POLICE : HOW CHIEF OLU FALAE WAS RESCUED FROM HIS ABDUCTORS

The Nigeria police has given insight into how a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Olu Falae, was rescued by its personnel, in an operation it said was coordinated by Inspector General Solomon Arase.

But Police spokesperson, Olabisi Kolawole, said in a statement Thursday night that the former minister was rescued after the Force launched aerial and land operations in search of the kidnappers.

Ms. Kolawole said, “The rescue of Chief Olu Falae from his captives on September 24th, 2015 was made possible as the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, fdc NPM coordinated both aerial and land operations to ensure the freedom of the former presidential candidate of the SDP.

“The operation which started in the early hours of the aforementioned date, combed every nook and cranny of Ondo state till success was achieved in Owo.

“Speaking in Owo while re-uniting Chief Olu Falae with his family, the Inspector-General of Police said; those who think Nigeria is lawless should have a rethink as the Nigeria Police Force and other sister agencies are everywhere to deal decisively with those miscreants who intend to test the capabilities of the Force.

“He further said that the Former Secretary to the Federal Government is hale and hearty meanwhile, the Nigeria Police promised to leave no stone unturned till the perpetrators of the dastardly act are brought to book.”

UPDATE: FAKE 'DOCTOR' SOLD BABY FOR N300K TO CHILDLESS COUPLE

Olawale Omolaja (below) was arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command for selling a week-old baby for N300,000 to a childless couple. Omolaja was arrested along with a couple Dele and Radiat Onogbile, following a tip-off. He reportedly sold the baby to the couple after they paid him N136,000 as an advance. Left is the biological mother of the baby sold!

The cat was let out of bag after the couple’s landlady in the Mile 12 suburb of Lagos discovered that the woman had a new born baby without being pregnant. She was said to have notified the Ketu Police Division of the suspicious presence of a new born baby in the couple’s home. Upon interrogation, it was discovered that Mr Omolaja, billed the couple N300,000 for the baby. 

Further investigation revealed that the baby’s mother, Idiat Babatunde, a student at the Offa Polytechnic in Kwara State, initially claimed said she gave Mr Omolaja her baby in order to go and complete her clearance in school; it appears she knew about the sale of her child. Idiat, 39, claimed she left the baby in Mr Omolaja’s care because he’s a doctor and a friend to her husband.

It was also gathered that Idiat collected N70,000 from the 136,000 before leaving for school. She was said to have given the baby up because her supposed husband, Akiola, abandoned her after impregnating her and relocated to Rivers State.

Unable to fend for the child a week after it was born, she handed over the baby to Mr Omolaja, who has been the Onogbile's doctor since 2009. Their marriage was at the brink of collapse as a result of childlessness and that they were separated until the baby was handed over to them on September 14. Idiat said:

"I gave birth in September 5 and on September 13, I gave the baby to Dr Omolaja because I needed to go back to school in order to complete my clearance so that I can go for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) with the next batch. I gave him the baby because I was having issues with my husband and we have been separated. I planned to spend two weeks in school and two weeks in Lagos but that same week that I went to school, I received a call that I should come and identify my baby at Ketu police station. I was surprised because I did not know what my baby could be doing in Ketu."

The childless couple said they repeatedly asked Mr Omolaja about the mother of the child but he told them that the baby's biological mother was dead. Police say all the arrested persons will be charged to court immediately after the current Sallah holidays.

 

FREE AT LAST : POLICE RESCUE FALAE....

The Nigerian Police on Thursday rescued a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, from his abductors.

The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, who personally took Falae to his house at Obaile Road, Akure, the Ondo State capital, said it was not possible for criminal elements to hold the state to ransom.

He said: “Before the President gave the directive, the police had taken steps.
“Since Monday we have been doing our job to rescue him even before the directive.”
Asked if any arrest had been made, Arase said: “I will make that known later.”

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VIDEO: ILORIN YOUTH STONE BUKOLA SARAKI @ PRAYING GROUND CHANT 'THIEF,THIEF,,,,

Nigeria’s Senate President Bukola Saraki ,was today 24^th  September, 2015 attached  by  , angry worshippers at the Eid Praying Ground in Ilorin, Kwara State capital…….hurling stones and sachet water against him, even as police tried to disperse them; chanting 'ole, ole' meaning 'thief, thief....Watch...VIDEO

PHOTO/TWEETS; BUKOLA SARAKI REPORTEDLY HUMILIATED @ ILORIN PRAYER GROUND

 Bukola Saraki was whisked out of the Ilorin Eid Prayer ground this morning after some aggrieved residents of the state threw stones and sachet water in his direction. See the tweets after the cut….

