CSP DOLAPO BADMUS TO TESTIFY BEFORE LAGOS JUDICIAL PANEL

A building contractor, Olaide Fowotade, had petitioned the panel alleging that in 2017 he was brutalized by a policeman named Ayo Aduku attached to Ketu Police station. He alleged that the said police officer beat him up and removed two of his teeth.

 

While briefing the panel, the petitioner stated that he wrote a petition to Zone 2 headquarters and was received by the office of the then AIG, Mr. Aderanti who is now retired. When asked who is still within the police force he can call to bear him witness and put more light on the case, Olaide mentioned CSP Dolapo Badmos the then Police PRO of the zone 2.

 

The Lagos State Panel  then sent a written witness summon to the former PPRO and copied the Inspector General of Police. She is expected to appear before the panel on January 15, 2021, to testify.

CSP Dolapo has been accused in the past by the Force Disciplinary Committee were laid out on pages 122 to 127 of the document.

She was accused of refusing to carry out an order issued by a superior officer, scandalous conduct, sabotage and act unbecoming of an officer over an Instagram post she published on August 21, 2019, after suspected criminal Wadume was re-arrested by the police.

“For every security personnel and all others working against the well being of this nation, may you die sudden death for Nigeria to have peace,” Badmos wrote in the post the Force Disciplinary Committee described as “crude and scandalous.”

The committee also said the post ran contrary to the IGP’s directive contained in a circular No. CB: 40001/IGP.SEC/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.113/518 issued on February 11, 2019.

The circular barred officers from making “unauthorized postings of information or unguarded comments in the media.”

Badmos apologised to the committee for the post but claimed ignorance of the existence of the said circular. She also told the committee that her post brought no harm to anyone and that the post was in appreciation of the efforts of the police leadership.

Apart from the “scandalous” social media post, Badmos was also accused of disobedience to “Constituted Authority,” acting “prejudicial to the security of the state,” “discreditable conduct” and an “act unbecoming of an officer” after violating terms of a four-day leave.

The police document showed Badmos sought a four-day leave effective from March 9, 2020, to travel to Ekiti State. But she was accused of travelling out of the country instead, in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.

Badmos appeared before FDC on March 27 and 30, 2020. She denied travelling out of the country, the document showed. She said the claims that she travelled out in March was spread by a blogger who was out to discredit her.

The document also showed that Badmos, in her defence, claimed that it was “through her concerted efforts that the ‘END SARS’ saga was brought to a resolute end, which can be attested to by Mr Segun Awosanya,” popularly known as Segalink on social media.

She was reprimanded for both cases.

 

NIGERIA WAKE-UP: BELGIUM'S SNCB BUYS 200 DOUBLE-DECKER CARRIAGE FOR €450 MILLION!

 

Nigeria Transport ministry need to learn something from Belgium's national rail authority SNCB. The SNCB recently placed an order for 200 new double-decker train carriages from the Bombardier factory in Bruges, for a value of €450 million! Nigerians how market?

 The carriages, which have the following facilitices that include; total capacity of 20,000 seats, air conditioning,full access for passengers with mobility issues, as well as 38 carriages with a driver’s cabin and space for bicycles and children’s buggies.

All doors have a standard height of 76cm, and when the doors open, a sliding platform will come out to bridge the remaining gap between platform and train.

The carriages are also equipped with a suitable toilet and an intercom system for use by mobility passengers.

Bombardier, the subsidiary of a Canadian-owned company, also constructs trams for public transport. 

Nigeria officials please was up and put our dear country on a good path of development and greatness.

 

NIGERIAN MEDICAL DOCTOR KILLED WIFE AND HANGED HIMSELF IN USA

Nigerian couple found dead in an apparent in Texas. The husband and wife identified as Benjamin Okigbo and Theresa Okigbo were found dead at their Greatwood home on Friday morning, December 18.

The discovery was made around 10:05 am at the Greatwood Subdivision in the 1500 block of Brookstone Lane. Sugar Land police  said the case is being investigated as a murder-suicide.

On Saturday, Police said that their investigation revealed that Benjamin Okigbo strangled Theresa Okigbo to death. He then attempted to kill both of his 21-year-old sons by strangling them before he eventually killed himself by hanging.

Both of the sons survived the attack with injuries that are not life-threatening. They are both receiving treatment at a hospital.

On Friday morning, the couple’s daughter, who doesn’t live at the home, went thereafter she became concerned. She then called 911 and told the dispatchers that her parents were dead.

“One of the kids dialed 911 there was a fight or disturbance going on inside the residence,” Police chief Eric Robbins said.

When officers arrived, they found the couple’s bodies inside. They were both in their 50s.

Many neighbors were shocked when they heard the news. One said the couple had lived in the Greatwood home for about 20 years. She said she spoke to the wife a few days ago and nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

 

HOW ABBA KYARI AND HIS TEAM FORCED ME TO TRANSFER N41 MILLION TO THEM~~VICTIM

Afeez Mojeed, a real estate manager and haulage consultant, has narrated his ordeal in the hands of men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS),to  Lagos Judicial Panel on Saturday 19th December.

