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Wednesday, 10 December 2014
VL MAGAZINE'S '10 MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN NIGERIA 2014'
APC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES ARE GOING ON IN LAGOS...........
The Presidential primaries of
the APC are going on at the Teslim Balogun Stadium Lagos. Five aspirants
including former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari rtd, former Vice
President Atiku Abubakar, Governors of Kano and Imo States, Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso
and Chief Rochas Okorocha, and the publisher of Leadership Newspaper, Sam
Nda-Isaiah will contest for the party’s presidential ticket.
Over 8000 delegates
are participating in the process.
POLICE BRUTALITY: A POLICEMAN ALLEGEDLY BRUTALISED HUSBAND& WIFE IN LAGOS!!!
The photo you
are looking at is that of one Ejeh Smith, 29, a photographer by profession and
his wife, Grace, 26. The couple alleged that a policeman, identified as Dada
Ogunsanya attached to the Ikoyi Police station attacked them with his rifle
along the Lekki Roundabout on Wednesday December 3rd.
According to Punch,
the couple who are currently receiving treatment at a Lagos Hospital for wounds
they sustained from the attack said they were in a taxi on their way to their
Parkview home when a 7-man Police patrol team at the Lekki Roundabout stopped
their taxi.
Narrating what
transpired, the driver of the taxi, Ndubuisi Iheaka said the police asked to inspect
his boot which he obliged and opened for them. He said they then demanded for
his driver’s license and as he was about getting it for them, they flashed
their lights on his passengers
"I was about
getting the driving license when he started flashing his torchlight on my
passengers who were sitting at the back. The wife told the officer not to flash
the torch on them since the inner light of the vehicle was on. Because of what
she said, the policeman asked them to come down from the cab. This started an
argument. The next thing I saw was that the policeman pulled my passenger
(Ejeh) by his trousers, and his wife went to plead with him to stop. But
instead, he slapped her and punched her husband. He was wearing a ring, which
inflicted a deep cut on Ejeh’s face. After that, he used the butt of his gun to
hit him in his eye and face. He also dragged his wife on the road.” the taxi
driver said
Grace, the
photographer's wife said the assault continued with the police officer stepping
on her stomach
"If I was
pregnant that night, I would have lost my pregnancy. I was only trying to pet
him to leave my husband since he did not have business with us. I told him to
face the cab driver and leave us alone. The other policemen were just looking
at him while he dragged me on the ground. A man riding a tricycle at the time
was the one who rescued me. He said the policemen must call their Divisional
Police Officer or else he would not leave the scene,” she said.
Mr Ejeh said as
they were being tortured, the DPO of the Ikoyi Police station, Mrs Aisha Haruna
arrived the scene and ordered that they be taken to their station to make
statement. He said he refused, insisting that they need medical attention. He
said he was dripping blood from his eyes and his wife was vomiting blood.
"We told her
that we needed to first treat ourselves before we could make statements. That
was when we were given forms and referred to the Falomo Police Hospital. We
paid for the treatment and we also went to the eye clinic for treatment.”
Grace said all
the video recordings she did of the incident on her phone have been deleted by
the police, including some of her personal data.
“Even my personal
data were deleted. And when I asked the DPO why she did that, she said we
deserved the treatment we got. She said she would have locked us up in the cell
if not for our injuries. She said we did not know how to talk,” Grace said.
While confirming
the incident, the Lagos state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth
Nwosu,said disciplinary actions would be taken once investigation into the
matter is concluded.
“Yes, the
incident happened in the Ikoyi division. Inquiries are on as well as
disciplinary procedures.”he said
Meanwhile the
Husband and Wife says they will be filing a petition to the Inspector General
of Police through their family lawyer.
Source: Punch
NOLLYWOOD ACTRESS FUNKE ADESIYAN WINS OYO HOUSE ASSEMBLY PRIMARY
Nollywood actress Funke Adesiyan, has won the Oyo State House of Assembly primary of the APC to represent the Ibadan South-East constituency at the state Assembly. A result of the primaries was released yesterday December 9th. Congratulations.