EX-GOVERNOR TIMIPRE SYLVA SABOTAGE BAYELSA GOVERNORSHIP PRIMARY...OSHIOMOLE

Adams Oshiomole, Edo state governor, who served as the Chairman of the Electoral Committee in the APC governorship primary election in Bayelsa State yesterday, has accused a former governor of the state, Timipre Sylva of using his thugs to sabotage the governorship primary. At a press conference he held today on the outcome of the deadlock primaries Oshiomole said:

“I was appointed with six other members from the APC to conduct the primary election of the governorship election in Bayelsa State. The exercise took place yesterday (Tuesday) and somehow, thugs took over the sports complex, where the exercise was to take place. They practically prevented the actual delegates from participating and as a result, we could not proceed with the exercise.
The committee was virtually held hostage, including my humble self. This time, they were supervised unfortunately by one of the aspirants, the former governor of the state, Timipriye Sylva, who said to my face and to the committee that we could not leave the venue of the conference unless we conduct the exercise without accreditation, as prescribed by the national secretariat. It is important that we state clearly that the national secretariat has adopted a standard guideline for the conduct of governorship primary and this guideline were used effectively in Kogi State and it produced a candidate in which all the aspirants were quite happy with.

 The key issues in this guideline, as handed down by the party, is that delegates, as contained in the list, have to be identified either though the Permanent Voter Card or the National Identity Card or international passport. This was to ensure that proper accreditation was done because the integrity of an election rests primarily on the integrity of the accreditation process; once the accreditation suffers any defect, it affects the entire exercise. As they say, you cannot build something on nothing. Whereas all the aspirants agreed with this guideline, it is only Sylva that did not agree with it. He rejected this mode of accreditation and chose to accuse the national secretariat of formulating the guideline to frustrate his ambition. Every effort made to reassure him and direct his attention to the fact that same guidelines have been used and that they are standard guidelines that will be used in future elections fell on deaf ears. He insisted that we cannot leave the place unless we are ready to conduct the election without recourse to accreditation, as stipulated by the party and, of course, I was not in a position to amend the guideline, nor was I ready to submit to his intimidation.

Sylva insisted that it is the State Secretariat and not the national body that should conduct the primary and that it was wrong for the national body to conduct primaries without involving the state leadership of the party and therefore, as far as he was concerned, we must proceed with the election without complying with the guidelines of the national secretariat. When it became clear that our lives were under threat, I had to call Abuja to prevail on the Joint Task Force to provide me with security to enable me to leave the venue of the primary because thugs had effectively blocked the gates under the instructions of Sylva. I have since forwarded our report to the National Secretariat namely that the primary could not be conducted because of these and several other malpractices.” he said

BUSTED: SYNDICATE THAT SPECIALIZED IN SENDING NIGERIAN GIRLS TO DUBAI 4 PROSTITUTION ARRESTED

Syndicate, which specialized in sending Nigerian girls to Dubai for prostitution, have finally arrested by operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP)

Investigation revealed that the syndicate is behind two videos which went viral some weeks back on the social media. The videos showed two girls, stark naked, promising a woman, rolling the tape that they would never run away with her money. They had further taken an oath that calamitous events would befall them if they fail to keep to their promise.

Mr. Josiah Emerole, NAPTIP, Assistant Director, Head, Press and Public Relations, while addressing journalists said that NAPTIP was already working with Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA) and an international agency to arrest other fleeing madams in Dubai.

He noted that presently, five suspected madams had been arrested in Nigeria namely: Blessing Gabriel 25, who is the prime suspect, Precious Ejiro Owoh, 29, Rose Gabriel, 25, Priscilla a.k.a Prisca Effiong Bassey, 33 and Terry Homuere Smooth.

Emerole said: “Early August 2015, the media, especially the social media was awash with nude visuals of two of our citizens, Ann and Chisom, filmed and uploaded by some of our unpatriotic citizens engaged in trafficking of girls from Nigeria to Dubai, the United Arab Emirate for sexual exploitation.

“The nude visuals which caused some uproar within many circles in Nigeria and raised questions among our international partners showed the two girls being forced to swear to an oath of allegiance separately while nude.

They were made to claim that they came to Dubai on their own volition to engage in prostitution and ready to obey their madams without reporting to anybody. The women that filmed the video threatened to upload the nude visuals if the girls did not act accordingly. 

The blackmail videos are part of the Dubai Syndicate’s control mechanism which also includes oath taking, and confiscation of travel documents to ensure obedience and submission.”