inspector-General of Police, apart from the 300 mobile policemen he sent to Ogun State to save the situation. Yet, the major burden has been left for the South-West governors and the respective police commissioners to fashion a way out of their dilemma.
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun, in an attempt to calm frayed nerves, was quoted as saying that plans were under way to acquire armoured personnel carriers. He said, "Let me assure you that we as a government are more concerned. I can tell you that we have taken delivery of one or two APCs and another 10 units are on the way. Ultimately, we plan to have about 30 units. But you know the huge investment required; that is why we are trying to see how we can partner with the people for assistance."
Published reports of a meeting held between Ondo and senior bank officials in THE PUNCH on Tuesday had focused on the strategies to get commercial banks re-open for business. The Commissioner for Finance, Chief Yele Ogundipe, who presided over the meeting, had explained that the government would continue to invest in the maintenance and sustenance of internal security in the state.
Bankers and security agencies at the meeting were assured that the state government would acquire Close Circuit Televisions and mount them in major streets for community surveillance. Ogundipe said, "The state has taken delivery of five new Armoured Personnel Carriers to boost the internal security network during festive period and plans are underway to purchase more APCs."
Clearly, the underlying theme was the funding of the police commands, which has over the years been a recurring decimal in public discourses on their inability to combat crime.
Commission dismisses two senior policemen for misconduct
Written by Adelani Adepegba, Abuja
The Police Service Commission has dismissed from service two senior policemen for acts of professional misconduct.
The commission, at the end of its meeting in Abuja on Thursday, approved the dismissal of Babatunde Jonathan and Sheikh Usman Umar, both Chief Superintendent of Police.
The PSC also approved the promotion of a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Hassan Biu, to the rank of Commissioner of Police with effect from December 15, 2011 based on the Inspector-General of Police’s recommendation.
Similarly, nine other officers were reprimanded, while a Deputy Superintendent of Police had his rank reduced to Assistant Superintendent of Police for conduct unexpected of a senior police officer.
The chairman of the commission, Parry Osayande, said the PSC would always reward hard work and diligence with elevation, while all acts against police conduct would not go unpunished.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Police Affairs, Caleb Olubolade, has inaugurated the Police Biometric Central Motor Registry with a call on the force to take an advantage of the advancement in technological innovations to protect lives and property.
He called for the integration of the BCMR with the new driving licence database and the National Communication Commission database for effective security system, adding that a proper utilisation of these databases would help to detect stolen vehicles and reduce car theft in the country.
The IG, Hafiz Ringim, said the upgraded BCMR would provide first-hand information and authentic database for police operational guide on crime prevention and detection in place of reliance on secondary data hitherto provided the force by other agencies.
The Police Service Commission has dismissed from service two senior policemen for acts of professional misconduct.
The commission, at the end of its meeting in Abuja on Thursday, approved the dismissal of Babatunde Jonathan and Sheikh Usman Umar, both Chief Superintendent of Police.
The PSC also approved the promotion of a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Hassan Biu, to the rank of Commissioner of Police with effect from December 15, 2011 based on the Inspector-General of Police’s recommendation.
Similarly, nine other officers were reprimanded, while a Deputy Superintendent of Police had his rank reduced to Assistant Superintendent of Police for conduct unexpected of a senior police officer.
The chairman of the commission, Parry Osayande, said the PSC would always reward hard work and diligence with elevation, while all acts against police conduct would not go unpunished.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Police Affairs, Caleb Olubolade, has inaugurated the Police Biometric Central Motor Registry with a call on the force to take an advantage of the advancement in technological innovations to protect lives and property.
He called for the integration of the BCMR with the new driving licence database and the National Communication Commission database for effective security system, adding that a proper utilisation of these databases would help to detect stolen vehicles and reduce car theft in the country.
The IG, Hafiz Ringim, said the upgraded BCMR would provide first-hand information and authentic database for police operational guide on crime prevention and detection in place of reliance on secondary data hitherto provided the force by other agencies.
Corruption biggest industry in Nigeria –ICPC boss
Written by FRIDAY OLOKOR
The acting Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Mr. Ekpo Nta, on Friday in Abuja dismissed criticisms that the commission had become a toothless bulldog, saying his pedigree would speak for him.
He said critics who had been insinuating that the ICPC had become weak and could not ‘bite’ like the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission would soon know the truth about his profile as an anti-graft czar.
Nta told journalists after his inaugural meeting with the employees of the commission that corruption was “the biggest industry in Nigeria.”
He was reacting to questions about the innovations he hoped to inject into the anti-corruption war in Nigeria.
He said there was a strong need to put a check on cases of corruption, which, he claimed had probably become the biggest industry in the country.
Nta was appointed the ICPC acting chairman by President Goodluck Jonathan on November 29 after Mr. Francis Elechi, whose nomination was confirmed by the Senate as the commission’s chairman, was suspended because of alleged security reports against him.
He said, “I am going to be difficult to predict; the pedigree aspect of me will be defined in the next few weeks but I must sound this to all staff that it is not going to be business as usual.
“What this implies is that people should not take things for granted and say because they are my bosom friends they can do things contrary to the desired expectations.”
The ICPC boss advocated a synergy in dealing with issues of corruption in the country, adding that the nation’s population, which had been unofficially put at 167 million, required as many agencies as possible to effectively tackle corruption.
While reiterating that the commission would explore legal means in tackling corruption despite some logistic constraints, Nta pledged to partner with the media and civil society organisations in his assignment.
He said, “Let us put it in this other way that corruption is probably the biggest industry in Nigeria today because money is being lost. With the level of population growth today, we need as many bodies as possible to tackle corruption.”
He said instead of merging the agency with other anti-corruption bodies such as the EFCC, Nigeria needed more in line with global trends.
The acting Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Mr. Ekpo Nta, on Friday in Abuja dismissed criticisms that the commission had become a toothless bulldog, saying his pedigree would speak for him.
He said critics who had been insinuating that the ICPC had become weak and could not ‘bite’ like the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission would soon know the truth about his profile as an anti-graft czar.
Nta told journalists after his inaugural meeting with the employees of the commission that corruption was “the biggest industry in Nigeria.”
He was reacting to questions about the innovations he hoped to inject into the anti-corruption war in Nigeria.
He said there was a strong need to put a check on cases of corruption, which, he claimed had probably become the biggest industry in the country.
Nta was appointed the ICPC acting chairman by President Goodluck Jonathan on November 29 after Mr. Francis Elechi, whose nomination was confirmed by the Senate as the commission’s chairman, was suspended because of alleged security reports against him.
He said, “I am going to be difficult to predict; the pedigree aspect of me will be defined in the next few weeks but I must sound this to all staff that it is not going to be business as usual.
“What this implies is that people should not take things for granted and say because they are my bosom friends they can do things contrary to the desired expectations.”
The ICPC boss advocated a synergy in dealing with issues of corruption in the country, adding that the nation’s population, which had been unofficially put at 167 million, required as many agencies as possible to effectively tackle corruption.
While reiterating that the commission would explore legal means in tackling corruption despite some logistic constraints, Nta pledged to partner with the media and civil society organisations in his assignment.
He said, “Let us put it in this other way that corruption is probably the biggest industry in Nigeria today because money is being lost. With the level of population growth today, we need as many bodies as possible to tackle corruption.”
He said instead of merging the agency with other anti-corruption bodies such as the EFCC, Nigeria needed more in line with global trends.
POLICE DIG dies IN LAGOS HOTEL
BY Patience Ogbo
Barely one week after the Nigeria Police Force lost Sunday Bada a famous sprinter and a superintendent of police to the cold hand of death, another high rank officer , Ganiyu Dawodu, a Deputy Inspector – General of police (DIG) has allegedly slump and died of a suspected heart disease .
DIG Dawodu allegedly died in an undisclosed hotel room at Ikorodu on Thursday.
Until his death, DIG Dawodu was in charge of “D” department of the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID); the lightest investigating arm of the Nigeria Police.
Dawodu was in Lagos where he represented the Inspector General of police – Hafiz Ringim in the public presentation of a new crime drama series called “CASE FILE” a production of Bicommunication limited which also produces the police documentary “Crime Fighter-the police and you”.
Mr. Dawodu was full of life and cracked jokes at the event which was held at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers Ikeja, on Thursday; he granted a press interview at the end of the programme.
It was gathered that after the event, DIG Dawodu went to his hotel room with an unnamed female Deputy Superintendent of police, (DSP) who allegedly came to visit him from Port Harcourt.
The said police woman raised the alarm about midnight that the DIG was unable to breathe- efforts to rush him to the hospital was futile as he had allegedly died before help could reach him.
It was further gathered that the late DIG had returned to the country after visiting South Africa for medical treatment over an undisclosed heart disease.
A police officer attached to the Homicide department Panti Yaba disclosed that the remains of the late DIG has been removed from the hotel room and deposited at a public mortuary for autopsy.
Reacting to the sudden death of DIG Dawodu, the Inspector General of police Hafiz Ringim confirmed the death.
Mr. Ringim in an obituary publication on the police official website said the Force regrets the death of DIG Dawodu
The message read “The Inspector General of police Hafiz Ringim on behalf of the Police management regrets to announce the death of DIG Ganiyu Dawodu NPM, mni” Mr. Ringim, also while addressing senior police officers in Abuja on Friday urged the officers to go for medical checkups.
“Let me seize this opportunity to appeal to you to personally take your health conditions seriously; you should go for medical check up so that you can carry out your job effectively” Ringim said. The officers held a one minute silence for the repose of the soul of the late DIG.
DIG Dawodu until his death was among six other officers promoted from the rank of Assistant Inspector – General of police (AIG) in September last year.
Reacting to the late DIG’s death, officers and men of the Lagos State police command expressed shock and sadness over the death of the late DIG. They pray that God will grant his soul eternal rest.
Barely one week after the Nigeria Police Force lost Sunday Bada a famous sprinter and a superintendent of police to the cold hand of death, another high rank officer , Ganiyu Dawodu, a Deputy Inspector – General of police (DIG) has allegedly slump and died of a suspected heart disease .
DIG Dawodu allegedly died in an undisclosed hotel room at Ikorodu on Thursday.
Until his death, DIG Dawodu was in charge of “D” department of the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID); the lightest investigating arm of the Nigeria Police.
Dawodu was in Lagos where he represented the Inspector General of police – Hafiz Ringim in the public presentation of a new crime drama series called “CASE FILE” a production of Bicommunication limited which also produces the police documentary “Crime Fighter-the police and you”.
Mr. Dawodu was full of life and cracked jokes at the event which was held at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers Ikeja, on Thursday; he granted a press interview at the end of the programme.
It was gathered that after the event, DIG Dawodu went to his hotel room with an unnamed female Deputy Superintendent of police, (DSP) who allegedly came to visit him from Port Harcourt.
The said police woman raised the alarm about midnight that the DIG was unable to breathe- efforts to rush him to the hospital was futile as he had allegedly died before help could reach him.
It was further gathered that the late DIG had returned to the country after visiting South Africa for medical treatment over an undisclosed heart disease.
A police officer attached to the Homicide department Panti Yaba disclosed that the remains of the late DIG has been removed from the hotel room and deposited at a public mortuary for autopsy.
Reacting to the sudden death of DIG Dawodu, the Inspector General of police Hafiz Ringim confirmed the death.
Mr. Ringim in an obituary publication on the police official website said the Force regrets the death of DIG Dawodu
The message read “The Inspector General of police Hafiz Ringim on behalf of the Police management regrets to announce the death of DIG Ganiyu Dawodu NPM, mni” Mr. Ringim, also while addressing senior police officers in Abuja on Friday urged the officers to go for medical checkups.
“Let me seize this opportunity to appeal to you to personally take your health conditions seriously; you should go for medical check up so that you can carry out your job effectively” Ringim said. The officers held a one minute silence for the repose of the soul of the late DIG.
DIG Dawodu until his death was among six other officers promoted from the rank of Assistant Inspector – General of police (AIG) in September last year.
Reacting to the late DIG’s death, officers and men of the Lagos State police command expressed shock and sadness over the death of the late DIG. They pray that God will grant his soul eternal rest.
19-year-old arranges for grandfather to be robbed
BY PATIENCE OGBO
Police arrest Dapo and the armed robbery gang he recruited to rob his grandfather after a sale of land
Article | December 17, 2011 - 3:05am | By Patience Ogbo
19-year-old Dapo Olukoya who allegedly led armed men to rob his grandfather at Epe is blaming greed and the devil for his crime.
Dapo and eight other suspected armed robbers were arrested by officers attached to the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja in November after they robbed a septuagenarian of the proceeds from his land.
Unknown to the septuagenarian Adekoya Olukoya, his grandson, Dapo masterminded the robbery by informing robbers about his vast land at Epe.
In a bid to get his share of the cash, Dapo allegedly informed one Abiodun Salau, the son of a traditional ruler at Epe to organise armed robbers to attack his grand father.
Salau subsequently recruited one Jamiu Ayinde, 22, and other members of his gang identified as Lukeman Rasaz, Saheed Soluola, and Akin Adedapo (commercial motorcycle riders) for the robbery.
Dapo, who had been monitoring his grandfather, eventually called Salau and told him that his grandfather had sold the land for N12million.
“My grandfather has a lot of land at Epe and I got wind of his plan to sell some of the land. I was in need of money so that was how I went to meet Abiodun Salau to discuss with him," Dapo confessed.
"I told him about the sale of the land and that he should help me get men to rob my grandfather. When I learnt that my grandfather had sold the land for N12million, I called Abiodun that night and they came and rob my grandfather and other members of my family.”
According to Salau, the gang succeeded in collecting N300,000, and other valuables from the old man.
“It was Dapo who informed me about the money and I called Jamiu and the others to strike that night," he said.
"On November 18, Jamiu and the others went to the house and robbed the old man. After they finished the operation, Jamiu came back to me and gave me the guns to hide and N300,000, jewellery, wrist watches and other valuables. I gave Dapo N7,500 from the money and we shared the rest.”
Luck ran out on the gang when the next day, Jamiu was arrested by officers attached to the Agbowa Police station carrying out “stop and search” and they found cash and jewellery on him.
“It was during interrogation at SARS that I confessed and gave the names of other
members of the gang including two other erstwhile members of the gang Dare Shokunbi, and Bakare Olalekan were also arrested,” Jamiu said.
The officers then arrested Salau and others about 2.00am at Epe while they were sleeping. Four locally made guns, charms, jewellery and other valuables were recovered from the gang.
“I feel bad about my involvement in this crime, and I want God to forgive me. I want my family and my grandfather to forgive me, I was just greedy for money that is why I went into the crime, this will never happen again,” Dapo said.
A police source who requested anonymity said the case is under investigation.
“This gang has been involved in various Car snatching and armed robbery in Epe and Ikorodu," the source said.
"They hide under the cover of OPC (Odua People’s Congress) to carry guns and steal from people. We suspect other members of their gang still exist and we will track them down,” the officer said.
