NURTW President Felicitates With Buhari Nigerians On Independence Day

 

 

By Patience Ogbo 

National President, National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Alhaji Ibikunle Baruwa, has felicitated with President Mohammadu Buhari and Nigerians on the country's 60th year independent anniversary 

Baruwa said, “I join the rest of the good people of Nigeria, Africa and the entire globe in felicitating with you on this memorable day in our nation's history.

"I salute your courage in managing the affairs of the country well despite the apparent economic challenges that the country is faced with, arising from a global economic meltdown.

"Your revered principle of integrity, has enabled Nigerians across board to operate in an environment that allows for full expression of their political will and the protection of their inalienable rights to freely participate in the electoral process without any form of hindrance or intimidation.

Baruwa, also used the opportunity to enjoin all Nigerians to be lawful and cooperate with the government to fully deliver on its electoral mandate to the nation.

While stressing on the need for everyone to stay safe, Baruwa, called on members of the NURTW to sustain the fight against the spread of Covid -19, by strict adherence to the regulations put in place for commercial transporters.

"I wish above all things that the Almighty Allah will give our president more strength, length of years to end your tenure of office well, and to see this nation arrive at its desired destination.Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria". He prayed. 

POLICE ARREST 72 OLD MAN FOR ALLEGEDLY DEFILING 7 YEAR OLD GIRL.

Police in Ogun State have arrested a 72  year old man  for allegedly defiling a 7 year old girl (name withheld).

The suspect Ishola Tijani was arrested following a report by the mother of the victim who reported at Iperu police station that she went out only for her to return and found her daughter feeling uncomfortable.

When she made an enquiry from the little girl,  she explained to her that it was the old man who lured her into his room and forcefully had sex with her.

Upon the report the DPO Iperu Division quickly detailed his detectives to the scene where the randy old man was promptly arrested. The victim was taken to an hospital where it was confirmed that the girl has been actually defiled.

The suspect has made confessional statement admitting the commission of the offence.

Meanwhile, the commissioner of police CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to anti human trafficking and child labour unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution. The CP also appealed to parents to always be mindful of who to entrust their children to safe them from those who are out looking for innocent children to devour.

DSP ABIMBOLA OYEYEMI PPRO OGUN STATE POLICE COMMAND.

Airforce Officers sentenced to 21 years in imprisonment for alleged fraud

GENERAL COURT MARTIAL SENTENCES MWO OYEBANJI, 3 OTHERS TO 21 YEARS IMPRISONMENT, REDUCTION IN RANK

Four executive members of the 151 Base Services Group (151 BSG) Multipurpose Cooperative Society, Makurdi, who were standing trial before a General Court Martial (GCM), sitting at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base, Makurdi for criminal misappropriation of over N41,000,000.00, were, on 24 September 2020, awarded various sentences. The 4 NAF personnel, who were arraigned before the GCM for Misappropriation of Cooperative Funds, amongst other offences, include Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Sherifi Olawoore, Flying Officer (Fg Offr) Ademola Adekoya, Master Warrant Officer (MWO) Michael Oyebanji and Warrant Officer (WO) Paul Atteh. The personnel were sentenced based on their levels of involvement.

Delivering his judgement, the President of the GCM, Air Commodore Nazib Aliyu, pronounced the 4 accused personnel guilty of various charges. Flt Lt Olawoore was tried for negligently performing his duty as the President of the Cooperative, found guilty and awarded 6 months loss of seniority. In the same vein, Fg Offr Adekoya was tried for negligently performing his duty as Secretary of the Cooperative. He was found guilty and awarded one year loss of seniority.

MWO Michael Oyebanji, who was the Vice President of the Cooperative, was tried on a 46 count charge, including; Criminal Breach of Trust, Theft, Criminal Conspiracy, Criminal Misappropriation, Making of False Documents and Conduct to the Prejudice of Service Discipline, contrary to Sections 114 and 103 (d) of the Armed Forces Act Cap A20 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and Sections 312, 287, 96 and 309 of the Penal Code Cap P3 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. He was found guilty on all 46 counts and subsequently sentenced to serve 21 years imprisonment, cumulatively, as well as reduction in rank to Corporal and ordered to refund all monies misappropriated. In the same vein, WO Paul Atteh, who was tried for negligently performing his duty as the Treasurer of the Cooperative as well as for the Making of False Documents and Criminal Breach of Trust, was found guilty of all 3 charges. He was awarded reduction in rank from WO to Sergeant, in the first instance, and then eventually reduced to the rank of Corporal. He is also required to pay a fine of N1,000,000.00. Meanwhile, the GCM has ordered the release of WO Atteh from detention.

