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6— Vanguard, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2021 Court remands 18-year-old housewife over alleged murder of hubby’s fiancée A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court, yesterday, ordered the remand of an 18-year-old housewife, Suwaiba Shuaibu, in prison for allegedly stabbing her husband’s 17-year-old fiancée to death. Shuaibu, who resides at Gimawa village in Doguwa Local Government Area of Kano, is standing trial on a count charge of culpable homicide. It would be recalled that the state police command had on January 19, arrested the defendant for allegedly stabbing her husband’s fiancée. The prosecutor, Asma’u Ado, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on January 1, at Gimawa village, Kano. She said on the same date, at about 10:00 pm, the defendant called the deceased, Aisha Kabir, of the same address through her phone. The prosecutor said: “In the process, the defendant deceived and lured the victim into an uncompleted building, situated at Gimawa village, attacked and stabbed her with a sharp knife on her neck and chest." The defendant, however, denied committing the offence. According to the prosecutor, the offence contravenes Section 221 of the Penal Code. The Chief Magistrate, Mustapha Sa’ad-Datti, ordered that the defendant be remanded in a correctional centre, pending legal advice from the office of state Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Motorcyclists protest death of colleague in Ogun By James Ogunnaike ABEOKUTA— Commercial motorcyclists, yesterday, went on the rampage in Sagamu, Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State, protesting the death of one of them. It was gathered that the deceased motorcyclist lost his life while attempting to resist arrest by a task force team put in place by the local government authority after allegedly driving against traffic. It was gathered that the motorcycle rider fell and hit his head on the ground and died instantly. The development threw the entire town into confusion as motorcycle riders in their numbers protested against the action of the taskforce. The protesters were said to have destroyed vehicles and other valuables, while residents scampered for safety and many business outlets hurriedly closed Contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident. Bandits kill village head, 10 others; kidnap 20 in Niger •Wife of slain monarch also abducted By Wole Mosadomi BANDITS, yesterday, killed the village head of Kusherki in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, Alhaji Masud Abubakar, and 10 other villagers. The bandits also kidnapped 20 villagers from different communities in the area while the wife of the slain traditional ruler was among those kidnapped. It was gathered that the bandits numbering up to 50 were said to have invaded the communities on motorcycles armed with AK-47 rifles and other dangerous weapons as they rode from village to village shooting sporadically and ended up killing 11 people, including the village head. Among the 11 killed were five members of the local vigilante and other youths supporting the vigilante men. It was reliably gathered that the bandits started from Kasuwe village and moved from there to other villages killing and maiming innocent villagers. They were also said to have moved from house to house and carted away valuables and foodstuffs. Just as the invasion was on in these communities, another set of bandits were also reported to have blocked the major highway from Sarkin Pawa to Minna, leaving motorists to scamper for safety. Secretary of Munyan Local Government Area, Mr James Jagaba, confirmed the attack but could not ascertain if people were abducted or not. According to him, “I cannot give details of what happened now but members of the vigilante are still battling with the bandits. Reacting to the incessant banditry, especially in the past three days, the state government in a statement by Chief Press Secretary to Governor Abubakar Police arrest 7 for alleged car-snatching in Imo By Chinonso Alozie O WERRI—SEVEN persons have been arrested in Imo State, over alleged stealing of vehicles, days after they were said to have been released from prison on the same offence. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Orlando Ikeokwu, who disclosed this, yesterday, in Owerri, said the arrest was made possible after the Imo police got a distress call from Aba in Abia State. The police said: “On February 1, 2021, based on a distress call from Aba, Abia State, informing the command that some hoodlums snatched one Lexus 350 SUV, with number plate, KSF 758 FS, and were believed to be moving towards Imo State. “Upon receipt of the report, operatives of the Command’s Quick Intervention Team, QUIT, swung into action. “However, at the point of arrest, the stolen SUV was recovered from them. It is noteworthy that the suspects were all released from Aba prison after serving their jail terms on a similar offence.” On how the suspects operated, the police said: “They all confessed to the crime and explained their various roles in the operation. The suspects "Amado Kenedy, Igilegbe Chinendu and Nwaorie Moses are the operational members, whose responsibility was to snatch the vehicle while Godfrey Ntosi, Chinedu Agwu, Ejiofor Egwe and Eze Obinwanne were saddled with the responsibility of rebranding the snatched vehicle, removal of tracking and security devices installed in the vehicle, as well as sale of the vehicles. "Arrangement is at advanced stage to transfer them to Abia State for further investigation and prosecution.” Boko Haram razes over 140 houses in Borno village By Ndahi Marama MAIDUGURI—OVER 140 residential houses were reportedly set ablaze when suspected members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect invaded Egiri, Zira I and II villages of Biu Local Government Area in Southern Borno senatorial district. It was gathered that the bandits also carted away foodstuffs and livestock, after displacing hundreds of people from the three settlements Sunday night. Ali Yusuf, who is now taking refuge in Biu town after fleeing from Zira 1, said before the bandits came, the people had fled the town, adding that the insurgents came through Garin Mallam village to attack Egiri before proceeding to Zira I and II, as they wreak havoc without confrontation. He said: “We were lucky to have gotten information about the impending attacks, so we quickly mobilised our family members including women and children and fled before the insurgents stormed these communities.” Yusuf, however, said no life was lost as the insurgents met the all affected villages deserted, but notwithstanding, the attackers set ablaze about 20 houses in Egiri, 50 houses in Zira I and 75 others in Zira II. His words: “We are terrified by the latest attacks by insurgents in our hitherto peaceful communities. He appealed to the government and other security agencies to come to their aid, as most of them are displaced with no means of livelihood. All efforts to get confirmation from the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Edet Okon, proved abortive at press time, but a reliable security source in Biu Local Government Area confirmed the recent destruction by the insurgents in the three communities. The recovered car. Bello, Mrs Mary Noel-Berje, described the situation as callous and regrettable. She said: “The murder of the traditional ruler is callous, regrettable and it is a challenge to the security agencies to intensify their search to fish-out and ensure that the perpetrators of such heinous acts are brought to justice. “The situation, particularly in the last 72 hours, has become alarming. Efforts are ongoing to secure the release of the abducted NSTA passengers. The development is becoming more worrisome." Miscreants on rampage, attack LAWMA officials during enforcement By Olasunkanmi Akoni AT least two officers of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, Enforcement and Monitoring Team, EMT, sustained injuries when they were attacked while enforcing the environmental sanitation law against nuisances in Ajah area of the state. Stones and other dangerous weapons were used by suspected miscreants and street traders during the operation at Ajah roundabout, along Lekki- Epe Expressway, Lagos Island. One of the officers reportedly sustained a head injury, while the other sustained rib injury. Speaking on the attack, LAWMA Managing Director, Ibrahim Odumboni, condemned the incessant attacks on the agency’s personnel carrying out their official duties in the task of ensuring the general cleanliness of the environment, warning that such will no longer be tolerated by the state government as they will not be deterred by such act. Odumboni said: “Some miscreants said to be street traders attacked our personnel at Ajah flyover bridge area of the state while on enforcement operation, using stones and other dangerous weapons. “Our officials were dislodging street traders and squatters in some slums in the area who have turned the sheds into criminal hideouts. “No level of resistance and intimidation by hoodlums can deter us on our resolve to clean up the entire metropolis.”