Police arrest Dapo and the armed robbery gang he recruited to rob his grandfather after a sale of land
Article | December 17, 2011 - 3:05am | By Patience Ogbo
19-year-old Dapo Olukoya who allegedly led armed men to rob his grandfather at Epe is blaming greed and the devil for his crime.
Dapo and eight other suspected armed robbers were arrested by officers attached to the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja in November after they robbed a septuagenarian of the proceeds from his land.
Unknown to the septuagenarian Adekoya Olukoya, his grandson, Dapo masterminded the robbery by informing robbers about his vast land at Epe.
In a bid to get his share of the cash, Dapo allegedly informed one Abiodun Salau, the son of a traditional ruler at Epe to organise armed robbers to attack his grand father.
Salau subsequently recruited one Jamiu Ayinde, 22, and other members of his gang identified as Lukeman Rasaz, Saheed Soluola, and Akin Adedapo (commercial motorcycle riders) for the robbery.
Dapo, who had been monitoring his grandfather, eventually called Salau and told him that his grandfather had sold the land for N12million.
“My grandfather has a lot of land at Epe and I got wind of his plan to sell some of the land. I was in need of money so that was how I went to meet Abiodun Salau to discuss with him," Dapo confessed.
"I told him about the sale of the land and that he should help me get men to rob my grandfather. When I learnt that my grandfather had sold the land for N12million, I called Abiodun that night and they came and rob my grandfather and other members of my family.”
According to Salau, the gang succeeded in collecting N300,000, and other valuables from the old man.
“It was Dapo who informed me about the money and I called Jamiu and the others to strike that night," he said.
"On November 18, Jamiu and the others went to the house and robbed the old man. After they finished the operation, Jamiu came back to me and gave me the guns to hide and N300,000, jewellery, wrist watches and other valuables. I gave Dapo N7,500 from the money and we shared the rest.”
Luck ran out on the gang when the next day, Jamiu was arrested by officers attached to the Agbowa Police station carrying out “stop and search” and they found cash and jewellery on him.
“It was during interrogation at SARS that I confessed and gave the names of other
members of the gang including two other erstwhile members of the gang Dare Shokunbi, and Bakare Olalekan were also arrested,” Jamiu said.
The officers then arrested Salau and others about 2.00am at Epe while they were sleeping. Four locally made guns, charms, jewellery and other valuables were recovered from the gang.
“I feel bad about my involvement in this crime, and I want God to forgive me. I want my family and my grandfather to forgive me, I was just greedy for money that is why I went into the crime, this will never happen again,” Dapo said.
A police source who requested anonymity said the case is under investigation.
“This gang has been involved in various Car snatching and armed robbery in Epe and Ikorodu," the source said.
"They hide under the cover of OPC (Odua People’s Congress) to carry guns and steal from people. We suspect other members of their gang still exist and we will track them down,” the officer said.
Analysts criticise FG’s N922bn security vote
Written by Bosede Olusola-Obasa
Frontline business professionals have said the failure to implement previous budgets on human development allowed security to take much of the 2012 budget proposals.
In the budget presented to the National Assembly by President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday, the highest vote went to security, an area perceived to be challenging for the administration.
Security got N922bn, education got N400.15bn, health – N282.8bn, works–N180.8bn, power –N161.4bn, agriculture–N78.98bn, Niger Delta –N59.7bn, petroleum resources–N59.7bn, transportation–N54.8bn, aviation – N49.2bn, among others.
Although the budget is tagged a stepping stone to economic transformation, analysts said its breakdown did not suggest that things would go that way except if the votes for education, health, works, agriculture, power were religiously implemented.
They urged the Federal Government to ensure accountability in the use of the security vote.
The President and Chairman of Governing Council, National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria, Chief Lugard Aimiuwu, said Jonathan and his team must ensure that the security vote was disbursed in a way that would bring a recovery to the economy.
He said all security agencies must be co-opted and be adequately trained to get the job done; while international allies must also be strategically courted.
He said, “I really appreciated what the National Security Adviser did recently when he held a meeting with past security advisers and service chiefs on the state of the nation. That was an intelligent thing to do; it showed that the man is a true professional. That is a crucial aspect of gathering intelligence.
“The Federal Government must prove its sincerity in putting so much on security.”
A director of the Lagos Business School, Prof. Pat Utomi, said it was unfortunate that a budget tagged ‘economic transformation’ had its highest vote on security.
He said that budgets in Nigeria had become mere documents, which the government did what it pleased with.
He called for a strategy that would prove that the FG understood what it wanted to achieve from the budget and not just pay lip service to security and economic transformation.
He said, “For a long time, I have not been paying close attention to the national budget because of the frustrations and disappointments that have arisen from non-implementation of same.
“This is a country where the budget is not fully implemented and they talk of returning money to government coffers. If we are serious about it this time, let emphasis be placed on funding all the security agencies, because it has become a huge challenge.”
Utomi, a management expert and entrepreneur, tasked civil society groups to monitor the government to ensure that results were achieved.
He said it was unfortunate that Nigeria currently ranked very low in Millennium Development Goals compared to smaller African countries it gave aids to.
Commission dismisses two senior policemen for misconduct Featured
Written by Adelani Adepegba, Abuja
The Police Service Commission has dismissed from service two senior policemen for acts of professional misconduct.
The commission, at the end of its meeting in Abuja on Thursday, approved the dismissal of Babatunde Jonathan and Sheikh Usman Umar, both Chief Superintendent of Police.
The PSC also approved the promotion of a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Hassan Biu, to the rank of Commissioner of Police with effect from December 15, 2011 based on the Inspector-General of Police’s recommendation.
Similarly, nine other officers were reprimanded, while a Deputy Superintendent of Police had his rank reduced to Assistant Superintendent of Police for conduct unexpected of a senior police officer.
The chairman of the commission, Parry Osayande, said the PSC would always reward hard work and diligence with elevation, while all acts against police conduct would not go unpunished.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Police Affairs, Caleb Olubolade, has inaugurated the Police Biometric Central Motor Registry with a call on the force to take an advantage of the advancement in technological innovations to protect lives and property.
He called for the integration of the BCMR with the new driving licence database and the National Communication Commission database for effective security system, adding that a proper utilisation of these databases would help to detect stolen vehicles and reduce car theft in the country.
The IG, Hafiz Ringim, said the upgraded BCMR would provide first-hand information and authentic database for police operational guide on crime prevention and detection in place of reliance on secondary data hitherto provided the force by other agencies.
Frontline business professionals have said the failure to implement previous budgets on human development allowed security to take much of the 2012 budget proposals.
In the budget presented to the National Assembly by President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday, the highest vote went to security, an area perceived to be challenging for the administration.
Security got N922bn, education got N400.15bn, health – N282.8bn, works–N180.8bn, power –N161.4bn, agriculture–N78.98bn, Niger Delta –N59.7bn, petroleum resources–N59.7bn, transportation–N54.8bn, aviation – N49.2bn, among others.
Although the budget is tagged a stepping stone to economic transformation, analysts said its breakdown did not suggest that things would go that way except if the votes for education, health, works, agriculture, power were religiously implemented.
They urged the Federal Government to ensure accountability in the use of the security vote.
The President and Chairman of Governing Council, National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria, Chief Lugard Aimiuwu, said Jonathan and his team must ensure that the security vote was disbursed in a way that would bring a recovery to the economy.
He said all security agencies must be co-opted and be adequately trained to get the job done; while international allies must also be strategically courted.
He said, “I really appreciated what the National Security Adviser did recently when he held a meeting with past security advisers and service chiefs on the state of the nation. That was an intelligent thing to do; it showed that the man is a true professional. That is a crucial aspect of gathering intelligence.
“The Federal Government must prove its sincerity in putting so much on security.”
A director of the Lagos Business School, Prof. Pat Utomi, said it was unfortunate that a budget tagged ‘economic transformation’ had its highest vote on security.
He said that budgets in Nigeria had become mere documents, which the government did what it pleased with.
He called for a strategy that would prove that the FG understood what it wanted to achieve from the budget and not just pay lip service to security and economic transformation.
He said, “For a long time, I have not been paying close attention to the national budget because of the frustrations and disappointments that have arisen from non-implementation of same.
“This is a country where the budget is not fully implemented and they talk of returning money to government coffers. If we are serious about it this time, let emphasis be placed on funding all the security agencies, because it has become a huge challenge.”
Utomi, a management expert and entrepreneur, tasked civil society groups to monitor the government to ensure that results were achieved.
He said it was unfortunate that Nigeria currently ranked very low in Millennium Development Goals compared to smaller African countries it gave aids to.
Commission dismisses two senior policemen for misconduct Featured
Written by Adelani Adepegba, Abuja
The Police Service Commission has dismissed from service two senior policemen for acts of professional misconduct.
The commission, at the end of its meeting in Abuja on Thursday, approved the dismissal of Babatunde Jonathan and Sheikh Usman Umar, both Chief Superintendent of Police.
The PSC also approved the promotion of a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Hassan Biu, to the rank of Commissioner of Police with effect from December 15, 2011 based on the Inspector-General of Police’s recommendation.
Similarly, nine other officers were reprimanded, while a Deputy Superintendent of Police had his rank reduced to Assistant Superintendent of Police for conduct unexpected of a senior police officer.
The chairman of the commission, Parry Osayande, said the PSC would always reward hard work and diligence with elevation, while all acts against police conduct would not go unpunished.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Police Affairs, Caleb Olubolade, has inaugurated the Police Biometric Central Motor Registry with a call on the force to take an advantage of the advancement in technological innovations to protect lives and property.
He called for the integration of the BCMR with the new driving licence database and the National Communication Commission database for effective security system, adding that a proper utilisation of these databases would help to detect stolen vehicles and reduce car theft in the country.
The IG, Hafiz Ringim, said the upgraded BCMR would provide first-hand information and authentic database for police operational guide on crime prevention and detection in place of reliance on secondary data hitherto provided the force by other agencies.
Lagos police chief abets thugs, says a residentNovember 25, 2011 5 Comments and 0 Reactions
A Lagos resident alleges that Tunde Sobolu, a deputy commissioner of police harbor thugdA Lagos resident has accused the deputy commissioner of police operations, Tunde Sobulo, of promoting brigandage in the state. In a narration sent to the Nigeria Police Watch, the resident explained how Mr. Sobulo commune and encourage thugs in his office.
“The deputy commissioner of police, Mr. Sobulo is not fit to occupy his present position as he is one of those fuelling and giving impetus to the hoodlums in Lagos for his personal gains,” the resident said.
The public relation officer of the Lagos police command, Samuel Jinadu, however, denied the allegations saying Mr. Sobolu has contributed immensely to the reduction of crime in Lagos and “cannot do that.”
“He is a man of integrity and I believe he cannot liaise with criminals,” Mr. Jinadu said.
The story, as narrated by the resident is presented below.
“Last Tuesday, some boys from Fadeyi led by Femi Akinboyeku, Muyiwa Sangowawa aka Big 90, Yinka Sobodu and others attacked a corporate transport office at No 44 Ikorodu road, Fadeyi and destroyed all its fittings.
The boys had demanded for N1.5 million from the business owner as prerequisite to start the enterprise in the area but the man refused to yield.
Before the, the boys – especially Big 90 – had for a week continually sent the business owner death threats threatening to “spill blood” at the premises if he fails to pay the money.
The man petitioned Lagos state police command asking the police prosecute the boys. The police approved the petition and dispatched a team of the state anti robbery team to arrest the culprits who are always armed.
Before the police got to the scene on Tuesday the boys had disappeared and the police left.
Do you know that when the anti robbery team and the petitioner got back to the state command with their report they were summoned to the office of the deputy commissioner of police operations, Tunde Sobulo.
Surprisingly, the petitioner saw his persecutors sitting confidently in the Deputy Commissioner’s office.
The Deputy Commissioner lambasted the petitioner and told them to go and pay the money. According to the commissioner, the boys are entitled to the money since the petitioner too will profit from the enterprise. He told the business owner categorically that he cannot operate except he pays the boys the money.
The petitioner was astounded by what he heard.
Later, the deputy commissioner asked the boys to reduce the ransom and asked the petitioner to dialogue with the gang; the same boys the police had declared wanted.
This happened on Tuesday the 22nd of November 2011 at about 5p.m in the office of the dc at Ikeja.
Now we truly know who is giving liver to these boys to commit more atrocities. The deputy commissioner of police, Mr. Sobulo is not fit to occupy his present position as he is one of those fuelling and giving impetus to the hoodlums in Lagos for his personal gains.
The IGP should investigate the deputy commissioner who had allowed Femi Akinboyeku and other thugs to operate without hindrance.
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A Lagos resident alleges that Tunde Sobolu, a deputy commissioner of police harbor thugdA Lagos resident has accused the deputy commissioner of police operations, Tunde Sobulo, of promoting brigandage in the state. In a narration sent to the Nigeria Police Watch, the resident explained how Mr. Sobulo commune and encourage thugs in his office.
“The deputy commissioner of police, Mr. Sobulo is not fit to occupy his present position as he is one of those fuelling and giving impetus to the hoodlums in Lagos for his personal gains,” the resident said.
The public relation officer of the Lagos police command, Samuel Jinadu, however, denied the allegations saying Mr. Sobolu has contributed immensely to the reduction of crime in Lagos and “cannot do that.”
“He is a man of integrity and I believe he cannot liaise with criminals,” Mr. Jinadu said.
The story, as narrated by the resident is presented below.
“Last Tuesday, some boys from Fadeyi led by Femi Akinboyeku, Muyiwa Sangowawa aka Big 90, Yinka Sobodu and others attacked a corporate transport office at No 44 Ikorodu road, Fadeyi and destroyed all its fittings.
The boys had demanded for N1.5 million from the business owner as prerequisite to start the enterprise in the area but the man refused to yield.
Before the, the boys – especially Big 90 – had for a week continually sent the business owner death threats threatening to “spill blood” at the premises if he fails to pay the money.
The man petitioned Lagos state police command asking the police prosecute the boys. The police approved the petition and dispatched a team of the state anti robbery team to arrest the culprits who are always armed.
Before the police got to the scene on Tuesday the boys had disappeared and the police left.
Do you know that when the anti robbery team and the petitioner got back to the state command with their report they were summoned to the office of the deputy commissioner of police operations, Tunde Sobulo.
Surprisingly, the petitioner saw his persecutors sitting confidently in the Deputy Commissioner’s office.
The Deputy Commissioner lambasted the petitioner and told them to go and pay the money. According to the commissioner, the boys are entitled to the money since the petitioner too will profit from the enterprise. He told the business owner categorically that he cannot operate except he pays the boys the money.
The petitioner was astounded by what he heard.
Later, the deputy commissioner asked the boys to reduce the ransom and asked the petitioner to dialogue with the gang; the same boys the police had declared wanted.