While pleading in mitigation, the Defence Counsel urged the Court to show leniency, describing the Accused Persons as first-time offenders. The sentences were announced as being subject to confirmation by the Appropriate Superior Authority. However, it is within the rights of the Accused Personnel to appeal the judgment of the GCM, if they are dissatisfied.

IBIKUNLE DARAMOLA

Air Commodore

Director of Public Relations and Information

Nigerian Air Force

26 September 2020

Police arrest 8 suspected cultists during burial of late colleague

 

Eight suspected members of the Black Axe aka Aiye confraternity  have been arrested on the 24th of September 2020 while mourning one of their members who died recently.

The cultists were arrested following a report lodged at Ogijo police station where a 16yr old boy Onome Iduru was rushed to after being allegedly  shot in the stomach by the cultists who were allegedly  in procession in honour of their departed colleague identifed as John Wise who died on September 23rd at 37 years old. 

Abimbola Oyeyemi the Ogun state police command spokesperson while confirming the arrests said 

"The cultists after shooting the victim dispossessed him  phone and also went ahead to unleash terror in the community.Upon the report, the DPO Ogijo division CSP Muhammed Suleiman Baba led his men to the scene where eight members of the violent group namely: Olatunji Opeyemi 26, Ayuba Oduola  25, Sobowale Abiodun m' 28, Sobowale Sunday 25, Adelowo Olalekan 32, Kareem Lanre  21, Emmanuel Adebisi 21 and Tobiloba Wasiu  20 were arrested after serious encounter with the policemen. A banner designed with the group insignia to announce the death of their member was recovered from them while the injured victim was taken to Oladayo hospital for medical attention"

The commissioner of police CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun has ordered the transfer of the suspects to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation. The CP therefore warned that any group or individual who engaged in any activity capable of undermining the peace of the state will be dealt with in a very decisive manner, he then appealed to parents to warm their wards not to be part of any unlawful society as the results may be catastrophic.

Man ,35 killed over beer ,Sharwama in Lagos

 

Policeemen attached to the Lagos State police Command have  arrested six suspects over the  alleged shooting and killing of one Kayode Olorunroba, 35 years, of No 3, Werewere Street, Alagbado, Lagos State .

According to the police, the incident happened on Friday September 11, 2020 at a Sharwama spot Alagbado area of Lagos State around 9.30pm when the deceased had an altercation at the spot with another customer, who is now at large. According to the Lagos State  police spokesman, SP Muyiwa Adejobi, six persons were arrested as they were suspected to answer questions over the killing. 

It was gathered that preliminary investigation shows that , Kayode’s friend and witness, one Okikiola Kazeem, who had earlier called him (Kayode) to join him at the Sharwama spot refused to report the incident to the police, but rather took the deceased to a herbalist in Ogun State where they extracted the pellets.

“He later took Kayode to his brother’s house at Ipaja Area, Lagos State, where he gave up the ghost.
As a follow up to the incident, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, directed that police detectives be mobilized and hunt for the suspects who were linked to the killing.
“In the course of the investigation, the following were arrested: Chimezie Amaechi, the owner of the Sharwama Spot, Okikiola Kazeem, the deceased’s friend and suspect, Olayinka Oyedokun, the Manager of the 1 bar, Femi Victor, Taiwo Morokola, and Omole Wasiu; and these suspects are giving useful information that can assist the police in the investigation”.
Meanwhile, CP Odumosu has ordered the State CID, Panti, to take over the case for discreet investigation, while he reiterates his commitment to get Lagos State rid of crimes and criminality with the support of all and sundry in the state.

"We will demolish Police Barracks, they need urgent rehabilitation.."- Police Trust Fund Chair

 

Chairman, Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF),  Ex IGP Suleiman Abba has expressed dismay over the sorry state of police barracks. 

He stated this   during a tour of police barracks in  Ijeh and police College in Lagos stated that the Police Trust Fund will not hesitate to demolish police barracks that are in distress and below habitable standard 

At  the assessment of Ijeh barracks, he said "What I am seeing today are dilapidated barracks. If I have another place for the policemen,  I would have relocated them and then go on to demolish the barracks to  a human habitable status". 

Ex IGP Abba bemoaned lack of water and leaking roofs in almost all the barracks. He equally promised to renovate the barracks that are still good to a human habitable status, with the provision of modern toilets, tap water and other amenities that will make life enjoyable for the policemen. 

