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4— Vanguard, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 Suspected yahoo boy crushes Okada operator, passenger to death in Delta By Paul Olayemi A commercial motorcycle operator, popularly known as Okada rider and his female passenger have been crushed to death by a suspected cyber criminal, known as yahoo boy, around Oton area of Gana, in Sapele, Delta State. The suspected yahoo boy driving a GKL Mercedes-Benz car was said to have absconded after he rammed his car into the commercial motorcycle operator. Vanguard gathered that the motorcycle rider died on the spot while his passenger was said to have died at the hospital where she was rushed to. An eyewitness told Vanguard: “The Mercedes-Benz car driver was on speed and after crushing the Okada man and his female passenger, the Okada man died on the spot while the injured woman was taken to hospital where she gave up the ghost” An official of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, in Sapele, who confirmed the incident, told Vanguard that the commission operatives had recovered the car and damaged motorcycle from the scene of the accident and the commission has also evacuated the remains of the late Okada rider to the Sapele Central Hospital morgue. Truck crushes Neigbourhood Watch official in Lagos By Evelyn Usman TRAGEDY struck, yesterday, along the Isolo- Egbe Road, after an official of the Lagos Neigbourhood Watch was crushed by a truck The deceased identified as Osunde Kelvin , 38, was riding a bicycle to resume his afternoon shift at Excel College, which the school building collapsed recently in Ejigbo area of Lagos. On reaching Powerline busstop, Ejigbo to negotiate a bend leading to his destination, a commercial bus hit the bicycle. In the process, he was flung into an oncoming truck with number plate FKJ 240 AN, which rammed over him. Efforts to save his life was fruitless as he reportedly died on the spot . An eyewitness, who expressed disappointment over the reactions of onlookers, said: "When the incident happened, no one made effort to arrest the driver of the LT bus that hit him. Rather, everyone was busy taking shot of the dead man on the floor, thereby creating an opportunity for driver of the LT bus to escape. "The truck driver also abandoned the vehicle and fled the scene. Policemen from Ejigbo division later arrived, covered the deceased with a white cloth and evacuated his remains. They also took the truck away. Kelvin’s mother died not too long, in an auto crash.” Gunmen kill police inspector in Aba, snatch his AK-47 rifle By Ugochukwu Alaribe & Eric Ugbor. UMUAHIA— Gunmen have shot dead a Police Inspector at Uratta in Aba North council area of the state and made away with his AK-47 rifle. The inspector, whose name was given as Emma, was said to have been transferred from Umuahia to Uratta Police Station about two months ago. A police source told Vanguard that the slain policeman was on his way to work last Friday at about 8 pm when he saw a man riding a motorcycle. He was alleged to have stopped and impounded the machine for an undisclosed reason. The source explained that the policeman was riding on the motorcycle to the Uratta police station when on approaching Chief Obi Street, he was attacked by three armed men. The hoodlums were said to have inflicted machete cuts on him and ripped his skull open in the process. After killing him, the hoodlums reportedly fled with his AK-47 rifle. However, luck ran out on one of them when he was going home after killing the policeman as some members of the local vigilante noticed blood stains on his cloth and arrested him. He was later handed over to the police. Vanguard gathered that during interrogation, the suspect admitted his involvement in the killing of the policeman. Operatives from state Police Command headquarters, Umuahia, were said to have, in the early hours of yesterday, raided a popular brothel within the Uratta area in search of the fleeing hoodlums, but no arrest was made. Also, on Sunday night the gang attacked a police team at Azikiwe PROTEST: People of Ugwunani-Abor community in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State yesterday protesting alleged encroachment on their ancestral land by the Enugu State government. 16-yr-old suspected cultist arrested with gun in Anambra school By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—ANAMBRA State Police Command said, yesterday, that it arrested a 16-yearold suspected cultist in an Anambra school, while no fewer than 80 others were arrested in various parts of the state this month. The 16-year old (name withheld) was arrested with a double barrel gun in his school compound at Igboukwu, Aguaata Local Government Area of the state. The command said the arrests were part of efforts to stem the tide of cultism and other nefarious activities in the state during this period of ember months. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Mohammed Haruna, said the command’s Special Anti- Cult Unit (SPACS) carried out the raids at various hideouts and black spots where suspected cultists were allegedly hibernating. He said while 15 suspects were arrested at Ogidi/Nkpor axis, six were arrested at Awka/Amansea axis. Similarly, five suspects were arrested at Onitsha/Nkpor axis, seven at Oba/Nnewi axis, six at Nsugbe/Nkwelle-Ezunaka axis, eight at Ogbunike/Abagana axis, four at Nawfia and another four at Nimo/Abagana axis. Others are 12 at Ifitedunu / Awkuzu axis, four at Amikwo, five at Nsugbe/3-3 axis and four at Ebenebe/Ugbenu axis. According to the PPRO, of the number, 40 had been charged to court, while 15 were screened and released unconditionally. He said five of the suspects were placed under police supervision for being underage, while 20 suspects confessed membership of cult groups. Items recovered from them include two pump action guns, 10 machetes , five axes, two daggers, three barrettes, one double barrel gun, two locally made pistol and three live cartridges. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. John Abang, commended Anambra people for providing the command with actionable intelligence and reassured the public of adequate protection. MRA condemns continued detention of journalist, Ime Silas, demands his immediate release MEDIA Rights Agenda, MRA, yesterday, condemned the continued detention of Mr. Ime Silas, an editor with the privatelyowned Global Concord newspaper and publisher of the news website, The Profile. The group accused the Akwa Ibom State government of incrementally damaging Nigeria’s human rights record just to satisfy political egos and called for the immediate release of the journalist from custody. A statement by MRA’s Programme Officer, Mr. John Gbadamosi, recalled that “Mr. Silas was arrested on August 17, 2020 in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State, for publishing a report entitled “Exposed: Okobo PDP Chapter Chair links Gov Udom’s Wife with the Plot to Blackmail Deputy Speaker.” He was accused of cyberstalking allegedly in violation of Section 24 of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act of 2015. “On August 18, Mr. Silas was charged before a magistrate's court and denied bail. His lawyers filed another bail application on August 24, which was granted on September 10. Despite having been granted bail, Mr. Silas has remained in police custody since his arrest. “Mr. Silas’ detention after the court has granted him bail demonstrates the lengths to which authorities are willing to go to silence journalists who are unwilling to dance to their tune. We strongly condemn such arrogant violation of the constitution and careless disregard for the rights of a citizen. “The arrest and detention of Mr. Silas are in breach of Nigeria’s international treaty obligations, particularly Article 66(2)(c) of the Revised ECOWAS Treaty, in which Nigeria, as a Member State of the Economic Community of West African States, agrees to co-operate with other member states in the area of information and undertakes to 'ensure respect for the rights of journalists. "Such arrest, detention and prosecution of journalists have been adjudged by the African Court of Human and People’s Rights to be a violation of the Revised ECOWAS Treaty in its binding judgment in the case of Lohe Issa Konate v Burkina Faso, delivered on December 5, 2014. “The arraignment of Mr. Silas for cyberstalking is offensive because the magistrate's court before which he was charged clearly has no jurisdiction to try the journalist for the offence of cyberstalking under the Cybercrime Act as it is the Federal High Court that is given such jurisdiction by the Law. " Road by Asa Road junction by 9pm, injuring a mobile police officer, while police reportedly shot two of the gang members dead. Contacted, Abia State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, who confirmed the killing of the inspector also said one of the suspects linked to the killing had been arrested and currently in police custody. DISCO agent drugs 14-yr-old girl with 200ml tramadol, rapes her The suspect. By Evelyn Usman A staff of one of the nation’s electricity distribution companies, DISCOs, has been arrested by the Police in Lagos for allegedly drugging and defiling a 14-year-old girl in Ejigbo area of Lagos. The suspect (name withheld), had gone to install prepaid meters for some residents of Akinwunmi Street, Ile-Epo area of Ejigbo, when he met the victim (names withheld) who was trying to recharge her parent’s prepaid meter. The 17-year-old suspect offered to assist her but ended up taking her to the DISCO’s Okota branch where the recharge was done. However, on their way back, he reportedly took the girl to a hotel at Jakande gate, where he allegedly drugged her drink and raped her. During interrogation, he disclosed that he drugged her with 200 milligrams of tramadol. According to him, “I offered to go and recharge their meter but her grandmother asked her to follow me. On our way back, I bought her a bottle of soft drink. But before giving it to her, I went to the hotel where I dropped 200 milligrams of tramadol inside. I took her to the hotel where I paid N2,500 and had sex with her. “She slept for too long because of the drug and by the time she woke up, it was late. When she got home, they asked what kept her long and in the process beat her to extract the truth from her. That was how she opened up. “I have never committed such a crime in my life. This is the first time. I used tramadol to sleep because of the noise of the power generating sets in my compound every night. My intention was never to end up in this type of trouble. "I dropped out of school two years ago because my mother, a widow, didn’t have money to pay for my WASSCE. I started installing prepaid meters and was paid N1,000 commission. I have been saving the money to enroll for the WASSCE. My mother is working as a maid to keep the family going.” Spokesman for Lagos State Police Command, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the arrest.