This happened on Tuesday the 22nd of November 2011 at about 5p.m in the office of the dc at Ikeja.
Now we truly know who is giving liver to these boys to commit more atrocities. The deputy commissioner of police, Mr. Sobulo is not fit to occupy his present position as he is one of those fuelling and giving impetus to the hoodlums in Lagos for his personal gains.
The IGP should investigate the deputy commissioner who had allowed Femi Akinboyeku and other thugs to operate without hindrance.
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FOLLOWING DEADLY CLASH AT MILE 12
STORY BY PATIENCE OGBO
Ten members of the Bukanner cult are in the police custody for allegedly disturbing public peace at Mile 12 area of Lagos state.
The cultists are being interrogated by officers of the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) Ikeja following their arrest on December 2nd.
It was gathered that the suspects were engaged in a melee with another cult group called Eiye confraternity at the Mile 12 area, where the two groups fought each other with dangerous weapons .
In order to nip the crisis,the police officers from the Ketu Police station were informed of the deadly clash and they swooped on the cultists arresting ten of them. The suspects were transferred to SARS for though investigations on December 3rd
A police source said the police recovered seven cutlasses and a locally made gun from the suspects.
The suspects include, Adewale Adeboye, Agunbiade Lateeef, Ekun Ganiu, Ayebusiwa Tosin, Joseph Olumuyiwa, Seun Balogun, Ibrahim Ahmed, Badejo Niyi, Korede Kazeem, and Yusuf Olatunji.
The suspects however denied the allegation that they were causing mayheem and using guns to terrorise the public;they blame the Eiye cult for thier ordeal.
Tosin Ayebusiwa, said " on that Friday , I was relaxing in my shop and all of a sudden I saw some boys fully armed and they came to me asking me about somebody , I told them that I do not know anything about the person, so that was how I asked them who thy are and they said they are Eiye guys and they started cursing and threatening me to produce that guy,
before I could say anything, they swooped on me and started attacking me they scattered my house and my shop so that was how the trouble started it was Eiye that started it and i called my elder brother to call the police and inform them of the eiye boys ,other members of my Bukanners cult heard that I was being attacked that was how they came to rescue me, it was in the process that they were arrested by the police the Eiye boys brought so this is a set up plan; "Tosin said.
Another member of the group, Ekun Ganiyu 27, a graduate of Accountancy from the Igbenedion University Okada said they are Innocent " I am a Bukanner and all of us are , when we heard that Tosin was being attacked by the Eiye boys, we came to his aid , but he has been surrounded by the Eiye boys, the police came and rounded us up saying that we are causing trouble whereas it is a set up by the Eiye and the police"Ekun said.
Another member of the Bukanner, Ibrahim Ahmed call on the commissioner of police in the state , Yakubu Alkali to investigate the case thoroughly,
" we are being alleged to have clashed with Eiye boys but non of them is in the police custody, we were set up and the commissioner of police should temper judgment with mercy as such a thing will never happen again, we are not armed robbers and the gun the police found is not ours, it was the Eiye boys that brought the guns, we are not thieves , or armed robbers as being alleged so we call on the Commissioner of police to investigate this case thoroughly:"
Tosin denied that he started the clash,
" I am not the one that cause this fight, in short I am a victim here because it was the Eiye boys that came to my house to attack me, they scattered my house and beat me up, as a law abiding citizen, I called the police , if we knew that the police were coming, there is no how we would have carried gun and wait for them to arrest us with guns,so we are not thieves or armed robbers as being alleged , we are innocent in this matter"
BY PATIENCE OGBO
Ten members of the Bukanner cult are in the police custody for allegedly disturbing public peace at Mile 12 area of Lagos state.
The cultists are being interrogated by officers of the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) Ikeja following their arrest on December 2nd.
It was gathered that the suspects were engaged in a melee with another cult group called Eiye confraternity at the Mile 12 area, where the two groups fought each other with dangerous weapons .
In order to nip the crisis,the police officers from the Ketu Police station were informed of the deadly clash and they swooped on the cultists arresting ten of them. The suspects were transferred to SARS for though investigations on December 3rd
A police source said the police recovered seven cutlasses and a locally made gun from the suspects.
The suspects include, Adewale Adeboye, Agunbiade Lateeef, Ekun Ganiu, Ayebusiwa Tosin, Joseph Olumuyiwa, Seun Balogun, Ibrahim Ahmed, Badejo Niyi, Korede Kazeem, and Yusuf Olatunji.
The suspects however denied the allegation that they were causing mayheem and using guns to terrorise the public;they blame the Eiye cult for thier ordeal.
Tosin Ayebusiwa, said " on that Friday , I was relaxing in my shop and all of a sudden I saw some boys fully armed and they came to me asking me about somebody , I told them that I do not know anything about the person, so that was how I asked them who thy are and they said they are Eiye guys and they started cursing and threatening me to produce that guy,
before I could say anything, they swooped on me and started attacking me they scattered my house and my shop so that was how the trouble started it was Eiye that started it and i called my elder brother to call the police and inform them of the eiye boys ,other members of my Bukanners cult heard that I was being attacked that was how they came to rescue me, it was in the process that they were arrested by the police the Eiye boys brought so this is a set up plan; "Tosin said.
Another member of the group, Ekun Ganiyu 27, a graduate of Accountancy from the Igbenedion University Okada said they are Innocent " I am a Bukanner and all of us are , when we heard that Tosin was being attacked by the Eiye boys, we came to his aid , but he has been surrounded by the Eiye boys, the police came and rounded us up saying that we are causing trouble whereas it is a set up by the Eiye and the police"Ekun said.
Another member of the Bukanner, Ibrahim Ahmed call on the commissioner of police in the state , Yakubu Alkali to investigate the case thoroughly,
" we are being alleged to have clashed with Eiye boys but non of them is in the police custody, we were set up and the commissioner of police should temper judgment with mercy as such a thing will never happen again, we are not armed robbers and the gun the police found is not ours, it was the Eiye boys that brought the guns, we are not thieves , or armed robbers as being alleged so we call on the Commissioner of police to investigate this case thoroughly:"
Tosin denied that he started the clash,
" I am not the one that cause this fight, in short I am a victim here because it was the Eiye boys that came to my house to attack me, they scattered my house and beat me up, as a law abiding citizen, I called the police , if we knew that the police were coming, there is no how we would have carried gun and wait for them to arrest us with guns,so we are not thieves or armed robbers as being alleged , we are innocent in this matter"
FOLLOWING DEADLY CLASH AT MILE 12
STORY BY PATIENCE OGBO
Ten members of the Bukanner cult are in the police custody for allegedly disturbing public peace at Mile 12 area of Lagos state.
The cultists are being interrogated by officers of the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) Ikeja following their arrest on December 2nd.
It was gathered that the suspects were engaged in a melee with another cult group called Eiye confraternity at the Mile 12 area, where the two groups fought each other with dangerous weapons .
In order to nip the crisis,the police officers from the Ketu Police station were informed of the deadly clash and they swooped on the cultists arresting ten of them. The suspects were transferred to SARS for though investigations on December 3rd
A police source said the police recovered seven cutlasses and a locally made gun from the suspects.
The suspects include, Adewale Adeboye, Agunbiade Lateeef, Ekun Ganiu, Ayebusiwa Tosin, Joseph Olumuyiwa, Seun Balogun, Ibrahim Ahmed, Badejo Niyi, Korede Kazeem, and Yusuf Olatunji.
The suspects however denied the allegation that they were causing mayheem and using guns to terrorise the public;they blame the Eiye cult for thier ordeal.
Tosin Ayebusiwa, said " on that Friday , I was relaxing in my shop and all of a sudden I saw some boys fully armed and they came to me asking me about somebody , I told them that I do not know anything about the person, so that was how I asked them who thy are and they said they are Eiye guys and they started cursing and threatening me to produce that guy,
before I could say anything, they swooped on me and started attacking me they scattered my house and my shop so that was how the trouble started it was Eiye that started it and i called my elder brother to call the police and inform them of the eiye boys ,other members of my Bukanners cult heard that I was being attacked that was how they came to rescue me, it was in the process that they were arrested by the police the Eiye boys brought so this is a set up plan; "Tosin said.
Another member of the group, Ekun Ganiyu 27, a graduate of Accountancy from the Igbenedion University Okada said they are Innocent " I am a Bukanner and all of us are , when we heard that Tosin was being attacked by the Eiye boys, we came to his aid , but he has been surrounded by the Eiye boys, the police came and rounded us up saying that we are causing trouble whereas it is a set up by the Eiye and the police"Ekun said.
Another member of the Bukanner, Ibrahim Ahmed call on the commissioner of police in the state , Yakubu Alkali to investigate the case thoroughly,
" we are being alleged to have clashed with Eiye boys but non of them is in the police custody, we were set up and the commissioner of police should temper judgment with mercy as such a thing will never happen again, we are not armed robbers and the gun the police found is not ours, it was the Eiye boys that brought the guns, we are not thieves , or armed robbers as being alleged so we call on the Commissioner of police to investigate this case thoroughly:"
Tosin denied that he started the clash,
" I am not the one that cause this fight, in short I am a victim here because it was the Eiye boys that came to my house to attack me, they scattered my house and beat me up, as a law abiding citizen, I called the police , if we knew that the police were coming, there is no how we would have carried gun and wait for them to arrest us with guns,so we are not thieves or armed robbers as being alleged , we are innocent in this matter"
BY PATIENCE OGBO
Ten members of the Bukanner cult are in the police custody for allegedly disturbing public peace at Mile 12 area of Lagos state.
The cultists are being interrogated by officers of the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) Ikeja following their arrest on December 2nd.
It was gathered that the suspects were engaged in a melee with another cult group called Eiye confraternity at the Mile 12 area, where the two groups fought each other with dangerous weapons .
In order to nip the crisis,the police officers from the Ketu Police station were informed of the deadly clash and they swooped on the cultists arresting ten of them. The suspects were transferred to SARS for though investigations on December 3rd
A police source said the police recovered seven cutlasses and a locally made gun from the suspects.
The suspects include, Adewale Adeboye, Agunbiade Lateeef, Ekun Ganiu, Ayebusiwa Tosin, Joseph Olumuyiwa, Seun Balogun, Ibrahim Ahmed, Badejo Niyi, Korede Kazeem, and Yusuf Olatunji.
The suspects however denied the allegation that they were causing mayheem and using guns to terrorise the public;they blame the Eiye cult for thier ordeal.
Tosin Ayebusiwa, said " on that Friday , I was relaxing in my shop and all of a sudden I saw some boys fully armed and they came to me asking me about somebody , I told them that I do not know anything about the person, so that was how I asked them who thy are and they said they are Eiye guys and they started cursing and threatening me to produce that guy,
before I could say anything, they swooped on me and started attacking me they scattered my house and my shop so that was how the trouble started it was Eiye that started it and i called my elder brother to call the police and inform them of the eiye boys ,other members of my Bukanners cult heard that I was being attacked that was how they came to rescue me, it was in the process that they were arrested by the police the Eiye boys brought so this is a set up plan; "Tosin said.
Another member of the group, Ekun Ganiyu 27, a graduate of Accountancy from the Igbenedion University Okada said they are Innocent " I am a Bukanner and all of us are , when we heard that Tosin was being attacked by the Eiye boys, we came to his aid , but he has been surrounded by the Eiye boys, the police came and rounded us up saying that we are causing trouble whereas it is a set up by the Eiye and the police"Ekun said.
Another member of the Bukanner, Ibrahim Ahmed call on the commissioner of police in the state , Yakubu Alkali to investigate the case thoroughly,
" we are being alleged to have clashed with Eiye boys but non of them is in the police custody, we were set up and the commissioner of police should temper judgment with mercy as such a thing will never happen again, we are not armed robbers and the gun the police found is not ours, it was the Eiye boys that brought the guns, we are not thieves , or armed robbers as being alleged so we call on the Commissioner of police to investigate this case thoroughly:"
Tosin denied that he started the clash,
" I am not the one that cause this fight, in short I am a victim here because it was the Eiye boys that came to my house to attack me, they scattered my house and beat me up, as a law abiding citizen, I called the police , if we knew that the police were coming, there is no how we would have carried gun and wait for them to arrest us with guns,so we are not thieves or armed robbers as being alleged , we are innocent in this matter"
Abandon Babies on the increase in Lagos
Abandon Babies on the increase in Lagos
By Patience Ogbo
A day old baby boy dumped in a bush in Ikorodu last month has brought to the fore the increasing cases of child abandonment in Ikorodu and Lagos state in general.
While individuals , and NGO's are taking up the challenge of rescuing these babies, the residents call on the government to take practical steps to stop the ugly trend so as to prevent population explosion in the country.
According to an eye witness who identified himself as Leke, said " I was passing by when I heard the cry of a baby and on getting nearer to the bush I found a black poly-bag open with the baby inside.
I was shock to see the baby so I raised alarm and sympathizers throng in their hundreds to the scene to have a glimpse of the baby"Leke said
The news of the abandoned baby spread like a wild fire within Ikorodu but it took the intervention of one Rev. (Mrs.) kaleefat Lydia Aroyewu, the Founder and President of Great Faith Orphanage Home Igbogbo who picked the baby up and took him to her orphanage where the baby boy is receiving medical treatment and care .
Rev. Mrs. Aroyewu, express concern over the incessant cases of abandon babies in Ikorodu and call on the government to cater for pregnant teenagers so as to halt the ugly trend of child abandonment in the country.
‘The vision to cater for abandon babies came as a result of heart yearning concern with deep pity for the masses, down trodden and less privilege in the society’
‘The present rate of divorces, broken homes, abandoned babies, widows plights, orphans and drop-out in the society is alarming. Lots of teenage girls have been abducted, put in the family way and abandoned, some are rejected and many are on the verge of developing psychological problems. The love of God needs to be extended to all this class of people and this is what Great Faith Orphanage Home (a non governmental organization)is committed to do and have been doing.’
Rev. Mrs. Aroyewu further stated that her objective is to give a permanent home to these children until such a time that they will become independent to live an independent comfortable and peaceful life.
the Great Faith Orphanage Home house over forty-five abandon babies picked up from various parts of the country.
"Seventy-five percent of children in this home are attending private schools at a huge financial cost but according to Rev. Mrs. Aroyewu ‘to God is the glory’.
investigation revealed that child abandonment in Ikorodu is rampant with over t6wenty cases reported between January and November
it can be recalled that a baby girl was abandoned at piggery site in Egbin town in Ijede LCDA after but Oba Abdukareem Oyebo, the Obateru of Egbin Royal Kingdom took custody of the child.
also the story of a baby child girl that was dumped in a refuse site inside a polythene bag with the placenta wrapped round her. The Oba Agibade Bakare –Agoro, the Ranodu of Imota town took custody of the baby girl and today the baby girl is a princess in the palace of the Ranodu.