Vanguard, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2021—7 How Ondo Chief Judge detained me for 3 years — Stepbrother By Dayo Johnson AKURE—A man, identified as Olupelumi Fagboyegun, yesterday, alleged that the Chief Judge of Ondo State, Olarenwaju Akeredolu, detained him for three years for going to their father’s house. Olupelumi, who claimed to be a stepbrother to the Chief Judge, made the allegation in a viral video. Fagboyegun said: “The Honourable Chief Justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I am calling you to please rescue me from the hands of the Ondo State Judiciary that is being run like a family affair, that if you don’t know anybody, you cannot get justice. “I have been living abroad for the past 30 years; I came on holiday to Nigeria to my father’s house because I share the same father with the Chief Judge of Ondo State, I was arrested at my father’s clave, I was locked up, I was charged with forceful entry into my father’s house. “Even if I was convicted of this crime, it only carries one-year prison penalty but I am being on open remand for the past three years. “This case has been going on for the past three years because the Chief Judge is using her power to influence the judicial system, I have been unable to get justice. They have changed judges five times, they have re-arraigned me five times, they have changed their charges five times and up till today, February 15, 2021, that I am talking to you, the case is still pending. Please come and rescue me. “The Ondo State government cannot help me because the Ondo State government is a family business. Buhari should rescue me from the hands of this woman so that I can go back to my family. I want to go back to my children. I am a single parent. “This woman is keeping me here for the past three years for coming to my father’s house. Please help me I want to go back to my family.” Chief Judge refutes allegations In her defence, Justice Akeredolu said: “What is happening is the handiwork of some persons who are using Mr. Olupelumi Fagboyegun against my family. “Two years after my father died, somebody bearing his name filed a suit against my mum, two of my brothers, and the eldest male of my father’s family, stating that they should exhume my father’s body and do a DNA because the man in question alleged to be my father’s son.” She stated that the said man filed a Writ of Summons, which was served on her mum which itself made her mum agitated and embarrassed. “I had to call the lawyer and asked what was behind the action. In response, the lawyer, who filed the writ told me that Mr. Olupelumi Fagboyegun alleged that he was born in the household of my grandmother; and that, his mother was living with my grandmother when he was born. “When I asked who the grandmother was, he said the person in question was my father’s mother. I then told him that the woman died in 1967." One or two years after my mum died, he went to one of my father’s premises, where my cousin wanted to establish a poultry farm. One morning, he went with thugs wielding cutlasses, but he was prevented from entering the premises. “The police looked into the matter and by the time police got there, he had escaped,’ she stressed. She also narrated that the matter is before the Magistrate's Court and that she does not know the magistrate handling the matter; also, she has not shown interest in the matter, adding that Fagboyegun is being used by some people. Justice Akeredolu said: “They should ask the said Mr. Olupelumi Fagboyegun which police station or prison is keeping him and by whose order. God will expose evil-doers to shame and to ridicule.” Akeredolu orders probe In a swift response, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu in a tweet said: “I have instructed my Attorney- General to investigate the allegations; we will ensure the investigation is thorough, fair and transparent.” Also reacting, the Attorney- General and Justice Commissioner, Charles Titiloye, said the governor has directed that the allegation be investigated. • It’s handiwork of some persons against my family—Chief Judge •As Akeredolu orders probe Olupelumi Fagboyegun. Titiloye, in a statement, said the governor has directed the Department of Public Prosecution, DPP, to immediately investigate the allegation made against the Chief Judge of Ondo State, Justice O. O. Akeredolu by Mr. Olupelumi Fagboyegun (her brother) in a video that went viral on social media platform on February 15, 2015 wherein he alleged that Ondo State judiciary and courts were being used by the Chief Judge to persecute him and keep him in custody for the past three years on trumped-up criminal allegation of unlawful entry into his father’s house. Olarenwaju Akeredolu, State, Chief Judge. Ondo “Investigation into the matter will be thorough, fair and transparent to assure the public that Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu’s administration in Ondo State is determined to preserve the integrity of the courts and the judiciary and ensure that it remains the last hope of the common man. “The Attorney-General, who assumed office November, 30, 2020 said his office is yet to be briefed of the criminal case and has directed the Department of Public Prosecutions in the Ministry of Justice to investigate the allegations contained in the online video clip and report back to him within 24 hours.” Police parade man caught with human legs, others