BREAKING NEWS : BOMB WENT OFF IN KANO AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON
A bomb reportedly went off
at a petrol station in Kano this afternoon. Eye-witnesses say the blast
happened at Filling Parking in Kantin Kwari Market in Kano around 3: 30pm.
Kantin Kwari market is said to be one of the largest markets in Kano. A detail
of the blast is still sketchy. More later...
Tuesday, 9 December 2014
A NIGERIAN FOOTBALLER STABS TO DEATH IN LONDON
Joel Adesina, 15, schoolboy,
and a talented footballer collapsed in Bethnal Green, in East London, on
Friday night after being knifed in the stomach. He was taken to hospital but
died three hours later.
Joel’s neighbours in Dagenham described him as an
ambitious schoolboy who came from a hard-working family and never stayed out
late and would be seen coming home in his football kit.
Ricky Downes, the manager of Bardag FC Yellows, Joel’s football team said Joel was
‘as good as gold’ and talented enough to play professionally.
‘To say that myself and the club are
devastated is an understatement, we are absolutely in bits.
‘Joel was a wonderful young lad who had the world at his
feet.
‘He was a very talented footballer and had ambitions of
playing professionally. I think he had a future in the sport and could have
played for a living. He added.
However, thePolice
said the teenager from Dagenham was walking with friends when they were
confronted by a group in a parked car.
The group were pursued into a housing estate where
neighbours heard ‘screaming and shouting’. Joel was cornered and stabbed.
A Scotland Yard spokesperson said: ‘Police were called by
London Ambulance Service to Bethnal Green Road, E2, at 23:04hrs on Friday, 5
December.
‘Officers attended and found a 15-year-old boy suffering
from serious stab injuries to the abdomen.
‘The boy was taken by London Ambulance Service to an east
London hospital.
He died in hospital at 02:12hrs on Saturday, 6 December.’
An 18-year-old man was arrested but was released with no
further action to be taken.
Detective Chief Inspector Chris Jones of the Met’s
Homicide and Major Crime Command said: ‘Anyone who may have witnessed this
altercation or have information which could assist the investigation is asked
to contact the police as soon as possible.’
CHIEF JIM NWOBODO DISOWNS HIS THREE CHILDREN FROM 1ST MARRIAGE...
The
former Governor of the old Anambra State Chief Jim Nwobodo ,addressed journalists today
in Enugu and accused two of his children (the ones he disowned today) Chukwudi and Nonso Nwobodo,
of stealing the
corpse of their older brother, Ifeanyi Nwobodo, who died in November after a
battle with cancer
Nwobodo addressed the problems he's having with
his sons at his home today. Continue to read what he told journalists...
"This is not
really a very happy occasion for me – at my age, I should be talking about
peace and not to get involved in something like this. Ifeanyi was my first son and unknown to us,
myself and my wife, his family hid him.
“When we got to know
that he was sick, we were very worried; we made sure he was taken to the best
cancer hospital in the US.”
"From the
day he died, I started planning for his burial. Because of politics, I felt
that I should bury him before the primaries.
“Chukwudi and Nonso
(Ifeanyi’s siblings) came to see me here and I told them that the burial will
be in two weeks time that they should come back so that we could plan for
it.
“As I am talking,
I have seen neither Chukwudi nor Nonso till date. Their sister, who came back
from US and called me to say that she is back, as I am talking to you, I have
not seen her.
“You start to
wonder- what kind of children are these? The press said I have two wives – it is not true. I divorced her
(former wife) before I became governor. I have the divorce papers, please don’t
refer to me as having two wives. I am a decent man. I have only one wife.
Please save me the trouble and embarrassment of talking about matrimonial
trouble, the church will not wed me if I have two wives.
"The children
through her (former wife) cannot be said to have been flesh and blood. I am
stopping at that – you know what I mean. A child that is yours will not hurt
you like this, these children cannot be my flesh and blood.
“My children love
me. It is only children that are not yours that will seize their brother’s dead
body. If they can steal the dead body of their brother, it is terrible,
unprecedented.”
Source: Punch
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