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A day old baby boy dumped in a bush in Ikorodu last month has brought to the fore the increasing cases of child abandonment in Ikorodu and Lagos state in general.
While individuals , and NGO's are taking up the challenge of rescuing these babies, the residents call on the government to take practical steps to stop the ugly trend so as to prevent population explosion in the country.
According to an eye witness who identified himself as Leke, said " I was passing by when I heard the cry of a baby and on getting nearer to the bush I found a black poly-bag open with the baby inside.
I was shock to see the baby so I raised alarm and sympathizers throng in their hundreds to the scene to have a glimpse of the baby"Leke said
The news of the abandoned baby spread like a wild fire within Ikorodu but it took the intervention of one Rev. (Mrs.) kaleefat Lydia Aroyewu, the Founder and President of Great Faith Orphanage Home Igbogbo who picked the baby up and took him to her orphanage where the baby boy is receiving medical treatment and care .
Rev. Mrs. Aroyewu, express concern over the incessant cases of abandon babies in Ikorodu and call on the government to cater for pregnant teenagers so as to halt the ugly trend of child abandonment in the country.
‘The vision to cater for abandon babies came as a result of heart yearning concern with deep pity for the masses, down trodden and less privilege in the society’
‘The present rate of divorces, broken homes, abandoned babies, widows plights, orphans and drop-out in the society is alarming. Lots of teenage girls have been abducted, put in the family way and abandoned, some are rejected and many are on the verge of developing psychological problems. The love of God needs to be extended to all this class of people and this is what Great Faith Orphanage Home (a non governmental organization)is committed to do and have been doing.’
Rev. Mrs. Aroyewu further stated that her objective is to give a permanent home to these children until such a time that they will become independent to live an independent comfortable and peaceful life.
the Great Faith Orphanage Home house over forty-five abandon babies picked up from various parts of the country.
"Seventy-five percent of children in this home are attending private schools at a huge financial cost but according to Rev. Mrs. Aroyewu ‘to God is the glory’.
investigation revealed that child abandonment in Ikorodu is rampant with over twenty cases reported between January and November at the Orphange
It can be recalled that a baby girl was abandoned at piggery site in Egbin town in Ijede LCDA after but Oba Abdukareem Oyebo, the Obateru of Egbin Royal Kingdom took custody of the child.
Also a baby child girl that was dumped in a refuse site inside a polythene bag with the placenta wrapped round her was rescued by Oba Agibade Bakare –Agoro, the Ranodu of Imota town who took custody of the baby girl and today the baby girl is an adopted princess in the palace of oba .
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A day old baby boy dumped in a bush in Ikorodu last month has brought to the fore the increasing cases of child abandonment in Ikorodu and Lagos state in general.
While individuals , and NGO's are taking up the challenge of rescuing these babies, the residents call on the government to take practical steps to stop the ugly trend so as to prevent population explosion in the country.
According to an eye witness who identified himself as Leke, said " I was passing by when I heard the cry of a baby and on getting nearer to the bush I found a black poly-bag open with the baby inside.
I was shock to see the baby so I raised alarm and sympathizers throng in their hundreds to the scene to have a glimpse of the baby"Leke said
The news of the abandoned baby spread like a wild fire within Ikorodu but it took the intervention of one Rev. (Mrs.) kaleefat Lydia Aroyewu, the Founder and President of Great Faith Orphanage Home Igbogbo who picked the baby up and took him to her orphanage where the baby boy is receiving medical treatment and care .
Rev. Mrs. Aroyewu, express concern over the incessant cases of abandon babies in Ikorodu and call on the government to cater for pregnant teenagers so as to halt the ugly trend of child abandonment in the country.
‘The vision to cater for abandon babies came as a result of heart yearning concern with deep pity for the masses, down trodden and less privilege in the society’
‘The present rate of divorces, broken homes, abandoned babies, widows plights, orphans and drop-out in the society is alarming. Lots of teenage girls have been abducted, put in the family way and abandoned, some are rejected and many are on the verge of developing psychological problems. The love of God needs to be extended to all this class of people and this is what Great Faith Orphanage Home (a non governmental organization)is committed to do and have been doing.’
Rev. Mrs. Aroyewu further stated that her objective is to give a permanent home to these children until such a time that they will become independent to live an independent comfortable and peaceful life.
the Great Faith Orphanage Home house over forty-five abandon babies picked up from various parts of the country.
"Seventy-five percent of children in this home are attending private schools at a huge financial cost but according to Rev. Mrs. Aroyewu ‘to God is the glory’.
investigation revealed that child abandonment in Ikorodu is rampant with over t6wenty cases reported between January and November
it can be recalled that a baby girl was abandoned at piggery site in Egbin town in Ijede LCDA after but Oba Abdukareem Oyebo, the Obateru of Egbin Royal Kingdom took custody of the child.
also the story of a baby child girl that was dumped in a refuse site inside a polythene bag with the placenta wrapped round her. The Oba Agibade Bakare –Agoro, the Ranodu of Imota town took custody of the baby girl and today the baby girl is a princess in the palace of the Ranodu.
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A day old baby boy dumped in a bush in Ikorodu last month has brought to the fore the increasing cases of child abandonment in Ikorodu and Lagos state in general.
While individuals , and NGO's are taking up the challenge of rescuing these babies, the residents call on the government to take practical steps to stop the ugly trend so as to prevent population explosion in the country.
According to an eye witness who identified himself as Leke, said " I was passing by when I heard the cry of a baby and on getting nearer to the bush I found a black poly-bag open with the baby inside.
I was shock to see the baby so I raised alarm and sympathizers throng in their hundreds to the scene to have a glimpse of the baby"Leke said
The news of the abandoned baby spread like a wild fire within Ikorodu but it took the intervention of one Rev. (Mrs.) kaleefat Lydia Aroyewu, the Founder and President of Great Faith Orphanage Home Igbogbo who picked the baby up and took him to her orphanage where the baby boy is receiving medical treatment and care .
Rev. Mrs. Aroyewu, express concern over the incessant cases of abandon babies in Ikorodu and call on the government to cater for pregnant teenagers so as to halt the ugly trend of child abandonment in the country.
‘The vision to cater for abandon babies came as a result of heart yearning concern with deep pity for the masses, down trodden and less privilege in the society’
‘The present rate of divorces, broken homes, abandoned babies, widows plights, orphans and drop-out in the society is alarming. Lots of teenage girls have been abducted, put in the family way and abandoned, some are rejected and many are on the verge of developing psychological problems. The love of God needs to be extended to all this class of people and this is what Great Faith Orphanage Home (a non governmental organization)is committed to do and have been doing.’
Rev. Mrs. Aroyewu further stated that her objective is to give a permanent home to these children until such a time that they will become independent to live an independent comfortable and peaceful life.
the Great Faith Orphanage Home house over forty-five abandon babies picked up from various parts of the country.
"Seventy-five percent of children in this home are attending private schools at a huge financial cost but according to Rev. Mrs. Aroyewu ‘to God is the glory’.
investigation revealed that child abandonment in Ikorodu is rampant with over twenty cases reported between January and November at the Orphange
It can be recalled that a baby girl was abandoned at piggery site in Egbin town in Ijede LCDA after but Oba Abdukareem Oyebo, the Obateru of Egbin Royal Kingdom took custody of the child.
Also a baby child girl that was dumped in a refuse site inside a polythene bag with the placenta wrapped round her was rescued by Oba Agibade Bakare –Agoro, the Ranodu of Imota town who took custody of the baby girl and today the baby girl is an adopted princess in the palace of oba .
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SANITISED OKADA OPERATION WILL CURB CRIME IN LAGOS STATE --- SAID SSS.
The State Security Service (SSS) has urged the Lagos state government to sanitize the operations of the commercial motorcycle riders as a way to curb crime in the state.
Mohammed Ibrahim, the officer in charge of Labour of the SSS in Lagos state said this at a press conference organized by the Motorcycle Owners Association of Lagos State (MOALS) in Lagos on December 14th.
Mr. Ibrahim who represented the State Director of SSS stated that stricter enforcement of the rules and regulations in commercial motorcycle operations will ensure the safety of lives and property in the state.
“Okada riding is an inevitable transport in the state. We cannot do without okada riders as they are viable and important to the economic development in the state – the risk in security is high as okada riders are used by men of the underworld to commit crime- in this vein, there is the need to sprung the riders
okada riders should have stickers, and uniforms for proper identifications, also there is the need to have an okada riders’ task force to assist the security agencies to know the members and with this development, we can sanitize the okada operations; the riders should also cooperate with security agencies by providing them with information about criminals in their midst” Mr. Ibrahim said.
Mr. Tijani Perkis, the chairman of the Motorcycle Owners Association of Lagos State (MOALS) also call on the government to also sanitize commercial motorcycle operations in the state instead of the purported ban.
Mr. Perkis revealed that more than five million Nigerians will be jobless if the Lagos state government carries out its purported plan to ban commercial motorcycle riders popularly known as okada in the state.
The press conference which was attended by members of the motorcycle riders, State Security Service (SSS), National Union of Road Transport workers (NURTW) and officers of the transport ministry in Lagos state was a forum for all the stake holders to proffer solutions to the mirage of problems involved in commercial motorcycle operations in Lagos state.
Mr. Perkis stated that commercial motorcycle is a means of transportation that should be properly recognized and sanitized by the government.
“Commercial motorcycle operations evolved as a child of necessity due to the unbearable level of unemployment in the country. From the mid 80s, okada business provided answers by becoming the source of income of over five million Nigerians, also okada came to the rescue of artisan graduates WHO have NO INCOME TO ESTABLISH A WORKSHOP,
Also during the economic recession and it attendant retrenchment, okada also came to the rescue of the teeming unemployed” Mr. Perkis said.
Mr. Perkis blames the poor state of the roads in the country, and the perennial traffic gridlock in Lagos state for the upsurge in residents’ need to patronize commercial motorcycle as a means of transportation
“Before it is “heavy hold –up”, now it is complete stand still on our roads; many man hours are lost in such traffic ,lives are lost and people resorted to using okada to ease their plight on the road”Mr. Perkis said .
In proffering solutions to the challenges in commercial motorcycle operation in the state, the stakeholders call on the government to enforce stricter penalties on traffic defaulters.
“There should be a total ban on all unrecognized okada associations in Lagos as too many mushroom associations are springing up and they are the ones causing problems. Also there should be the introduction of uniform reflectors in the name of the unions, stricter enforcement of riders’ card and the inculcation of training,
the compulsory registration of every riders into parks or unit for easy identification; we submit that it is no solution to throw away the baby with the bath water as this will result to unemployment and upsurge in crime in the state. As a result, we are ready to work with the government to ensure that okada operations become safe for all but if the government insist on banning okada, then they should be ready to provide alternatives for the riders ” Mr. Perkis said.
The stake holders also call on the government to introduce compulsory accident insurance for passengers and riders, as a means of reducing the heavy medical cost from okada accidents and cooperation in setting up a joint task force with the Ministry of transportation to flush out non members.
Reacting to the purported ban in commercial motorcycle operation in the state, Remi Thomas, the Director of Transport and Operations in the Lagos state ministry of Transportation who represented the commisoner for transportation, said the government is ready to work with commercial motorcycle riders through a joint task force.
“The government has held series of meetings with the okada riders and our aim is to make okada operations safe for all, we will support you if you obey the law.”Mr. Thomas said.
In order to curb the menace of commercial motorcycle riders in the state, the Lagos state government last week began a clamp down on motorcycle riders plying the high way, with over 1000 defaulters arrested.
Also, Governor Babtubde Raji Fashola recently arrested five commercial motorcycle riders for riding against traffic on the one way route.
The governor blames commercial motorcycle riders for the upsurge in crime in the state and the frequent accidents on the highway and as a way to check okada menace, the governor also reconstituted a security committee to curb the recklessness of the okada riders in the state.
The two recognized commercial motorcycle associations in Lagos state are the Motorcycle Owners Association of Lagos State (MOALS) and the Motorcycle Riders and OwnersAssociation (ANACOWA)
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Mohammed Ibrahim, the officer in charge of Labour of the SSS in Lagos state said this at a press conference organized by the Motorcycle Owners Association of Lagos State (MOALS) in Lagos on December 14th.
Mr. Ibrahim who represented the State Director of SSS stated that stricter enforcement of the rules and regulations in commercial motorcycle operations will ensure the safety of lives and property in the state.
“Okada riding is an inevitable transport in the state. We cannot do without okada riders as they are viable and important to the economic development in the state – the risk in security is high as okada riders are used by men of the underworld to commit crime- in this vein, there is the need to sprung the riders
okada riders should have stickers, and uniforms for proper identifications, also there is the need to have an okada riders’ task force to assist the security agencies to know the members and with this development, we can sanitize the okada operations; the riders should also cooperate with security agencies by providing them with information about criminals in their midst” Mr. Ibrahim said.
Mr. Tijani Perkis, the chairman of the Motorcycle Owners Association of Lagos State (MOALS) also call on the government to also sanitize commercial motorcycle operations in the state instead of the purported ban.
Mr. Perkis revealed that more than five million Nigerians will be jobless if the Lagos state government carries out its purported plan to ban commercial motorcycle riders popularly known as okada in the state.
The press conference which was attended by members of the motorcycle riders, State Security Service (SSS), National Union of Road Transport workers (NURTW) and officers of the transport ministry in Lagos state was a forum for all the stake holders to proffer solutions to the mirage of problems involved in commercial motorcycle operations in Lagos state.
Mr. Perkis stated that commercial motorcycle is a means of transportation that should be properly recognized and sanitized by the government.
“Commercial motorcycle operations evolved as a child of necessity due to the unbearable level of unemployment in the country. From the mid 80s, okada business provided answers by becoming the source of income of over five million Nigerians, also okada came to the rescue of artisan graduates WHO have NO INCOME TO ESTABLISH A WORKSHOP,
Also during the economic recession and it attendant retrenchment, okada also came to the rescue of the teeming unemployed” Mr. Perkis said.
Mr. Perkis blames the poor state of the roads in the country, and the perennial traffic gridlock in Lagos state for the upsurge in residents’ need to patronize commercial motorcycle as a means of transportation
“Before it is “heavy hold –up”, now it is complete stand still on our roads; many man hours are lost in such traffic ,lives are lost and people resorted to using okada to ease their plight on the road”Mr. Perkis said .
In proffering solutions to the challenges in commercial motorcycle operation in the state, the stakeholders call on the government to enforce stricter penalties on traffic defaulters.
“There should be a total ban on all unrecognized okada associations in Lagos as too many mushroom associations are springing up and they are the ones causing problems. Also there should be the introduction of uniform reflectors in the name of the unions, stricter enforcement of riders’ card and the inculcation of training,
the compulsory registration of every riders into parks or unit for easy identification; we submit that it is no solution to throw away the baby with the bath water as this will result to unemployment and upsurge in crime in the state. As a result, we are ready to work with the government to ensure that okada operations become safe for all but if the government insist on banning okada, then they should be ready to provide alternatives for the riders ” Mr. Perkis said.