in Osun By Shina Abubakar OSOGBO—A 40-year-old herbalist, Adeboye Moshood, caught with human legs and other body parts, was yesterday, paraded by the Osun State Police Command Addressing journalists at the state Police Command headquarters in Osogbo, Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode, said Moshood confessed to having cut off the human legs and flesh at Iworo area of Gbongan, Ayedaade Local Government Area of the state. According to the CP, the police received a tip-off that the man brought human parts into his house yesterday morning (Tuesday) leading operatives of the force to invade his house to effect his arrest. “He confessed to have stolen the two human legs and the flesh from a body at Iworo area of Gbongan town. He will be arraigned in court once the investigation is concluded,” he said. Fielding questions from journalists, Moshood said he found the dead body on his way from Modakeke at Iwaro and discovered it would be useful for money ritual. “I went to Modakeke on Monday and while I was returning, I stopped by at Iwaro where I saw a corpse. I was scared but I realised it will be useful for me, then I cut it out for money ritual. I am a farmer and herbalist,” he said. Three other suspects, Muyiwa Moshood Abereijo, 28, Sunday Clement, 20 and Joseph Emmanuel, 25, who specialised in stealing motorcycles in Ile-Ife area of the state were also paraded. According to the CP, they were arrested on February 2 upon a tipoff in Ile-Ife and two of the suspects were identified by victims. He said: “They confessed to have successfully stolen 25 motorcycles within Ile-Ife. Two victims were invited and have identified two of the suspects as those who snatched their motorcycles. "They were also caught with a locally cut to size gun, effort is on to arrest the receivers of the stolen motorcycles.” Suspected cultists shoot Makurdi varsity female student Late Jessica. By Peter Duru MAKURDI—A female student of Benue State University, Miss Jessica Agee, was Monday night reportedly shot dead at her Gyado Villa residence, adjacent to the campus, by unknown gunmen suspected to be cultists. An eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the armed men broke into the residence of the student at about 10 pm, shot her and fled. He said: “The young men suspected to be cultists stormed her one-room apartment at about 10 pm shot her and ran away without picking anything from the house. “The sound of the gunshot created pandemonium in Gyado Villa, especially among the large BSU students community, who reside in that area of Makurdi town.” Vanguard also gathered that earlier in the day, the institution had witnessed heavy sporadic gunshots by unknown persons at the vicinity of the Faculty of Law, creating fear and anxiety in the institution. Though no official statement has been issued by the institution on the matter, Head of Information of the university, Mr Tser Vanger, who confirmed the earlier sporadic shooting around the law faculty, said he had no detail of the murder of the female student. Contacted, Dean of Students Affairs, Prof. Emmanuel Ortor, said: “I have been sick and have not been to the office for some time now so I have no detail of the incident.” The Police Public Relations Officer, Catherine Anene, who confirmed the murder, said the body of the student had been deposited in a morgue while an investigation into the matter was ongoing. 7 children feared killed as explosion rocks Zamfara community AT least seven children were feared dead following an explosion that rocked Magami village in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Confirming the incident, yesterday, Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs Abubakar Dauran, said the victims went to the bush in search of firewood when they picked an explosive device and began playing with it, and shortly after, it exploded. While six were said to have died instantly, others were left with various degrees of injuries. Those who sustained injuries were immediately rushed to a hospital in Gusau, the state capital for medical attention. According to the Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs, he later got information that one person among the victims that were hospitalised also died. Dauran said the state had put measures in place to prevent future occurrences of such. Meanwhile, the Police Command in the state under the leadership of the Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, has created 10 additional Police Out Stations in different villages of the state. He has also deployed Tactical and Conventional Police Personnel to the newly created outstations to promptly respond to distress calls and provide effective and efficient security services to the communities so that members of the public can have the confidence to go about their legitimate businesses.
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