PRESIDENT OBAMA PRESENTS JEGA WITH CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION

Professor Attahiru Jega, a few days ago was presented a Certificate of Commendation by US President Barack Obama over the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections on March 28th, which they said was free and fair, credible and the best election Nigeria ever held.

Presenting the 'Certificate of Commendation' on behalf of the US government, the US Ambassador to Nigeria, James Etwistle, said Jega's performance with the election was 'outstanding and worthy of emulation.'

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COUPLE WHO NEARLY KILLED THEIR CHILDREN IN IKORODU HAVE BEEN ARRESTED

Mr. Seun Odebunmi, 36, father of Damilare and Michael, and his wife, Adepeju Odebunmi ,also the step-mum of the two, have been arrested by the police for abusing their children.

 According to the Seun, “Damilare and Michael are the children I had from my first wife; their mother abandoned them when they were four years and two years old, respectively.

“I am a company driver before I had this accident that affected my legs. I have undergone two surgeries. While I was still driving, I leave home very early and come back late. Each time I return from work, I get complaints about the two of them.

“My wife and I went out; when we came back we found out that Damilare has taken my drugs. I was the one that beat him up. But I wanted to take him to the hospital before people in the community called the police, who came to his rescue.

“We did not mean to cause the children any harm,” he said. “All we did was discipline them for stealing,” he added.

“We have not registered both of them in school because we are still searching for a better school for them.”

Wife’s story
 “I am their step-mother. My husband disciplined Damilare because he steals food in the house. He is fond of going into the kitchen to steal food, including soup from the pot.

“When I returned from an outing with my husband, I met Damilare swallowing his daddy’s drug. The daddy got angry and beat him up, then sent him out of the house. He wanted to take his shower before taking Dami to the hospital.

“The neighbours invited the police, who arrested us. I always report to their father when they misbehave. Most times, I discipline them myself. I use the same cane on them and my biological children and give them food three times daily.

“The scars on their body are from rough play.”

Her (Adepeju Odebunmi) daughter’s version:

Her daughter said: “Mummy usually beats Damilare with horsewhip and plank.
“She always beat them up and if I share my food with them, she will quarrel with me, but she will not beat me.”
It would be recalled that the couple was arrested after residents in the community raised alarm on the abuse suffered by the children when eight years old Damilare Odebunmi was found lying in the sun with blood dripping out of injuries on his back, after an alleged beating by their step-mother for taking Vitamin C.

A relative’s tears:
Seun’s relative (names withheld) said: “We do not know how he got involved with the second wife, or why he chose to treat his own blood with so much disdain.

“Would you believe Seun married the second wife without the knowledge of any member of his family? As if that was not enough, he relocated to another area in Ikorodu to cut off links with his family and relatives.

“It was when this trouble started we discovered that he lives here in Ikorodu, married a woman who has grown up children from her previous marriage.”

Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, said the children had been discharged from Ikorodu General Hospital and the case charged to court.

IFEANYI UBA ARRESTED OVER N22.4 BILLION SUBSIDY FRAUD !!!

Mr Ifeanyi Uba, the Managing Director of Capital Oil & Gas Industries Ltd, has been arrested over the involvement of his firm in a N22.4 Billion subsidy fraud. He was arrested at exactly 2.00pm Tuesday

Mr Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede’s led 15-man Presidential Panel constituted by President Goodluck Jonathan to re-investigate the findings of the report of an earlier investigation panel indicted Capital Oil for fraud.

The findings revealed that Uba made a whooping N22.4 Billion from the subsidy scam.

According to the sources, it was learnt that NNPC allocated to Uba’s Capital Oil 75% of kerosene supplies to distribute to the entire country at N50 pump price, but  the cheapest of the product at the depot is N120 per litre & N135 at the filling stations while Capital Oil makes more than N70 on each litre of kerosene sold.

Sources hinted that Uba who made a payment plan of N2 Billion with AMCON reneged severally and started playing hide and seek anytime the Mustapha Chike Obi led agency approaches him to pay up his debts.

Capital Oil is one of the firms which received dodgy payments running into billions of naira from the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) on kerosene, petrol and diesel subsidy.