The stake holders also call on the government to introduce compulsory accident insurance for passengers and riders, as a means of reducing the heavy medical cost from okada accidents and cooperation in setting up a joint task force with the Ministry of transportation to flush out non members.
Reacting to the purported ban in commercial motorcycle operation in the state, Remi Thomas, the Director of Transport and Operations in the Lagos state ministry of Transportation who represented the commisoner for transportation, said the government is ready to work with commercial motorcycle riders through a joint task force.
“The government has held series of meetings with the okada riders and our aim is to make okada operations safe for all, we will support you if you obey the law.”Mr. Thomas said.
In order to curb the menace of commercial motorcycle riders in the state, the Lagos state government last week began a clamp down on motorcycle riders plying the high way, with over 1000 defaulters arrested.
Also, Governor Babtubde Raji Fashola recently arrested five commercial motorcycle riders for riding against traffic on the one way route.
The governor blames commercial motorcycle riders for the upsurge in crime in the state and the frequent accidents on the highway and as a way to check okada menace, the governor also reconstituted a security committee to curb the recklessness of the okada riders in the state.
The two recognized commercial motorcycle associations in Lagos state are the Motorcycle Owners Association of Lagos State (MOALS) and the Motorcycle Riders and OwnersAssociation (ANACOWA)
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The growing insecurity in the country will continue if the government does not take urgent measures to provide jobs for its teeming youth.
This follows a finding by the CLEEN Foundation in Lagos
the finding tagged "National Criminal Victimization and Safety Survey 2011" contains findings of crime victimization statistics in 2010 shows that there is a sharp increase in armed robbery and other violent crime in the country as a result of unemployment , hopelessness and corruption.
The findings by CLEEN Foundation with support from the MacArthur foundation shows that based on the survey in 2010, there is an incessant case of theft of mobile phones which is on the increase and other violent crime like domestic violence and armed robbery are also on the increase in the country.
Innocent Chukwuma, the Executive Director of the CLEEN Foundation said the survey which has been on since 2004 is aimed at providing reliable data that will assist policy makers to enact effective laws that will combat crime as well as providing law enforcement agencies with the statistics to effectively control crime in the country.
"this investment in producing reliable statistics on crime in Nigeria and promotion of their use in police planning and deployment strategies as well as in the evaluation of policing policies and practices, it is therefore not surprising that in spite of the various crime control measures that have been implemented in the country over the past eleven years of elected civilian government, criminals continue to operate in greater number over increasing wider spheres.”
According to Mr. Chukwuma, the increasing crime rate in the country can be attributed to socio-economic factors like poverty, youth unemployment, lack of basic education and amenities, materialism and corruption which implies that government has failed in its responsibility to create the enabling environment for citizens to live a fulfilled life
“These issues are not new to the government as our recommendations over the years show that it is not enough to increase police capacity by giving them guns , and equipment to work with, there are socio-economic factors like youth unemployment, poverty, poor education which makes even graduate to look for job instead of creating one for themselves all these factors must be checked in order to reduce crime and criminality in the country.
Professor Etannibi Alemika, of the department of criminology and Sociology at the University of Jos said the effective implementation of crime statistics will go a long way in enhancing national development
“Due to the significance of crime and victimization statistics, nations strive to develop adequate capacity and deploy enough human, financial and infrastructural resources for the collection and analysis of incidence,, prevalence trend and patterns of criminal activities and victimization in order to acquire necessary knowledge and ability for crime prevention and crime control.”Professor. Alemika said.
According to professor Alemika, crime victimization survey is used to obtain data on the extent of criminal victimization.
“Questionnaires were designed and administered to gather information on respondents’ experience of criminal victimization”
Prof Alemika added that for this study, a survey research methodology was employed “ the population for the study consist of all adult Nigerian males and females aged 18years and older and it was conducted in all the 36 states and the federal capital territory, also the basic methodology employed for the data collection was the in-home , face-to-face personal interview using stratified multi-stage random selection procedure in order to achieve a nationally representative sample (proportional representative sample)
According to Mr. Chukwuma, a total of 11518 respondents were interviews in 1011 and the field work was conducted by practical sampling International (PSI)
“The major findings on criminal victimization, fear of crime and corruption; respondents were asked if any member of their household (other than themselves have were victims of specific crimes in 2010.
The second question asked the respondents if they were victims of specific crimes during 2010 and from our finding the most common forms of victimization were theft of various kinds of property (GSM handset, money, and agricultural produce) domestic violence; armed robbery and physical assault were also on the increase. With about 24% of the respondents reported being victim of crime in 2010”
According to the personal victimization survey in 2010, released by the CLEEN Foundation, states with the highest level of cases of reported victimization in 2010 include , Jigawa with 73.7%, Rivers state with 52.0 %FCT 51.0% while Lagos has 11.25 with Osun state being the lest with 7.9%
One aspect of the survey revealed the level of corruption among security agencies in the country
“Our approach is to determine the extent of the corruption among officials by asking those who had contacts with officials of different agencies who ake3d them for bribe”
The finding revealed that the Nigeria police force tops the security agency in demanding for bribe with 78.8% likelihood to solicit for bribe prior to service; others include the Nigeria Customs service with 67.7%, Nigeria Immigration service with 66.8percent , The Federal Road Safety Commission 55.1 %, EFCC 51.0%, the State security Service 50.1%. The Nigeria Security and Civil defence corp were the only agency that will not solicit for bribe prior to service.
The survey also shows that majority of Nigerians who had contact with the Police, EFCC and the ICPC were not satisfied with the manner their cases were handled,
In the Aspect of fear of crime, the survey revealed that residents are fearful of rape, kidnapping and victim to armed robbery and being murderers.
The study also shows that 47.8% of the respondents stated that they feel very safe walking in their community during the day
While armed robbery and domestic violence were recurring crimes residents stated are on the increase in their community, assault and burglary were also mentioned as serious concern
“from the survey, domestic violence is becoming a worrisome trend with one out of five respondent stating that they are victim of domestic violence , also one out of two respondents said their handset was stolen, these are increasing trend in crime and the government needs to take these issues seriously ”Mr. Chukwuma said .
Professor Alemika added that the policy re3commendatiob for the priority spending to enhance security , safety and justice in the country must address the issue of job creation, “ create e better educational and vocational opportunities , reduce poverty, provide stable electricity ,increase the capacity of the police and other law enforcement agencies also there should be harsher punishment for offender which will serve as deterrent to others and in all there is need to have the political will to fight crime and criminality proactively through intelligence gathering and synergy among the security agencies
This follows a finding by the CLEEN Foundation in Lagos
the finding tagged "National Criminal Victimization and Safety Survey 2011" contains findings of crime victimization statistics in 2010 shows that there is a sharp increase in armed robbery and other violent crime in the country as a result of unemployment , hopelessness and corruption.
The findings by CLEEN Foundation with support from the MacArthur foundation shows that based on the survey in 2010, there is an incessant case of theft of mobile phones which is on the increase and other violent crime like domestic violence and armed robbery are also on the increase in the country.
Innocent Chukwuma, the Executive Director of the CLEEN Foundation said the survey which has been on since 2004 is aimed at providing reliable data that will assist policy makers to enact effective laws that will combat crime as well as providing law enforcement agencies with the statistics to effectively control crime in the country.
"this investment in producing reliable statistics on crime in Nigeria and promotion of their use in police planning and deployment strategies as well as in the evaluation of policing policies and practices, it is therefore not surprising that in spite of the various crime control measures that have been implemented in the country over the past eleven years of elected civilian government, criminals continue to operate in greater number over increasing wider spheres.”
According to Mr. Chukwuma, the increasing crime rate in the country can be attributed to socio-economic factors like poverty, youth unemployment, lack of basic education and amenities, materialism and corruption which implies that government has failed in its responsibility to create the enabling environment for citizens to live a fulfilled life
“These issues are not new to the government as our recommendations over the years show that it is not enough to increase police capacity by giving them guns , and equipment to work with, there are socio-economic factors like youth unemployment, poverty, poor education which makes even graduate to look for job instead of creating one for themselves all these factors must be checked in order to reduce crime and criminality in the country.
Professor Etannibi Alemika, of the department of criminology and Sociology at the University of Jos said the effective implementation of crime statistics will go a long way in enhancing national development
“Due to the significance of crime and victimization statistics, nations strive to develop adequate capacity and deploy enough human, financial and infrastructural resources for the collection and analysis of incidence,, prevalence trend and patterns of criminal activities and victimization in order to acquire necessary knowledge and ability for crime prevention and crime control.”Professor. Alemika said.
According to professor Alemika, crime victimization survey is used to obtain data on the extent of criminal victimization.
“Questionnaires were designed and administered to gather information on respondents’ experience of criminal victimization”
Prof Alemika added that for this study, a survey research methodology was employed “ the population for the study consist of all adult Nigerian males and females aged 18years and older and it was conducted in all the 36 states and the federal capital territory, also the basic methodology employed for the data collection was the in-home , face-to-face personal interview using stratified multi-stage random selection procedure in order to achieve a nationally representative sample (proportional representative sample)
According to Mr. Chukwuma, a total of 11518 respondents were interviews in 1011 and the field work was conducted by practical sampling International (PSI)
“The major findings on criminal victimization, fear of crime and corruption; respondents were asked if any member of their household (other than themselves have were victims of specific crimes in 2010.
The second question asked the respondents if they were victims of specific crimes during 2010 and from our finding the most common forms of victimization were theft of various kinds of property (GSM handset, money, and agricultural produce) domestic violence; armed robbery and physical assault were also on the increase. With about 24% of the respondents reported being victim of crime in 2010”
According to the personal victimization survey in 2010, released by the CLEEN Foundation, states with the highest level of cases of reported victimization in 2010 include , Jigawa with 73.7%, Rivers state with 52.0 %FCT 51.0% while Lagos has 11.25 with Osun state being the lest with 7.9%
One aspect of the survey revealed the level of corruption among security agencies in the country
“Our approach is to determine the extent of the corruption among officials by asking those who had contacts with officials of different agencies who ake3d them for bribe”
The finding revealed that the Nigeria police force tops the security agency in demanding for bribe with 78.8% likelihood to solicit for bribe prior to service; others include the Nigeria Customs service with 67.7%, Nigeria Immigration service with 66.8percent , The Federal Road Safety Commission 55.1 %, EFCC 51.0%, the State security Service 50.1%. The Nigeria Security and Civil defence corp were the only agency that will not solicit for bribe prior to service.
The survey also shows that majority of Nigerians who had contact with the Police, EFCC and the ICPC were not satisfied with the manner their cases were handled,
In the Aspect of fear of crime, the survey revealed that residents are fearful of rape, kidnapping and victim to armed robbery and being murderers.
The study also shows that 47.8% of the respondents stated that they feel very safe walking in their community during the day
While armed robbery and domestic violence were recurring crimes residents stated are on the increase in their community, assault and burglary were also mentioned as serious concern
“from the survey, domestic violence is becoming a worrisome trend with one out of five respondent stating that they are victim of domestic violence , also one out of two respondents said their handset was stolen, these are increasing trend in crime and the government needs to take these issues seriously ”Mr. Chukwuma said .
Professor Alemika added that the policy re3commendatiob for the priority spending to enhance security , safety and justice in the country must address the issue of job creation, “ create e better educational and vocational opportunities , reduce poverty, provide stable electricity ,increase the capacity of the police and other law enforcement agencies also there should be harsher punishment for offender which will serve as deterrent to others and in all there is need to have the political will to fight crime and criminality proactively through intelligence gathering and synergy among the security agencies
Monday, 1 August 2011
drug production
The fight against illicit drugs in the country has recorded a huge
success with the discovery of a clandestine laboratory used in the
production of methamphetamine a dangerous drug that can destroy the
nervous system and cause hallucination.
The laboratory, a three bedroom bungalow located at Monkey village
Iba a suburb in the state has a locally built equipment that has the
“capacity of procuring 20-50 kilogrames per cycle , large production
centre similar to the ones found in Mexico.” the NDLEA said.
Two suspects Bernard Umezuike 44, and Polycarp Ndilobi 41 were
arrested in connection with the illicit laboratory.
Mr. Umezurike is allegedly the owner of the apartment used for the
illicit production and the laboratory has been operation since last
April.
Luck ran out on the suspects when a worker in the laboratory and
alerted police of the secret laboratory and the NDLEA officers were
alerted to the scene of the crime.
Ahmadu Giade the Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA said the
discovery of the laboratory is a landmark success. “This discovery is
the first of its type in west Africa and the country” Mr.Giade said .
The NDLEA boss describe methamphetamine as a killer drug with a
street value worth millions of naira. “The drug is a white odourless ,
bitter-tasting crystalline powders that easily dissolves in water or
alcohol and it is usually taken orally or intra-nasally by snorting
the powder or by the needle injection or by smoking” Mr. Giade said .
Street names for methamphetamine a derivative of Amphetamine include
“speed”, “meth”, “chalk”, “ice”. Cystal” and “glass”
“it is a strong stimulant that affects the central nervous system, the
abuse of even a small amount of methamphetamine can lead to many
negative and long term effects like extreme weight loss, severe dental
problems also known as “meth Mouth” anxiety, confusion, insomnia ,
mood disturbance, violence behaviour and other psychotic features like
hallucination.Mr. Giade said.
In order to curtail the adverse effect the drug poses to the
environment , the NDLEA boss said the country has invited forensic
experts from the US to help “dismantle the laboratory in a safe manner
,and they have commence the clean up process”
Unfortunately despite the cleansing process,Mr. Gaide said the
adverse effect of the drug will be difficult to wipe out completely
“the process adopted in the production of methamphetamine by the
suspect is very dangerous as the process usually emits gases like
phosphine and hydrogen chloride that can cause instant pulmonary
damages and death.
Besides, the toxic waste that percolated the soil is capable of
contaminating the soil and the wells of surrounding premises”Mr. Giade
said.
As a way of checking future incident, Mr. Giade urged the public to be
vigilant and to report suspected cases to the law enforcement
agencies. He also advise that the members of the public should purse
legitimate means of livelihood as the agency is well equipped to
detect and arrest drug barons and traffickers in the country adding
that the agency has began investigation into the case, and
preliminary investigations reveal that the suspects have international
connection in Mexico,
“ we have discovered a site where the illicit laboratory is located
there is a site two and we will locate that site soon, investigations
also reveals that the illicit drug is being produced for export and
not to be used in the country as its street value in Nigeria is too
low but very profitable in other country.
According to the NDLEA boss, One kilogramme of methamphetamine has a
street value in Nigeria cost N2.4million, while in a Japan it cost
N13.3million for a kilogramme, in Singapore a kilogrammes of
methamphetamine has a street value of N18million.
The suspects however denied the allegation.
