POLITICS: NUHU RIBADU'S POLITICAL MISADVENTURE

The defection of a former  chairman of the Economic and financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in August last year to contest the Adamawa governorship election has turned to be a political misadventure.

 Ribadu, however, justified his defection saying “In Nigeria, especially in politics, you can’t say that this is an exclusive party for the people who are thieves or this is for good people,” he said. He also argued that his defection was not borne out of his desperation to realise his political ambition but was based on his patriotic zeal to serve the country and his people. Despite the justification, some said his defection had more to do with his governorship ambition and the alleged failure of the APC to give him the expected support and compensate him for his “sacrifices” for the party.

It is interested to know that Ribadu, who flew the PDP flag in the April 11 governorship election in Adamawa state,came a distant third with 98,917 votes, lost to the candidate of the APC’s Jibrilla Bindow who polled 362,329 votes and, Engr. Markus Gundiri of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), who polled 181,806 votes.

In a statement he personally signed midway into the announcement of the result by the Returning Officer of the election, Prof. Geoffrey Okogbaa read thus:

 “My dear people of Adamawa State, I greet you in the best form of greetings. I had dreamt of coming back home to lead our dear state to greater strides after years of underdevelopment. I started this journey in August last year and successfully got the mandate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to fly its flag for the April 11 gubernatorial election.

“I came into this race knowing fully well that political contests are two-way traffics – one either wins or loses. As a man of faith, I was also aware that leadership responsibility is a product of God’s anointment. In the course of this journey, I have seen genuine support and encouragement from the people of Adamawa State. Several individuals from Adamawa and beyond contributed generously to keep the campaign going and many others devoted their time, energy and intellect to see to the success of this project. I sincerely appreciate this belief in my person and my ambition.

“The support I got from my party’s leadership and individual members from President Goodluck Jonathan down to the party agents in our polling units was overwhelming and gratifying. The party leader in the state, Barrister Bala James Ngilari and the state party chairman, Chief Joel Madaki led their lieutenants in making this journey memorable. “I came into this race with lofty dreams and clear vision for our dear state, but the voice of the majority has not given me this change. I take this in good faith. I want to take this opportunity to congratulate the winner and pray that at the end of it all our dear state will witness the needed progress and development it so much desires.”

Ribadu’s dismal performance can be attributed to the defections of the key members of the PDP in the state, such as former Deputy Senate Majority Leader, Jonathan Zwingina; a former Minister of State for Health, Dr. Idi Hong and two serving senators – Bello Tukur and Ahmed Barata at the eve of the governorship election. Zwingina, who spoke on behalf of the defectors, said they decided to pitch their tent with the APC to support Bindow. “We are positive of the change going on now in the country; we believe in the candidacy of Bindow,” he said.

NB: Though Ribadu told reporters after voting on election day at his Aliyu Mustafa polling unit in Yola that he would concede defeat if the result was against him. He did just that by issuing a press released midway into the announcement of the result by concede defeat to the APC’s governorship candidate Jibrilla Bindow. Having said that, Ribadu, to me is still a kindergarten student when it comes into political calculation. His next political move remains uncertain for now. However, with the gale of defections trailing the elections, it would not be out of place if he finds his way back to the APC.

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MY KIDNAP STORY: NANNY SPEAKS ON THEIR MODUS OPERANDI

Fumilayo Adeyemi, alias Mary Akinloye, who while posing as a nanny, was recruited through an online portal, OLX, and disappeared with the children of Mr. and Mrs. Leke Orekoya, a day after her employment has been arrested by police.

Adeyemi, alias Mary Akinloye , was paraded yesterday, and she narrated how her gang , comprising her family ( mother-in-law, her two sons and their wives), formed a kidnapping gang to extort money from the rich.

The children are: Aderomola, 11-month-old, Adedamola, 4, and Ademola, 6. The distraught parents later received a call to pay N15 million in ransom. Adeyemi gave an insight to the police on the modus operandi of her gang, saying the recent incident was not their first. She said they were behind the abduction of two brothers, Michael and Rafael Esharegaran from their home at Magodo, Lagos while also posing as a maid.