vanguardnews @vanguardnews Vanguard, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 — 5 NEWS HOTLINES 018773962, POCKET CARTOON @vanguardnews 08052867058 COMMISSIONING—Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, commissioning the 2 blocks of 48 rooms at the Nigerian Air Force Investment Limited Hostels in Kaduna, yesterday. Photo: NAN. Why we lost Edo to PDP, by APC chieftains By Clifford Ndujihe, Dayo Johnson, Henry Umoru Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Omeiza Ajayi, Dirisu Yakubu, Chinonso Alozie, Ugochukwu Alaribe, & President James Ogunnaike LAGOS — High wire political intrigues by some chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, with regards to who picks its presidential ticket in 2023 may have contributed greatly to its dismal outing in last Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, Vanguard has learned. Party leaders yesterday lamented APC’s loss of its only foothold in the South- South, with Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State saying that three weeks to the poll, the party was primed to win but the unexpected happened on Saturday. A member of the Board of Trustees of the APC, Prince Benjamin Apugo, attributed the party’s loss to internal wranglings. A chieftain of the party, Jackson Lekan Ojo, fingered what he called the overbearing influence of former APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, and National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for the Edo fiasco in which Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP polled 307,955 votes to beat Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the APC, who got 223,619 votes. A member of APC Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee, Ismail Ahmed, who blamed APC governors, said the party would do a review to know exactly what happened in Edo. Meanwhile, torrents of salutations continued to pour in for Obaseki, yesterday, with former Olusegun Obasanjo, and former Senate President, David Mark, urging the governor to be magnanimous in victory to douse tension and continue to keep Edo on the path of growth. APC congratulates Obaseki, says election not warfare The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has congratulated Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on his re-election as governor of the state, last Saturday. Chairman, Caretaker/ Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the party and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, in a statement issued in Damaturu, described the election as victory for democracy. The statement which was titled: ‘State Governorship Election: Victory for Democracy’ reads; “The September 19, 2020 Edo State Governorship election is over, the winner has been declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the person of Mr. Obaseki, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. We hereby congratulate the winner of the election, the people of Edo State and all Nigerians. The peaceful conduct of the election and its outcome represent victory for Nigeria’s democracy. “As a party, we join our leader, President Muhammadu Buhar to affirm our ‘commitment to free and fair elections’ in order to strengthen ‘the foundation for our political and moral authority’. We commend INEC, our security agencies and all political parties that contested the election for the successful conduct of the election. As a governing party, we will take every step necessary to support the Federal Government to consolidate all the gains achieved. “We, in particular want to salute our candidate in the election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu for his tenacity and leadership. We similarly commend our Edo State leaders, especially our immediate past National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and all our members in Edo State for demonstrating unwavering support for our party and our candidate in the election. In the face of all the challenges, we collectively remained faithful and worked tirelessly during the campaigns. We appeal to all our members to be strengthened by the outcome of the election and unite in order to correct all the problems that worked against our party and our candidate in the just concluded election. “Finally, we specially hereby celebrate our Edo State 2020 Governorship Campaign Council led by His Excellency Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Governor of Kano State. We acknowledge and appreciate the contributions of all members of the Campaign Council. As progressives and democrats, we are confident that all leaders and members of the party will celebrate the outcome of the election as free and fair as acknowledge by our leader, President Muhammadu Buhari. “Let us unite to move our democracy for forward. We must put an end to the era when electoral contest become warfare. We urge our candidate and all our members to join us in congratulating Mr. Godwin Obaseki and the PDP, being the declared winner of the election. Our attention must now shift to Ondo State and ensure that we win the October 10, 2020 election. September 19, 2020 Edo election should present a new watershed. We will work hard to win the Ondo election. Having reaffirmed our commitment to free and fair elections, it is our expectation that all opposition parties in the country will also commit themselves to free and fair contests. We will therefore accordingly expect congratulatory message from all parties just as we similarly guarantee that once we are defeated in a fair contest, we will congratulate winner." Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, was part of what played out last Saturday in Edo. One of them who had predicted that the ruling party was going to lose the election based on happenings in the party, said “the Edo election was essentially a contest between the North and the Continues on Page 26 By Bose Adelaja, & Olayinka Latona the 2023 permutations Multiple party sources told Vanguard that permutations ahead of the 2023 presidential election which led to the ouster of the erstwhile National On US, UK decision to place visa ban on election riggers (2) The UK and US governments' threat of visa ban, asset seizure and prosecution under international law, of those involved in electoral malpractice, is a good move. It will bring sanity to our electoral system. No politician will want to lose his assets overseas or be denied visas. It will expose and shame those involved in electoral malpractice. —Bankole Akinselure, Political Activist The visa ban placed on election riggers is a welcome development. It will deter politicians and those who seek to govern people from engaging in election rigging. Henceforth, we might see election outcomes being determined by the people, not aspirants forcing their way into office through vile and dangerous means. —Oluwafemi Omorege, Social commentator The UK and US placing a ban on election riggers would create fear in the minds those having such intention and it will improve the country’s rating in the international community when it comes to elections. Penalties like this should be implemented more to reduce rigging of elections. —Adebayo Ismail, Digital Marketer T his decision is the best for the betterment of our country and we should appreciate the UK and US governments. With these threats in place, all forms of electoral malpractice will be eradicated. Also, political thugs who believe election rigging is the only way to make ends meet, will no longer have jobs. —Adegoke Emmanuel, Cinematographer Nigeria has been of great interest to the international community due to corrupt practices of which election rigging is one. This decision by the UK and US is laudable in that it will make key players in Nigeria’s electoral process to respect the system. Credibility should be the hallmark of elections in a country where democracy is the system of government in operation. —Francis Adegbola, Corps member The visa ban is a welcome development. It will deter forces that try to undermine our nascent democracy. I think the ban should also include family members and friends of those election riggers. Secondly, their assets in those foreign countries should be seized and stiffer penalties meted out on them; only then can we salvage our country from their hands. —Usoh John, Civil Servant
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