Mr. Umezurike said “I do not know anything about this crime; I was
just standing in front of my house doing what every person living in a
house is doing when I was arrested”
Mitchell Ofoyeju, the spokes person of the NDLEA said the suspects
will soon be arraigned in court to face prosecution.
“The penalty for production of illicit drugs in the country is life
imprisonment; apart from its other effects to the health,
methamphetamine is also highly combustive and can be used for
explosives, we are soliciting the cooperation of the public to with
useful information to call the agency on 08062199999.” Mr. Ofoyeju
said .
success with the discovery of a clandestine laboratory used in the
production of methamphetamine a dangerous drug that can destroy the
nervous system and cause hallucination.
The laboratory, a three bedroom bungalow located at Monkey village
Iba a suburb in the state has a locally built equipment that has the
“capacity of procuring 20-50 kilogrames per cycle , large production
centre similar to the ones found in Mexico.” the NDLEA said.
Two suspects Bernard Umezuike 44, and Polycarp Ndilobi 41 were
arrested in connection with the illicit laboratory.
Mr. Umezurike is allegedly the owner of the apartment used for the
illicit production and the laboratory has been operation since last
April.
Luck ran out on the suspects when a worker in the laboratory and
alerted police of the secret laboratory and the NDLEA officers were
alerted to the scene of the crime.
Ahmadu Giade the Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA said the
discovery of the laboratory is a landmark success. “This discovery is
the first of its type in west Africa and the country” Mr.Giade said .
The NDLEA boss describe methamphetamine as a killer drug with a
street value worth millions of naira. “The drug is a white odourless ,
bitter-tasting crystalline powders that easily dissolves in water or
alcohol and it is usually taken orally or intra-nasally by snorting
the powder or by the needle injection or by smoking” Mr. Giade said .
Street names for methamphetamine a derivative of Amphetamine include
“speed”, “meth”, “chalk”, “ice”. Cystal” and “glass”
“it is a strong stimulant that affects the central nervous system, the
abuse of even a small amount of methamphetamine can lead to many
negative and long term effects like extreme weight loss, severe dental
problems also known as “meth Mouth” anxiety, confusion, insomnia ,
mood disturbance, violence behaviour and other psychotic features like
hallucination.Mr. Giade said.
In order to curtail the adverse effect the drug poses to the
environment , the NDLEA boss said the country has invited forensic
experts from the US to help “dismantle the laboratory in a safe manner
,and they have commence the clean up process”
Unfortunately despite the cleansing process,Mr. Gaide said the
adverse effect of the drug will be difficult to wipe out completely
“the process adopted in the production of methamphetamine by the
suspect is very dangerous as the process usually emits gases like
phosphine and hydrogen chloride that can cause instant pulmonary
damages and death.
Besides, the toxic waste that percolated the soil is capable of
contaminating the soil and the wells of surrounding premises”Mr. Giade
said.
As a way of checking future incident, Mr. Giade urged the public to be
vigilant and to report suspected cases to the law enforcement
agencies. He also advise that the members of the public should purse
legitimate means of livelihood as the agency is well equipped to
detect and arrest drug barons and traffickers in the country adding
that the agency has began investigation into the case, and
preliminary investigations reveal that the suspects have international
connection in Mexico,
“ we have discovered a site where the illicit laboratory is located
there is a site two and we will locate that site soon, investigations
also reveals that the illicit drug is being produced for export and
not to be used in the country as its street value in Nigeria is too
low but very profitable in other country.
According to the NDLEA boss, One kilogramme of methamphetamine has a
street value in Nigeria cost N2.4million, while in a Japan it cost
N13.3million for a kilogramme, in Singapore a kilogrammes of
methamphetamine has a street value of N18million.
The suspects however denied the allegation.
Mr. Umezurike said “I do not know anything about this crime; I was
just standing in front of my house doing what every person living in a
house is doing when I was arrested”
Mitchell Ofoyeju, the spokes person of the NDLEA said the suspects
will soon be arraigned in court to face prosecution.
“The penalty for production of illicit drugs in the country is life
imprisonment; apart from its other effects to the health,
methamphetamine is also highly combustive and can be used for
explosives, we are soliciting the cooperation of the public to with
useful information to call the agency on 08062199999.” Mr. Ofoyeju
said .
Fela wife in drug haul
Najite the wife of late afro maestro Fela Anikulapo kuti who was
arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
(NDLEA) last week for her alleged involvement in the sales and
distribution of cannabis in the state said she was lured into selling
cannabis .
Najite is one of the wives of late Fela Anikulapo -kuti and she has a
son for Fela.
According to the NDLEA, Najite 46 was arrested alongside two other
suspects at her residence at Gbemisola Street Ikeja in possession
of 340 grammes of dried weeds suspected to be cannabis during a
search of her apartment.
The Lagos state commander of the NDLEA Sule Aliyu said the arrest
and seizure were made following a tip-off. Mr. Aliyu gave the names
of the other suspects as “Helen Richards, 36 years, found with 170
grammes of cannabis and Mike Arinze, 26 years, found with 120 grammes
of cannabis.
Najite Anikulapo Kuti, 45 years, the wife of late music legend Fela
Anikulapo Kuti was arrested with 50 grammes of cannabis; the
suspects were arrested at Gbemisola Street Ikeja and the substances
recovered from them tested positive for cannabis” Mr. Aliyu said .
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the Agency, Ahmadu Giade commended the
operatives for the arrests .
Mr. Giade calls on residents to provide the agency with useful
information that will assist the agency to arrest criminals. “The
arrests have been brought to my notice and the case is under
investigation”.
Najite Anikulapo Kuti sells alcoholic beverages at her Ikeja
residence said she was supporting herself and her daughter and she was
going through a hard time taking care of her daughter. Najite who
hails from Delta State said “things have been hard and I was tempted
to sell weeds alongside my alcohol drinks, I feel bad about my
involvement in weeds and I should have resisted the temptation” she
said in tears.
Miss Richards was a dancer with Fela’s band she also blame
poverty for her involvement in illicit drugs “ I am a single mother
with a 3 year old son and I have to survive with myself and my son it
was the demand of my customers that pushed me into cannabis trade;Most
of them prefer to smoke hemp when drinking beer and I was forced to
satisfy them so as to keep them coming to buy drinks ”. Miss Richards
hails from Abi in Delta State.
Mr. Arinze the only male suspect said “I am from Asaba in Delta
state. I was drinking beer at Mama’s place when the officers came and
found the hemp in my pockets. I used to sell hemp in night clubs to
survive” Mr. Arinze said.
Mitchell Ofoyeju, the spokes person for the agency said the suspect
will be charged to court soon.
“ the case in under investigation and the suspect will be charged to
court as soon as we are through with the investigation” Mr. Ofoyeju
said
arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
(NDLEA) last week for her alleged involvement in the sales and
distribution of cannabis in the state said she was lured into selling
cannabis .
Najite is one of the wives of late Fela Anikulapo -kuti and she has a
son for Fela.
According to the NDLEA, Najite 46 was arrested alongside two other
suspects at her residence at Gbemisola Street Ikeja in possession
of 340 grammes of dried weeds suspected to be cannabis during a
search of her apartment.
The Lagos state commander of the NDLEA Sule Aliyu said the arrest
and seizure were made following a tip-off. Mr. Aliyu gave the names
of the other suspects as “Helen Richards, 36 years, found with 170
grammes of cannabis and Mike Arinze, 26 years, found with 120 grammes
of cannabis.
Najite Anikulapo Kuti, 45 years, the wife of late music legend Fela
Anikulapo Kuti was arrested with 50 grammes of cannabis; the
suspects were arrested at Gbemisola Street Ikeja and the substances
recovered from them tested positive for cannabis” Mr. Aliyu said .
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the Agency, Ahmadu Giade commended the
operatives for the arrests .
Mr. Giade calls on residents to provide the agency with useful
information that will assist the agency to arrest criminals. “The
arrests have been brought to my notice and the case is under
investigation”.
Najite Anikulapo Kuti sells alcoholic beverages at her Ikeja
residence said she was supporting herself and her daughter and she was
going through a hard time taking care of her daughter. Najite who
hails from Delta State said “things have been hard and I was tempted
to sell weeds alongside my alcohol drinks, I feel bad about my
involvement in weeds and I should have resisted the temptation” she
said in tears.
Miss Richards was a dancer with Fela’s band she also blame
poverty for her involvement in illicit drugs “ I am a single mother
with a 3 year old son and I have to survive with myself and my son it
was the demand of my customers that pushed me into cannabis trade;Most
of them prefer to smoke hemp when drinking beer and I was forced to
satisfy them so as to keep them coming to buy drinks ”. Miss Richards
hails from Abi in Delta State.
Mr. Arinze the only male suspect said “I am from Asaba in Delta
state. I was drinking beer at Mama’s place when the officers came and
found the hemp in my pockets. I used to sell hemp in night clubs to
survive” Mr. Arinze said.
Mitchell Ofoyeju, the spokes person for the agency said the suspect
will be charged to court soon.
“ the case in under investigation and the suspect will be charged to
court as soon as we are through with the investigation” Mr. Ofoyeju
said
housewife suicide
The remains of a 48 years old housewife Elizabeth Andrew has been found hanging in her apartment at Isheri area of Lagos state.
Mrs Andrew a former staff of the state house at Dodan barracks allegedly committed suicide following depression as a result of her inability to conceive.
Her corpse was found dangling from a window on July 6th as she allegedly used a scarf to hang herself at her number 17 Irawo-owuro street Isheri-oshun.
Her husband, Chinedu Andrew 44 was said to have alerted the Isheri police station about the alleged suicide and her corpse was removed and taken to a public mortuary.
The police also arrested Mr. Andrew following allegation by the deceased brother Okechukwu that Mr. Andrew has a hand in the alleged suicide as he has maltreated his wife in the past.
Mr. Andrew, a second hand cloth dealer was subsequently arrested by officers from the homicide department at Panti Yaba for interrogation.
Mr. Andrew however denied killing his wife stating that his wife has been mentally ill and depressed following her inability to conceive; he stated that due to his wife’s ill health, her former employer at the state house at Dodan barracks, relieved her of her job, a situation which worsen her depression.
“I do not know anything about killing my wife “Mr. Andrew said “All I know is that my wife married late and she has fibroid and pile, she is mentally ill and this affected her life , she has been depressed because of these problems she was having and I have taken her to hospital for her health to become okay” Mr. Andrew said
Mr. Andrew narrated how his wife allegedly died that fateful day. “Due to her ill poor mental health she lost her job as a staff of the former State house at Dodan barracks so she was always staying at home doing nothing, that day I went to my shop where I sell second hand clothes and around 6.00pm I went home and I noticed that the day was locked, I called out to my wife but she did not respond,
I also went to the window but I could not see from the outside , I later called my wife’s family to ask if they have seen here but they said she did not come to visit them so that was how I ended up sleeping outside the house till the next day; when it was morning I went to hire a ladder and with the help of my neighbours , I climbed the roof where I saw her hanging from the window I screamed , so that was how we called the police” Mr. Andrew said .
Mr.Okechukwu the deceased brother however insists that his sister was murdered. He accused Mr. Andrew of maltreating his sister and causing her grief when she was alive.
“my brother in-law has not been a good person to my sister his wife, he was a lazy man who was relying on her for everything, even the house they live she was the one who paid , she bought him a bus to drive when he complained of not having any work to do but he later sold I the bus ,;the wife also gave him money several times for business which he squandered,; so his attitude toward her contributed to her ill health and eventual death and the police should investigate him because my sister is his second wife and his first wife also died mysteriously.”Mr. Okechukwu said.
A similar incident happened last week when a 26 -years -old lady, Motunrayo Obara , a former staff of Access bank in Lagos allegedly committed suicide at her sister’s residence at Allen Avenue following reports of depression and her inability to conceive. Her situation turned to the worse when fiancée called off their wedding, a move a friends and family said led to her to commit suicide.
Mrs Andrew a former staff of the state house at Dodan barracks allegedly committed suicide following depression as a result of her inability to conceive.
Her corpse was found dangling from a window on July 6th as she allegedly used a scarf to hang herself at her number 17 Irawo-owuro street Isheri-oshun.
Her husband, Chinedu Andrew 44 was said to have alerted the Isheri police station about the alleged suicide and her corpse was removed and taken to a public mortuary.
The police also arrested Mr. Andrew following allegation by the deceased brother Okechukwu that Mr. Andrew has a hand in the alleged suicide as he has maltreated his wife in the past.
Mr. Andrew, a second hand cloth dealer was subsequently arrested by officers from the homicide department at Panti Yaba for interrogation.
Mr. Andrew however denied killing his wife stating that his wife has been mentally ill and depressed following her inability to conceive; he stated that due to his wife’s ill health, her former employer at the state house at Dodan barracks, relieved her of her job, a situation which worsen her depression.
“I do not know anything about killing my wife “Mr. Andrew said “All I know is that my wife married late and she has fibroid and pile, she is mentally ill and this affected her life , she has been depressed because of these problems she was having and I have taken her to hospital for her health to become okay” Mr. Andrew said
Mr. Andrew narrated how his wife allegedly died that fateful day. “Due to her ill poor mental health she lost her job as a staff of the former State house at Dodan barracks so she was always staying at home doing nothing, that day I went to my shop where I sell second hand clothes and around 6.00pm I went home and I noticed that the day was locked, I called out to my wife but she did not respond,
I also went to the window but I could not see from the outside , I later called my wife’s family to ask if they have seen here but they said she did not come to visit them so that was how I ended up sleeping outside the house till the next day; when it was morning I went to hire a ladder and with the help of my neighbours , I climbed the roof where I saw her hanging from the window I screamed , so that was how we called the police” Mr. Andrew said .
Mr.Okechukwu the deceased brother however insists that his sister was murdered. He accused Mr. Andrew of maltreating his sister and causing her grief when she was alive.
“my brother in-law has not been a good person to my sister his wife, he was a lazy man who was relying on her for everything, even the house they live she was the one who paid , she bought him a bus to drive when he complained of not having any work to do but he later sold I the bus ,;the wife also gave him money several times for business which he squandered,; so his attitude toward her contributed to her ill health and eventual death and the police should investigate him because my sister is his second wife and his first wife also died mysteriously.”Mr. Okechukwu said.
A similar incident happened last week when a 26 -years -old lady, Motunrayo Obara , a former staff of Access bank in Lagos allegedly committed suicide at her sister’s residence at Allen Avenue following reports of depression and her inability to conceive. Her situation turned to the worse when fiancée called off their wedding, a move a friends and family said led to her to commit suicide.
Alausa robbery
By Patience Ogbo and Segun Balogun
ROBBERS USE JEEP TO TERRORISE Alausa visitors.
Workers and visitors at the Alausa secretariat are worried over the spate of robbery at the Alausa secretariat Ikeja the seat of power.
This follows the robbery on July 22nd when a gang of four men trailed an Accord salon car to the secretariat car park where they carted away millions of naira.