The Esharegarans were said to have paid N10 million, though the police denied knowledge of the payment then. Adeyemi, a mother of four, said her husband, also part of the syndicate, disclosed only N2.5 million ransoms.

Besides Adeyemi, who was the only member of the gang arrested, other suspects are her mother in- law, Mrs. Kareem (other name not yet known), Megida Akanni Kareem, Akeem Kareem and Ajoke Oseni (Akeem’s wife). Other members of the gang are on the run.

Adeyemi said she was forced to be a kidnapper and the idea to kidnap the Orekoya children was conceived by Oseni who sold it to her husband as well as hers. She said: “It was my husband and my brotherin- law who pushed me into this. They got the nanny job for me and taught me what to do.

“The first day I resumed, I waited for the parents to go out. My madam is a banker, so I took the kids. I put the smallest one on my back and I took them straight to our house. When I got home, my husband and his brother welcomed me and praised me for my action.
“They put a telephone call to the parents and demanded N15 million. I told them that amount was too much. The next day, they reduced it to N13 million. My mother-in-law, who lives with us, was not happy about the whole thing. I was really unhappy too when I realised that all the dailies have started carrying the news.
Whatever happens to me today, I deserve it because my action was wicked.” Adeyemi was arrested at Coker Estate, Shasha, Akowonjo, Lagos, but her husband, who was at the scene, escaped. It took detectives more than five hours before she started talking about how her family had been celebrating, each time a ransom was paid.

Adeyemi was arrested on Wednesday with her housemaid, Henrietta Odili, 16. Investigators said preliminary investigation showed that Odili was also kidnapped. She applied to the family of kidnappers as a housemaid and when she got there, they seized her phone and refused her access to her father. Odili said: “I have not been able to speak with my parents for five months. They do not know whether I’m dead or alive.” The rescue of the kids and Adeyemi’s subsequent arrest came barely days after the SARS team, led by the Officer in Charge, SP Abba Kyari, took over the case.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Kayode Aderanti, said the police rescued the three kids on Tuesday, at Shasha, Egbeda area of Lagos and the suspect, Adeyemi, was arrested on Wednesday at 9:20p.m. at Shasha, Lagos. Aderanti advised people, who want to employ housemaids, to visit the nearest police station.
Detectives believed that the family had been in the kidnap business for long, but Adeyemi said she started just last December and had only taken part in the abduction of the Esharegaran brothers and the Orekoya kids.

The police have also discovered that she used fake names on the OLX portal. A police source revealed how a trap was set for the kidnappers. He said: “Although the suspect and gang members were demanding N15 million, but I gathered that SARS detectives instructed the Orekoyas to pay a fraction of the ransom into the account of an unnamed bank.
“The account was opened in Ibadan, Oyo state. Detectives discovered a link between the contact number on the account and that of the nanny. The gang withdrew N400,000 from the account via ATM.” According to the source, detectives set up surveillance on the account and calls on the mobile phones of members of the syndicate.

Aderanti explained that sensing that the police were closing in on them, . “We encouraged the Orekoyas to maintain communication with the kidnappers. With the information gathered, the team was able to follow the link to where the nanny was arrested. “We know that she did not carry out the crime in isolation. Others are involved. I promise you that in a short while, they would also be arrested.”

Also, Orekoya said: “Due to ongoing investigation and in line with police directives, we shall not disclose the amount paid.” Orekoya added that the kidnappers requested that the money be paid into the account of an undisclosed bank, a ploy which the police asked him to comply with.
However, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Kenneth Nwosu, denied knowing if any ransom was paid by the Orekoyas. He said: “We are making frantic effort to arrest other fleeing members of the gang.
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ALLEGED KIDNAPPER CAUGHT WITH 4 GIRLS IN OGUN STATE

Nurudeen Badmus, 47, suspected kidnapper was caught at Abudu community, Iyana Ilogbo, Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, by an acquaintance of one of the girls he allegedly kidnapped. The acquaintance demanded to know where the suspect was taking the children to early in the morning. When he couldn’t offer a satisfactory explanation, he raised an alarm which attracted other members of the community. Badmus was beaten seriously by the residents and was later taken to the local chief’s (Baale) house where he was interrogated.