Government paid a total sum of N3.655 trillion to beneficiaries of fuel subsidy between 2006 and 2011, while amount jumped to a whooping N1.426 trillion between January and August last year.

Investigations reveal that Uba, is one of the most notorious subsidy scammers, has several collaborators.

 The EFCC has already been mandated to investigate all the subsidy beneficiaries, which include Oando, Integrated Oil and Gas, MRS, AA Rano. A-Z Petroleum, ASB, Arcon Oil, African Petroleum, Aminu resources, Con Oil, Avante Guard, Avido, Boffas and Brila Energy.

Other are D Jones Petroleum, Downstream Energy, Dosil Oil Inco Ray, Eternal, Folawiyo Energy, Frado International, First Deepwater, Heden Oil, Honeywell Petrol, AMP, Channel Oil, Fort Oil, Bovas, Obat Oil, Ipman Investment, Atio Oil, AMP, and Ernac Oil.

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OBA AKIOLU'S JOKE TAKEN TOO FAR...OBY EZEKWESILI

 Mrs Oby Ezekwesili has taken to her twitter page, says Oba of Lagos has taken his joke too far, and suggested that the Oba should apologise and let the matter rest instead of escalating, insisting insurgency started in a similar manner. In her words, ‘’ this is exactly how we kept moving on without tackling insurgency until it grew into the monster of today. Always resolve issues, Do it now,’’ Her tweets after the cut......

EMULATE PRESIDENT JONATHAN & CONCEDE DEFEAT...TONY ANENIH APPEALED TO HIS PARTY MEMBERS

Chief Tony Anenih, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, has appealed to candidates of his party, who lost out in the National Assembly election to emulate President Goodluck Jonathan and concede defeat.
 In a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja yesterday, Chief  Anenih appealed to aggrieved candidates to shun litigation and embrace the winners of the election.

Anenih said: “A keenly contested presidential election, which many predicted would spell doom for Nigeria, has ended gloriously, with everyone a winner. I congratulate the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, on his victory.  Nigerians are expecting great things from him. It is my hope that he will take this great country to greater heights in the journey towards our manifest destiny.

“I salute the statesmanship of President Goodluck Jonathan in conceding defeat, even before the official declaration of results was done. By this noble act, President Jonathan has made an indelible mark on the sands of time. History will be very kind to him.

“President Jonathan has worked selflessly to deepen democracy in Nigeria. His consistent advocacy of the rights of the people to freely choose their leaders had earlier yielded free, fair and credible elections in some states of the federation.

“Now, a peaceful transition is expected to follow after the general elections. The 2015 presidential election, in which the incumbent president lost to the opposition, has become a source of pride to Nigeria. It has portrayed to the world that democracy in Nigeria compares to the best anywhere.

Chief Anenih commended the General Abdulsalami Abubakar-led peace committee for its moral advocacy that culminated in the non-violent reception of the outcome of the presidential election.

PASTOR & HIS WIFE ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY KIDNAPPING NEWBORN BABY TO SELL FOR N300K

The General overseer of a Pentecostal church in Akwa Ibom state identified as Pastor John and his wife, Deborah (pictured above) have been arrested by the Akwa Ibom state police command for allegedly kidnapping a newborn baby with the intent of selling him to a child trafficking syndicate  at the cost of N300,000!!!

According to source, the couple would adopt little babies in the guise that they want to raise them and then they would sell the children to their child trafficking syndicate.

Confessing to the crime, Pastor John said “We have the mission to train children  nd suddenly we changed our mind, when my wife and I ventured into selling of a new baby for N200,000.00 or N300,000.00 since we have a syndicate who could sell it for us’’he said.

In a related development, the state police have arrested one lady simply identified as Sabbath for selling her 5 day old baby for N90, 000. Sabbath gave birth to a set of twins and decided to sell one of them, blaming it on poverty.

When interrogated, she said ‘It was poverty that led me into this mess. It is true that I sold one of my twins for N90,000.00 to  Mr Akpanam and Mr Samuel to be able to train the other baby. My husband’s family should forgive me for what I have done, it was poverty that led me into this’ she said.