 

The victim told the panel that the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS),who was then supervised by Abba Kyari, forced him to wire a sum of N41 million to one Edward Obinna and unlawfully collected other sums from him on different occasions.

Mr Mojeed, 38, was accosted at his residence at Victory Estate, Ajah, on October 18, 2014, and was 32 years at the time of the arrest. In his own words he said thus;

“I was in my apartment around 8-9 p.m. in my sitting room with my 2-year-old son and my mother in law watching the TV. My wife was in the kitchen cooking, she was five-month pregnant

“I heard a big bang on my door with a voice saying open this door or I bring down the door,” Mr Mojeed told the panel.

He said he thought it was armed robbers but summoned courage and opened the door, only to see four armed men in mufti, who pounced on him the moment he opened the door.

Confused about what the issue was, Mr Mojeed said the men beat him to the ground and his pregnant wife who was shouting and asking what the problem was, was slapped countless times.

“They chained my legs on the floor and handcuffed my both hands behind. In the process of doing that, one of the men pulled my wedding ring from my finger and collected Tissot wristwatch from my table. They also collected my wife’s wedding rings with several slaps.

“They went to my room, approached my cupboard, they picked the sum of N280, 000 and ransacked all aspects of my house,” he told the panel.

Mr Mojeed said the armed men, whose identities were unknown at the time, collected several documents from him.

These included his Zenith current account chequebook, Atm card, Diamond corporate account chequebook, four documents of landed properties, two shop documents, ID card, car documents and car key to Honda accord 2008.

He added that the men searched his car, took the sum of N50,000 from the car, took him to their Sienna car and drove off.

“They took me to Ikeja command, we got there around 11 p.m. The allegation as at then was that my car was a stolen vehicle,” he narrated.

He told the panel that he was tortured by the SARS officers till around 2 a.m. and was thereafter put in a cell.

The victim said the police came the next day to ask for the password to his phone which he gave and on seeing his alerts, they came back for him.

“They came back that I should give them the password to my personal account. They collected the atm, I gave them the wrong pin, they sent and came back, they could not cash out.

“Later that day, they pointed at Edward Obinna that I defrauded him of N97 million. Immediately I asked Mr Edward how much I defrauded him. He said he paid to my corporate account and I asked them to allow me get the bank statement to show proof.

“He later changed it that he paid to Yusuf Olatunji Balogun which is my cousin, the sum of N97million to procure some earth – moving equipment and he has been working with Mr Olatunji Balogun for the past two years and that Mr Balogun paid into my account and the money was with me, ” he told the panel.

The victim further narrated that the said Mr Balogun is his cousin and indeed pays him some money to buy properties on his behalf.

“Mr Yusuf pays me though, I buy properties for him and whenever he is in Nigeria, I tender his documents to him.

“I have never seen Mr Obinna or had any business dealings with him, he also admitted that he does not know me,” he said.

The victim said the torture by the police continued as he was handcuffed, hung and beaten with the flat side of a machete by the police.

“On October 22, under the supervision of Abba Kyari, I signed a check from my personal account, N150,000 twice, to a faceless Nurudeen Alabi.

“I was taken to Eco bank at Ikota, Ajah that same day that I had money there. There was an amount I fixed with Eco bank, they brought me to unfix it and transfer the money to them. The total amount was N15 million. The account manager suspected something was off and did not accept my application,” he told the panel.

They wanted me to transfer N41 million from my diamond corporate account to Edward Obinna. Due to the process of terminating the fee, they asked me to come back the following day, he added.

Mr Mojeed said he was returned to Ikeja, where the police started another round of torture saying he played a prank on them.

“At this time, they beat me that I could not see anymore, I was just hearing words,” he said with tears in his eyes.

“After I regained consciousness, they took me back to the cell. Around midnight, they brought me out with some inmates to unload three dead bodies in Hilux bus and threatened that if I didn’t comply, that is how they will waste me.

“On October 23, the following day, they took me back to Ajah, Diamond Bank. Before getting to the bank, they branched a boutique and bought me new clothes, jeans and cleaned me up and wore me the new clothes they bought for me.

“Mr Edward Obinna was behind us in his own car, following us. I was being led inside the bank, two officers went inside with me and sat like customers,” he said, now crying.

He further narrated that Mr Obinna accompanied him to where he picked a transfer form and wired N41 million to his account, adding that they waited at the bank until he received the alert.

Mr Mojeed further narrated that he was tortured and told to write a note and sign it that he transferred N41 million to Mr Obinna willingly.

The victim added that on October 24, 2014, he was taken to another Zenith bank branch, where he transferred N800, 000 to the same Mr Edward. He also paid another sum of N150, 000 through a cheque to Nurudeen Alabi under the supervision of Abba Kyari, the then OC, SARS.

“After achieving their objective, the police put a call through to my wife that she can terminate the presence of my lawyer that they are going to resolve the matter,” he said.

With the persistence of his lawyer, he was arraigned and released on bail on October 31, 2014, after spending 14 days in police custody.

The victim said he suffered poor sight and could not hear properly after the incident. He went to Ajeromi General Hospital, Ajegunle, where he was treated.