The suspect told the Baale that he was taking the children to Ajah in Lagos State where he claimed they came from.

“They came to me for financial assistance to enable them go to Ajah in Lagos State. I was taking them to Ajah when somebody identified one of them. I am only assisting them,” the suspect told the large crowd at the Baale’s house.

The kidnapped girls, however, denied that they sought financial assistance from the suspect. They claimed that he picked them from the community and told them that their parents were witches and were planning to kill them.

One of the girls who identified herself as Jumoke confirmed that the suspect was taking them out of the community, adding that they didn’t know where he was taking them to.

“My name is Jumoke. I am 16 years old. Badmus lives near my house. He told me my mother was a witch and that she was planning to kill me. He said I should follow him to a town to escape being killed. He warned me not to tell my mother. I didn’t know the place he was taking me to. He also tried to rape me but I resisted him,’’ she narrated.

The youngest of the girls who gave her name as Nimota, 9 years old, said the suspect picked her on the road.

“He picked me on the road and told me that my mother was a witch and was planning to kill me. He said I should run away with him. I don’t know where he was taking me,” she said.

When the parents of the children arrived  at the Baale’s house, they were full of praises for the community. They identified the suspect as a neighbour, stressing that they didn’t know he was a kidnapper. The Baale of the community later invited the police at Sango Police Station where the suspect was taken and interrogated.

Source: Pm News

CAUGHT ON CAMERA: HOUSE HELP BREASTFEEDING HER BOSS BABY...MOTIVE WAS SEXUAL...DOCTOR

Grace Mwikali Mwema,a house help was on Friday caught on camera breastfeeding her employer’s nine-month-old baby. According to report, she was just two days in the job when she was captured by a hidden camera in the living room. ..
The baby’s mother says she could not believe her eyes as she watched a live feed from the nanny camera on her smart phone while at work.

.She added that she was stiff worried that her baby could have been infected by the house help during the bizarre episode. She quickly took the lady for a medical check-up.To her relief, the lady tested negative for HIV and Hepatitis, both of which can be transmitted through breastfeeding.

“She had not left a suckling baby behind, nor aborted to justify why she was breastfeeding. The doctor confirmed this. Her motive was sexual. My child was a victim,” said the mother.
The baby’s mother said she bought a nanny cam for Sh10, 000 and installed it in the living room as a precaution to see what house helps do when she is not around.
“If u want to watch it live u have to have wifi in your house and are using a smartphone… I saw this act in real time, therefore I acted fast… she would denied it when we asked about, it is until we told her we have a camera that she admitted,” added the mother in a Facebook posting.
The house help, who is also a mother to a three-year-old child, was arrested and is in police custody awaiting trial.

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XENOPHOBIA: LEGISLATOR CALLS FOR EVACUATION OF NIGERIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA

The House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairperson, Nnenna Elendu-Ukeje, has called on the Federal government to initiate moves to evacuate Nigerians living in South Africa following recent xenophobic attacks. In an interview with NAN, she said:

“The Federal Government of Nigeria should rise up to the occasion by having contingency plans to evacuate Nigerians within 24 hours to avoid us losing our citizens to these attacks. It is expedient to think of where all Nigerians can gather within 24 hours for safety either in our embassy or mission for the safety of our citizens,” she said.

Also speaking, chairperson of the House committee on Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa condemned the attacks and said the House of Representative members will move a motion in its next plenary session to discuss the attacks

DEADLY DISEASES HIT IRELE: VICTIMS WAKE UP BLIND WITH HEADACHE & DIES WITHIN FEW HOURS

‘A beg wetin be dis oo’ .  A deadly diseases has hit Irele township in Ondo state. According to reports, the victims wake up blind, with a terrible headache and die within a few hours. At least 15 people who contracted the disease are feared dead!!!

Ondo state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dayo Adeyanju, said the disease was discovered yesterday but didn't say how the victims contracted the disease or how it can be passed on to others. ....