 Ex IGP  had in his entourage, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP. Hakeem Odumosu, Commissioner of Police in charge of Works, Department of Logistics and Supply; CP. Aliyu Abubakar, Area Commander, Area 'A' Lion Building; ACP. Bode Ojajuni and others, evaluated the state of dilapitation of Ije Barracks at Obalende area, Mopol 20 Police Barracks and the Police College at Ikeja.

  He further emphasised  that  President  Muhammadu Buhari led administration is the first government in Nigeria to initiate the Police Trust Fund in order to improve and place  the Nigeria Police ahead of her global counterparts especially in the areas of trainings, welfare, logistics, for a more efficient security delivery in the Country.

Following the assessment, the policemen he interfaced with  during his tour applauded him. 

Man to spend 21 years in Prison for defrauding US based businesswoman and circulating her nude pictures online

  

An Ikeja High court has sentenced one Adesanya Femi Paul to 21 years in prison.

The accused was arraigned over allegations he duped a  businesswoman of N75m and then posted her nude photos on Facebook.

The business woman was identified as  US based business woman, Mrs Oluwatoyin Akinwole

It can be recalled that Mrs Akinwole was  made to look as if she had taken her own life after her  nude pictures were released online and a story was made  that she committed suicide by jumping into the Third Mainland Bridge Lagoon in an  attempt to blackmail her.  

Following her report in 2017, the police arrested  two suspects  one Awojomi Ganiu aka Alfa Oris, 51, and Otunba Paul Adesanya 54.

Narrating how she fell victim to the fraudster, Akinwole said: “ I am a business woman and I live in Texas, United States of America. Sherrifat lives in the USA and we were close friends when this issue started and she was the person who linked me to the Alfa(Ganiu) in Nigeria, but I wasn’t talking to the Alfa.  She then traveled to London, England in March 2017 to meet Otunba Adesanya, who she had an affair with and she called  and said that the Alfa told her that my death was imminent, except I perform some prayers.  ‘’While she was saying this, Otunba Adesanya, came in and told me that he knows the Alfa very well and that I should obey  him because he is very powerful and well known in Nigeria.  Otunba Adesanya,  also told me that he had several businesses in Nigeria including petrol filling stations in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State.  Alfa Awojobi, was demanding N154,000 for the prayers and I told Sherifat and Otunba that I didn’t have such money and Otunba Adesanya offered to pay N100,000 for me, while  he asked me to pay the balance.’’

Continuing, she said:’’ I did what they said and Alfa started praying for me.  He did that until April, 2018, and he insisted that I must come to Nigeria for the final prayers.  I was really scared then and I didn’t want to die the way my younger sister died. I returned to  Nigeria and went straight to Alfa at Ijebu-Ode.  He asked me to take my bath before entering his house which I did and by midnight, he brought four men and they started praying for me.  Alfa then said he had seen more visions about  my husband and children and I ended up spending N1.5million at the Alfa’s place before  returning to America.  Otunba Adesanya,  then came in and told me that he wanted to invest my money in oil business using his petrol filling stations.  He took me round some filling stations in Ijebu-Ode and he was greeted as the owner.  He asked me to invest a huge amount of money and promised that after one month, I will get back my 50 percent of my investment as profit, and I trusted him.

‘’ I borrowed N30 million and the person who loaned  me the money paid it into his account.  One month after I gave him the money, I called and started asking about the business;  Otunba Adesanya, got angry and paid back the money into my  account. I was shocked and this made me believe and trust Otunba Adesanya, to be a kind of genuine businessman. Then, I pleaded and asked him to continue with the business and then he asked me to change the money into dollar which I did and I took the money to him.  Two months after then, when I tried to get back my money, he told me that the money I gave to him to invest into the business wasn’t enough and he needed money and I went on scouting for more money.  I continued to give him money until it reached a total of N75million. He also asked me to pay the sum of N31million through the Alfa’s account.

‘’ But on December 2017,  one of his boys called me on the telephone and told me that  I had been defrauded, then I arrested him with some police and  military men and they couldn’t recover my money. I also got him arrested with policemen in Osun and Ondo states, yet,  he went off the hook. Then, I brought in  operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, to arrest him, and they recovered  21,000 nude photos and videos of various Nigerian women.  He claimed he was very sick and the EFCC granted him bail, but after his release he went  on the internet and published photoshop nude photos of myself and him, claiming that he had sexual relationship with me, which was a lie.   He was also the person who circulated the story that I had jumped into the Third Mainland Bridge Lagoon, over infidelity.  The EFCC  tried to caution him but he wouldn’t listen  because he wanted to blackmail me into stopping my case.  I was given the advice to go to the IGP IRT and report my case and they trailed and arrested the Alfa as well as Otunba Adesanya”.