According to the police, the money belong to Lasun Yusuf an Osun state house of representative member who was at the secretariat to pay a courtesy visit to the Lagos state commissioner of information.
Mr. Yusuf told the police that he had withdrawn the sum of three million two hundred and fifty thousand naira from the Zenith bank at Ikeja and had successfully parked his car at the secretariat car park when he heard the alarm of his car ringing.
Eyewitnesses added that the gang came in a Land Rover jeep with registration number GB-878-ABC and had successfully stolen the money from the car but due to the alarm, they abandoned the jeep and ran on away
“When we heard the alarm go off we noticed that four men had hurriedly entered the jeep and they were running away, the people at the secretariat ran after them shouting ‘thief thief’ and they had to abandon their jeep and ran on their feet; while they were running, away they carried the money with them and a bundle of N500,000 fell down and was recovered.”
The police source added that a check on the car at the licensing office revealed the residence of the owner and his identity but when police trailed the suspect to his house at Akute area of the state , he had escaped with his family.
Early in May this year, a gang of armed robbers also raided the Lagos State Secretariat in Alausa carting away N3million.
The robbers reportedly burgled a Nissan Infinity SUV, with registration number FK670EKY, which belongs to a female contractor with the Lagos State Ministry of Rural Development, and was parked at the premises of the ministry. The owner of the vehicle, who came to see one of the directors in the ministry, was at a loss about how the robbers succeeded in breaking the side glass of the vehicle where she had kept the money without anyone, including the security personnel, noticing. She was, however, not available to speak on the incident as she was dazed. Her driver was also too shocked to speak with journalists as he had taken a little break to stretch his legs.
Explaining how the robbers carried out their raid, one of the neighbourhood watchers said: “The two jeeps just moved down here and blocked the road. I was wondering why they stopped at that place because there was no car blocking them, so I moved closer to them asking them to leave the road not knowing that they intended to steal from that car. Immediately the first jeep moved, the other one followed behind. Before I knew it, I saw the glass of the Infinity jeep had been broken, I called the driver of the car to ask him what had happened to the car.”
Poor security
A similar incident occurred last year when a gang of robbers invaded the secretariat close to the same spot where the robbers struck, burgled a Toyota Avensis car belonging to a civil servant, Azeezat Adegunwa, and carted away N1 million in the process.
“If this happened in advanced country, police would have come to cordon the vehicle and see if there is any trace evidence like fingerprint that could be used to identify the culprits,” said Musliu Adeagbo, an eye witness who identified himself as a security operative. “We lack proper crime scene management and crime investigation skill and that is why it’s easy for issues like this to happen.”
ROBBERS USE JEEP TO TERRORISE Alausa visitors.
Workers and visitors at the Alausa secretariat are worried over the spate of robbery at the Alausa secretariat Ikeja the seat of power.
This follows the robbery on July 22nd when a gang of four men trailed an Accord salon car to the secretariat car park where they carted away millions of naira.
According to the police, the money belong to Lasun Yusuf an Osun state house of representative member who was at the secretariat to pay a courtesy visit to the Lagos state commissioner of information.
Mr. Yusuf told the police that he had withdrawn the sum of three million two hundred and fifty thousand naira from the Zenith bank at Ikeja and had successfully parked his car at the secretariat car park when he heard the alarm of his car ringing.
Eyewitnesses added that the gang came in a Land Rover jeep with registration number GB-878-ABC and had successfully stolen the money from the car but due to the alarm, they abandoned the jeep and ran on away
“When we heard the alarm go off we noticed that four men had hurriedly entered the jeep and they were running away, the people at the secretariat ran after them shouting ‘thief thief’ and they had to abandon their jeep and ran on their feet; while they were running, away they carried the money with them and a bundle of N500,000 fell down and was recovered.”
The police source added that a check on the car at the licensing office revealed the residence of the owner and his identity but when police trailed the suspect to his house at Akute area of the state , he had escaped with his family.
Early in May this year, a gang of armed robbers also raided the Lagos State Secretariat in Alausa carting away N3million.
The robbers reportedly burgled a Nissan Infinity SUV, with registration number FK670EKY, which belongs to a female contractor with the Lagos State Ministry of Rural Development, and was parked at the premises of the ministry. The owner of the vehicle, who came to see one of the directors in the ministry, was at a loss about how the robbers succeeded in breaking the side glass of the vehicle where she had kept the money without anyone, including the security personnel, noticing. She was, however, not available to speak on the incident as she was dazed. Her driver was also too shocked to speak with journalists as he had taken a little break to stretch his legs.
Explaining how the robbers carried out their raid, one of the neighbourhood watchers said: “The two jeeps just moved down here and blocked the road. I was wondering why they stopped at that place because there was no car blocking them, so I moved closer to them asking them to leave the road not knowing that they intended to steal from that car. Immediately the first jeep moved, the other one followed behind. Before I knew it, I saw the glass of the Infinity jeep had been broken, I called the driver of the car to ask him what had happened to the car.”
Poor security
A similar incident occurred last year when a gang of robbers invaded the secretariat close to the same spot where the robbers struck, burgled a Toyota Avensis car belonging to a civil servant, Azeezat Adegunwa, and carted away N1 million in the process.
“If this happened in advanced country, police would have come to cordon the vehicle and see if there is any trace evidence like fingerprint that could be used to identify the culprits,” said Musliu Adeagbo, an eye witness who identified himself as a security operative. “We lack proper crime scene management and crime investigation skill and that is why it’s easy for issues like this to happen.”
drug production
LLICIT PRODUCTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE: ACCUSED GETS 25 MILLION NAIra ba
Justice Okechukwu Okeke of Court 2, Federal High Court, Ikoyi has granted bail
to accused charged for illicit production of Methamphetamine in Lagos. The
accused Bernard Umezurike and Francis Nwafor who were arraiged on
Wednesday July
27, 2011 on a five count charge by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
(NDLEA) pleaded not guilty to all charges. Bernard Umezurike who is the first
accused was charged on a four count charge of unlawful possession,
conspiracy to
manage a premises for methamphetamine production, while Francis Nwafor was
charged on a two count charge of conspiracy and aiding Bernard in the alleged
crime. Both accused alleged to be producing drugs worth 100 million naira drugs
daily got bail in the sum of 25 million naira.
Justice Okeke in his ruling noted that one major consideration in grating bail
was the availability of accused persons for trial. He therefore granted the
accused bail in the sum of 25 million naira and one surety each. Other
conditions for the bail are that sureties are to own developed landed property
in Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Lekki, Magodo, Surulere and Ikeja. Original
documents
of the properties are to be submitted to the deputy Chief registrar of the
court. Sureties are to submit 2 passport photographs and tax clearance
certificate. Justice Okeke also requested that the prosecution verify the
authenticity of documents submitted by sureties within 24 hours of submission.
He ordered the accused to be reporting at the Joint Task Force office of the
NDLEA every Monday and in the event of a Monday being a public holiday they
should report the following day.
John Gima, Assistant Director Prosecution of the NDLEA led the prosecuting
team while Adebayo Onifade and Mrs Ngozi Ekwensi represented the accused.
Onifade made an oral application for bail noted that the alleged offences are
bailable and that they are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The defence
counsel pleaded that if granted bail the accused will not jump bail and will
comply with the conditions of the court.
Mr. Gima ,The prosecuting counsel, vehemently opposed the bail application
stating that it is the first case of illicit production of Methamphetamine in
West African sub-region. He added that the nature of the case has
attracted both
local and international interest and that accused may jump bail if granted.
The anti-drug Agency last week announced the discovery of a clandestine
laboratory for the illicit production of Methamphetamine. The
production centre,
a 3 bed room bungalow is said to be located around Iba, Ojo Local Government
Area of Lagos State. It has a production capacity of 20 to 50 kilogrammes per
cycle thus making it a large production centre similar to the ones found in
Mexico.
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the Agency, Ahmadu Giade has directed
the legal department of the Agency to be meticulous in the verification of
documents submitted by sureties. According to Giade, “this is a crucial case to
the Agency and indeed Nigeria. We are going to verify the documents
submitted by
the sureties. This is the first case of Methamphetamine production in the
sub-region and the world is watching”.
Justice Okechukwu Okeke of Court 2, Federal High Court, Ikoyi has granted bail
to accused charged for illicit production of Methamphetamine in Lagos. The
accused Bernard Umezurike and Francis Nwafor who were arraiged on
Wednesday July
27, 2011 on a five count charge by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
(NDLEA) pleaded not guilty to all charges. Bernard Umezurike who is the first
accused was charged on a four count charge of unlawful possession,
conspiracy to
manage a premises for methamphetamine production, while Francis Nwafor was
charged on a two count charge of conspiracy and aiding Bernard in the alleged
crime. Both accused alleged to be producing drugs worth 100 million naira drugs
daily got bail in the sum of 25 million naira.
Justice Okeke in his ruling noted that one major consideration in grating bail
was the availability of accused persons for trial. He therefore granted the
accused bail in the sum of 25 million naira and one surety each. Other
conditions for the bail are that sureties are to own developed landed property
in Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Lekki, Magodo, Surulere and Ikeja. Original
documents
of the properties are to be submitted to the deputy Chief registrar of the
court. Sureties are to submit 2 passport photographs and tax clearance
certificate. Justice Okeke also requested that the prosecution verify the
authenticity of documents submitted by sureties within 24 hours of submission.
He ordered the accused to be reporting at the Joint Task Force office of the
NDLEA every Monday and in the event of a Monday being a public holiday they
should report the following day.
John Gima, Assistant Director Prosecution of the NDLEA led the prosecuting
team while Adebayo Onifade and Mrs Ngozi Ekwensi represented the accused.
Onifade made an oral application for bail noted that the alleged offences are
bailable and that they are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The defence
counsel pleaded that if granted bail the accused will not jump bail and will
comply with the conditions of the court.
Mr. Gima ,The prosecuting counsel, vehemently opposed the bail application
stating that it is the first case of illicit production of Methamphetamine in
West African sub-region. He added that the nature of the case has
attracted both
local and international interest and that accused may jump bail if granted.
The anti-drug Agency last week announced the discovery of a clandestine
laboratory for the illicit production of Methamphetamine. The
production centre,
a 3 bed room bungalow is said to be located around Iba, Ojo Local Government
Area of Lagos State. It has a production capacity of 20 to 50 kilogrammes per
cycle thus making it a large production centre similar to the ones found in
Mexico.
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the Agency, Ahmadu Giade has directed
the legal department of the Agency to be meticulous in the verification of
documents submitted by sureties. According to Giade, “this is a crucial case to
the Agency and indeed Nigeria. We are going to verify the documents
submitted by
the sureties. This is the first case of Methamphetamine production in the
sub-region and the world is watching”.
Monday, 27 June 2011
army dismiss officer for floutin traffic law, By Patience ogbho
The Nigerian army has called on members of the public to alert the army authority anytime they see a soilder misbehaving in public. This according to the army authority is in a bid to stop the recklessness of soldiers in the country.
In the same vein, the army also dismissed Ayodeji Sunday a lance corporal attached to the Nigerian army workshop Ikeja over his alleged misdemeanor when he flouted the state traffic law last week Thursday.
Mr. Ayodeji was reportedly involved in a fracas with officers of the Lagos state traffic management authority and the task force on the environment when he was stopped by the officers for plying the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) Lane reserved for state owned buses.
Mr Ayodeji was consequently court marshaled and dismissed from the Nigerian army after he has been found guilty of the misdemeanor.
Mr Ayodeji was consequently court marshaled and dismissed from the Nigerian army after he has been found guilty of the misdemeanor.
The army authority also handed him over to the officers of the Lagos task force on the environment for prosecution.
Kenneth Minimah, the General Officer Commanding 81 Division Nigeria Army, said the army will not tolerate any indiscipline from his officers as the dismissal of the erring officer will serve as a deterrent to others who would want to take the laws into their hands.
“The Nigerian army is a human organization and we have human beings as soldiers. As human beings, we have our share of black eggs. It is not a perfect organization and no other organization is perfect either. We would pursue better civil\military relations to its logical end and as it is required by the books.
Kenneth Minimah, the General Officer Commanding 81 Division Nigeria Army, said the army will not tolerate any indiscipline from his officers as the dismissal of the erring officer will serve as a deterrent to others who would want to take the laws into their hands.
“The Nigerian army is a human organization and we have human beings as soldiers. As human beings, we have our share of black eggs. It is not a perfect organization and no other organization is perfect either. We would pursue better civil\military relations to its logical end and as it is required by the books.
When we at the hierarchy means good for the system, there are some too at the lower cadre who do not portend good for the system. The soldier who was involved in the BRT offence the other day has been dismissed from service and he would eventually be handed over to the Lagos State task force for prosecution.” Mr. Minimah , a Major General said .
Mr. Minimah advised officers to abide by all civil laws as the army uniform should not be used for reckless behaviour by officers.
“That is a far-reaching warning for others who may want to take the law into their hands and breach the laws of the state, we will not condone that. The Nigerian Army is a professional organization. Whoever disobeys the laws of Lagos State would be dealt with appropriately irrespective of who you are or where you belong. The Nigeria Army is subordinate to the constitution of Nigeria and the State laws.” Mr. Minimah said.
“That is a far-reaching warning for others who may want to take the law into their hands and breach the laws of the state, we will not condone that. The Nigerian Army is a professional organization. Whoever disobeys the laws of Lagos State would be dealt with appropriately irrespective of who you are or where you belong. The Nigeria Army is subordinate to the constitution of Nigeria and the State laws.” Mr. Minimah said.
Mr. Minimah also warned the army officers to desist from escorting vehicles and engaging in illegal duties adding that a unit has been set up to monitor and arrest such erring officers.
“We have “Operation Checkmate” for soldiers who indulge in inappropriate vocations. Although not all of them are soldiers but I cannot absolve the fact that some of them are soldiers, so we would continue to work towards putting an end to that.”
General Minimah said they have sent their investigation report to the Nigeria Airforce to take action on one of the co-culprit in the fraca identified as Bada Adenuga, a warrant officer .
“We have “Operation Checkmate” for soldiers who indulge in inappropriate vocations. Although not all of them are soldiers but I cannot absolve the fact that some of them are soldiers, so we would continue to work towards putting an end to that.”
General Minimah said they have sent their investigation report to the Nigeria Airforce to take action on one of the co-culprit in the fraca identified as Bada Adenuga, a warrant officer .
Mr. Ayodeji and another soldier identified as Markprr Dominic also a lance corporal on Thursday last week fought with the officers of LASTMA and Lagos State task Force on the environment and special offences unit over the soldier’s use of the (BRT) Lane. The LASTMA officers attempted to toll the soldier’s vehicle , a move the soldier rejected ;It took the intervention of Sanusi Muazu , the commandant of the 9th Brigade cantonment Ikeja , who promptly arrived the scene of the clash at Obanikoro bus stop to quell the fight and prevent bloodletting.
A similar incident happened on May 22th at Badagry area of the state, when police officers attached to the state outfit, the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) allegedly killed an army officer identified as staff sergeant Kuti Maku of the 242 Recce battalion at a check point in Badagry.
, Mr. kuku’s death prompted officers of the barracks to retaliate by killing and kidnapping police officers and in their quest for jungle justice, they killed three key police officers of the Badagry police station; Salisu Suleiman, a chief superintendent of police and the Divisional police officers of the Badagry police station, the soldiers also murdered Samson Okedusi a deputy superintendent of police and the division crime officer; Toefeek Afolabi , an assistant superintendent of police who was in the company of the DPO and the DCO on a mission to the barracks to broker peace was also murdered .
Mr Minimah urged members of the public to call the Nigerian Army if they see any soldier misbehaving in public.
Mr Minimah urged members of the public to call the Nigerian Army if they see any soldier misbehaving in public.
He gave the phone numbers to contact as ;the Commander 9th Brigade cantonment Ikeja – 08023101918, Commander 81 Division Intelligence Group – 08065004611, Commander 81 Division Provost Group – 08033112845 and any of OPERATION MESA lines – 08036861232, 08028066921, 08088821270, 08034335582, 07035980644, 08036805571, 070369669291, 07033182019, 08036622830, 08061117947, 08065666611, 07036026437 and 08028341852.He said.
Sunday, 26 June 2011
Soldiers beat up ATBU deputy registrar
Written by Ahmed Mohammed, Bauchi Monday, 20 June 2011 05:01
Soldiers of the 33 Artillery Brigade headquarters in Bauchi went berserk over the weekend, beating up a deputy registrar of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Mr. Andee Iheme and his wife Moji over a right of way disagreement. The couple were injured and were being treated at the teaching hospital in Bauchi as at yesterday.
Spokesman for the 33 Artillery Brigade, Major Etete, confirmed to journalists that the men involved in the alleged attack were from the military brigade but said the incident was being investigated.
Narrating his ordeal from his hospital bed to reporters at the emergency ward of the Abubakar Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, Iheme who was groaning and had injuries on his head, said the incident happened on Saturday around the Mobil filing station at the Gidan Mai area in the state capital.
His wife was seen having a swollen mouth at the hospital.
Iheme said he was on his way back from an official duty on that fateful day when the incident happened.
He said, “When I got to Gidan Mai, I called my wife to come and pick me at Mobil filing station. This was about a few minutes to four. My wife came and I got into the car. Just as we were going to get out of the filing station, a blue Hilux van with two compartments just parked in front of us across the road. So my wife horned for him to move on.
“The Hilux van (driver) refused to move. She horned again... When my wife horned again, the next thing we saw was that the man who was on the driver’s seat did the sign of ‘uwaka’ (an abusive gesture) with his two hands to us and I was shocked.
“I told my wife to horn again and she did and this man did ‘uwaka’ again and switched off the engine of his car. So I wound down my glass and told him, if eventually you move this car from here then you are a fool. He came out from the car and gave me a slap and before I knew it he was using his legs and throwing blows with me trapped in the car.
“So when I managed to come out of the car, I ran to his own car and seized the key of his car in order to stop him from driving away so that I could get help. At this point the man who was with him turned to my wife and was trying to seize the key of my own car and my wife gave him a bite and this same man who had accosted me who was driving went directly to the driver’s seat where my wife was driving and gave my wife a slap and her mouth started bleeding.”
Iheme added: “This man now called for help and suddenly I saw another Hilux van, with about six men in the Hilux vans, soldiers all armed, an army Hilux Jeep with registration number NA 379 E with 33 written at its back, they all came down and the man told them to deal with me and I was being tossed around with blows and their guns.”
He said because of the beating, he fell down and lost consciousness.
Brutality by soldiers and policemen is not uncommon on Nigerian streets. In 2008, some naval ratings beat up a girl Uzoma Okjere and stripped her naked in Lagos, causing public uproar.
There had also been incidents in recent years when policemen killed or injured road users over minor disagreements.
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Sunday, 8 May 2011
Police Nab Easter thieves
while many lagos residents were celebrating easter sunday ,Seven
suspected armed robbers were however busy terrorizing residents in
the state .
Their looting was however brought to an abrupt end when
anti-robbery policemen who had been alerted of their activity at the
Mushin area of the state egaged the ten man robbery gang in a shoot
out .seven of the armed robbery suspects were reportedly killed by
the police.
According to police spokes person Samuel Jinadu, the suspected armed
robbers “fell to the superior power of the police during a gun duel at
Mushin area of the state on Monday morning.”
The corpses of the seven suspected robbers and their weapons
Were on Monday displayed at the Lagos state police command
headquarters, Ikeja to serve as deterrent to other suspected armed
robbers in the state.
Mr. Jinadu, Said "On the 25th of April, 2011 at about 12.30am , based
on very reliable information, detectives from the State Anti-Robbery
Squad (SARS), engaged a notorious gang of armed robbers at Challenge
Bus Stop, Mushin.
In the gun battle that ensued between the police and the armed
robbers, a police corporal was shot in the abdomen and he is being
operated upon while seven of the armed robbers who came in a Honda
Accord Academy car fell to the superior firing power of the police ;
three of suspected armed robbers escaped with standby motorcycles.
“Mr. jinadu said
Mr. Jinadu added that the police recovered sophisticated weapons
from the armed robbers and the fleeing robbers will soon be arrested.
“The items recovered from the suspected armed robbers are one AK-47
riffle with magazines loaded with 85 rounds of live ammunition, one
berretta pistol with 14 rounds of live ammunition, one pump action
riffle with 33 live cartridges, two locally made pistols ,one Berretta
pistol with 14 rounds ;. 9mm ammunition, charms, two iron cutters, one
hammer, Indian hemp and their operational car,Reg. No. Kwara AE 457
KSB. The suspected robbery gang killed two policemen in Vono area of
Mushin on Saturday; we are on the trail of those that escaped.” He
said
, Three policemen have been reportedly killed by suspected armed
robbers in the state recently. On April 24th a chief superintendent of
police and the Divisional police officer of the Alakuko police station
, Joseph Olamokun died in a hospital from gunshot wound he received
during a gun battle with armed robbers at the Target Gulf pin Down
Junction along the Lagos- Abeokuta Express way.
In another development, 18 passengers on Monday were involved in a
ghastly road accident that happened on the third Mainland Bridge
involving a commercial bus suspected to be speeding.
Eye witnesses said that the bus driver coming from Adeniji Adele area
of the state was heading towards Ketu when suddenly the driver lost
control of the vehicle and hit a pavement on the bridge before
somersaulting.
“A lot of people in the vehicle sustained serious injuries. Policemen
took them to the hospital for treatment,” an eye witness who requested
anonymity said
suspected armed robbers were however busy terrorizing residents in
the state .
Their looting was however brought to an abrupt end when
anti-robbery policemen who had been alerted of their activity at the
Mushin area of the state egaged the ten man robbery gang in a shoot
out .seven of the armed robbery suspects were reportedly killed by
the police.
According to police spokes person Samuel Jinadu, the suspected armed
robbers “fell to the superior power of the police during a gun duel at
Mushin area of the state on Monday morning.”
The corpses of the seven suspected robbers and their weapons
Were on Monday displayed at the Lagos state police command
headquarters, Ikeja to serve as deterrent to other suspected armed
robbers in the state.
Mr. Jinadu, Said "On the 25th of April, 2011 at about 12.30am , based
on very reliable information, detectives from the State Anti-Robbery
Squad (SARS), engaged a notorious gang of armed robbers at Challenge
Bus Stop, Mushin.
In the gun battle that ensued between the police and the armed
robbers, a police corporal was shot in the abdomen and he is being
operated upon while seven of the armed robbers who came in a Honda
Accord Academy car fell to the superior firing power of the police ;
three of suspected armed robbers escaped with standby motorcycles.
“Mr. jinadu said
Mr. Jinadu added that the police recovered sophisticated weapons
from the armed robbers and the fleeing robbers will soon be arrested.
“The items recovered from the suspected armed robbers are one AK-47
riffle with magazines loaded with 85 rounds of live ammunition, one
berretta pistol with 14 rounds of live ammunition, one pump action
riffle with 33 live cartridges, two locally made pistols ,one Berretta
pistol with 14 rounds ;. 9mm ammunition, charms, two iron cutters, one
hammer, Indian hemp and their operational car,Reg. No. Kwara AE 457
KSB. The suspected robbery gang killed two policemen in Vono area of
Mushin on Saturday; we are on the trail of those that escaped.” He
said
, Three policemen have been reportedly killed by suspected armed
robbers in the state recently. On April 24th a chief superintendent of
police and the Divisional police officer of the Alakuko police station
, Joseph Olamokun died in a hospital from gunshot wound he received
during a gun battle with armed robbers at the Target Gulf pin Down
Junction along the Lagos- Abeokuta Express way.
In another development, 18 passengers on Monday were involved in a
ghastly road accident that happened on the third Mainland Bridge
involving a commercial bus suspected to be speeding.
Eye witnesses said that the bus driver coming from Adeniji Adele area
of the state was heading towards Ketu when suddenly the driver lost
control of the vehicle and hit a pavement on the bridge before
somersaulting.
“A lot of people in the vehicle sustained serious injuries. Policemen
took them to the hospital for treatment,” an eye witness who requested
anonymity said
student's death
The family of late Richard Ejifor a -16 –years- old school boy found
hanging in a classroom wants the police to conduct a thorough
investigation into the untimely death of their son.
Parents of the deceased said they suspected foul play in the death
of their son and requested that the police do not sweep the matter
under the carpet.
Master Ejiofor a senior secondary school 3 student of the
Science Model College Kankon Badagry was one of the over 20
students in his class preparing for the West African Examination
Council Exams (WAEC).
His corpse was however found dazzling in an uncompleted classroom on April 6th.
The news of his death caused panic in the school but more dazed by the
manner in which the boy dead are the parents of the deceased, who have
been in shock since they received the news of his tragic death.
The school authority in their statement to the police said master
Ejiofor allegedly committed suicide. The statement read that one of
the students found his corpse in the early morning of April 6th and
alerted the school authority.
Master Ejiofor was dressed in his school uniform with his
stockings, shoes and he had used a blanket to hang himself.
No suicide note was however found at the scene of the crime.
Henry Ejiofor the father of the deceased however rejected the
statement by the school authority that his son committed suicide.
“How can they just conclude that my son committed suicide when an
autopsy has not been conducted?” Mr. Ejiofor asked rhetorically. “My
son was murdered; Richard was not suicidal. They told me that one of
the students who had gone out that morning about 5.00, found my son
hanging from an uncompleted building and the same boy pulled him down
and alerted the school.
There are many questions, I want answered. How did my son get out of
the hostel at night when they are locked in by their house master? I
learnt that his guardian checked on him that night so what happened
later? What about the fact that he had his school uniform on, with his
sock and shoes? If he had hanged himself as they are saying, will he
still be in his school uniform at night?”Mr. Ejiofor said
Mr Ejiofor said he will wait for an autopsy report to be conducted
before seeking justice for his son.
“Richard was a happy boy, nothing in his character or demeanor showed
that he will commit suicide. two days before his death he had called
me on a pay phone to reminded me of their visiting day was on April
10th and he wanted me to get him some grocery . RICHARD HAS NOT
MENTIONED ANY SERIOUS PROBLEM to me and he was very happy when he
spoke to me that day, I don’t know that will be the last time I will
hear my son’s voice” mrs Ejiofor said in tears.
Efforts to get the Lagos state ministry of education to react to
the death were not successful.
A source in the state ministry of education who requested anonymity
said “ you know this is politics time and everybody is working toward
Mr. Fashola ‘s victory, so most of the officers that can speak to you
are not available.” The source said
Reacting to the death, the spokes person for the Lagos state police
command said two staff of the school have been arrested.
“the case is under investigation . Two staff of the school have been
arrested and Homicide detectives from Panti Yaba are conducting a
thorough investigation into the case”Mr. Jinadu said.
On April 11th the corpse of a 7 years old boy Favour Eze was found
inside a septic tank in his school at the National Orthopedic Special
school Igbobi .
hanging in a classroom wants the police to conduct a thorough
investigation into the untimely death of their son.
Parents of the deceased said they suspected foul play in the death
of their son and requested that the police do not sweep the matter
under the carpet.
Master Ejiofor a senior secondary school 3 student of the
Science Model College Kankon Badagry was one of the over 20
students in his class preparing for the West African Examination
Council Exams (WAEC).
His corpse was however found dazzling in an uncompleted classroom on April 6th.
The news of his death caused panic in the school but more dazed by the
manner in which the boy dead are the parents of the deceased, who have
been in shock since they received the news of his tragic death.
The school authority in their statement to the police said master
Ejiofor allegedly committed suicide. The statement read that one of
the students found his corpse in the early morning of April 6th and
alerted the school authority.
Master Ejiofor was dressed in his school uniform with his
stockings, shoes and he had used a blanket to hang himself.
No suicide note was however found at the scene of the crime.
Henry Ejiofor the father of the deceased however rejected the
statement by the school authority that his son committed suicide.
“How can they just conclude that my son committed suicide when an
autopsy has not been conducted?” Mr. Ejiofor asked rhetorically. “My
son was murdered; Richard was not suicidal. They told me that one of
the students who had gone out that morning about 5.00, found my son
hanging from an uncompleted building and the same boy pulled him down
and alerted the school.
There are many questions, I want answered. How did my son get out of
the hostel at night when they are locked in by their house master? I
learnt that his guardian checked on him that night so what happened
later? What about the fact that he had his school uniform on, with his
sock and shoes? If he had hanged himself as they are saying, will he
still be in his school uniform at night?”Mr. Ejiofor said
Mr Ejiofor said he will wait for an autopsy report to be conducted
before seeking justice for his son.
“Richard was a happy boy, nothing in his character or demeanor showed
that he will commit suicide. two days before his death he had called
me on a pay phone to reminded me of their visiting day was on April
10th and he wanted me to get him some grocery . RICHARD HAS NOT
MENTIONED ANY SERIOUS PROBLEM to me and he was very happy when he
spoke to me that day, I don’t know that will be the last time I will
hear my son’s voice” mrs Ejiofor said in tears.
Efforts to get the Lagos state ministry of education to react to
the death were not successful.
A source in the state ministry of education who requested anonymity
said “ you know this is politics time and everybody is working toward
Mr. Fashola ‘s victory, so most of the officers that can speak to you
are not available.” The source said
Reacting to the death, the spokes person for the Lagos state police
command said two staff of the school have been arrested.
“the case is under investigation . Two staff of the school have been
arrested and Homicide detectives from Panti Yaba are conducting a
thorough investigation into the case”Mr. Jinadu said.
On April 11th the corpse of a 7 years old boy Favour Eze was found
inside a septic tank in his school at the National Orthopedic Special
school Igbobi .
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