OGUNSTATE POLICE COMMAND RECOVERS N7.5 MILLION RANSOM FROM KIDNAPPERS

Police in Ogun state, yesterday said they had recovered N7.5 million ransom from suspected kidnappers in Ogun State.
 
The state Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, disclosed this while parading 11 suspected criminals at the headquarters of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Magbon, Abeokuta.

The suspects were held in connection with kidnapping, armed robbery and pipeline vandalism, among other crimes. Ali explained that the suspects were picked up from Sagamu and Ijebu-Ode by Federal Special Anti- Robbery Squad (FSARS) operatives during separate operations.

REV KING'S DEATH SENTENCED CAUSED BY WITCHES AND WIZARDS - MEMBERS

My people periches for lack of knowledge . One of the church Pastors  and member  of Christian Praying Assembly (CPA) which was hitherto run by Chukwuemeka Ezeugo aka Reverend King, who was last Friday condemned to death by the Supreme court, have alleged that the apex's court final decision on the murder charges against him was the handiwork of witches and wizards.

Pastors Ifeanyi King, according to the Nation, during the first church service after the Supreme Court decision at the Lagos headquarters of the church yesterday February 28th, one of the church Pastors, Ifeanyi King, who preached said

“Our G.O. (General Overseer) the most holiness, Rev King, is coming back. He said he would come back and we believe the words of his mouth. We believe his report that he is coming back. Everything happening now we know is the handiwork of witches and wizard. Soon a new story will emerge.

Whether people realise it or not, everybody now knows his holiness, our G.O. Rev King. The front pages of newspapers are flooded with his name. People are yearning to read about him in the social media. I can confirm to you that by all these, a lot of people have become endeared to him. Our Daddy G.O. shall live forever for us in Jesus name".

They sang hymns and danced to mark Reverend King's birthday whose death sentence was confirmed on his birthday which was last Friday Feb 26th.

HOW MY MOTHER IN-LAW 'LADY VIOLA ONWULIR'I UNHEALTHY INTERFERENCE ABOUT TO RUIN MY MARRIAGE (!)

Christina Onwuliri the daughter in-law to Ex-president Goodluck Jonathan’s female Minister of state Foreign Affairs and later state Education, has accused her mother in-law, Lady Viola Onwuliri of undue interference in the affairs of her home, whereby posing herself as a decision maker before issues of husband and wife can be carried out.

According to her, the former Minister made herself a mini-god in the lives of her male children, particularly her husband, Chukwuemeka Osmond Eleihe Onwuliri which makes it unbearable for their wives to handle family issues without the widowed former Minister’s interference.

Barely five years after their marriage, Christina informed that it’s been war between her, the former minister and son over her undue and unhealthy interference in the relationship of her children’s marriages.

“Since our marriage was contracted, my mother in-law has continually decided what happens in my home, thereby having undue and unhealthy interference in the relationship with my husband.

“Between 2011 and 2014, while I was living in Port Harcourt with my husband, he physically and mentally abused me. For example, when arguments concerning on way forward in the marriage, he gets infuriated and physically beats me and locks me up in the toilet for as long as he wishes,” she stated.

As informed, the current happenings which has escalated to the very level of the daughter in-law being locked out of her matrimonial home by her husband after being manhandled and abused by him has been a matter of  review before the Nigeria Police and Human Rights office in Abuja.

Not only that the former Minister allegedly influenced the reason to what made her son to lock his wife out of their matrimonial home and took possession of her two grand children.

“In another interference of my mother in-law, she said that my husband is not obliged to keep me in Canada where we based or elsewhere in the world. And after this encounter with her, my husband told me we will be visiting Nigeria in February. I had no misgivings about it.

“When we arrived the family house in Owerri, I noticed the presence of a Catholic priest, a serving Honourable member of the State House of Assembly and few others that I don’t know their names. Later, I noticed that my husband picked up a bag and was leaving without prior information to me. Cautiously, I approached him to know where he was going, but to my greatest surprise, he violently pushed me into a room and locked me up.

“At that point, I saw those men taking my children away without my consent. Then, I started screaming and was helpless but had no option than to start breaking the window panes in the room to get myself out. When they saw I was breaking the glasses, one of the drivers opened the door and I came out shouting for help, and then my children were nowhere to be found.”

Furthermore, she stressed that they equally seized her academic papers, traveling passports, Canadian residential documents alongside her personal belongings. A plan Lady Onwuliri allegedly perfectly carried out with the help of the above mentioned cohorts.

Over the failed move by the Nigeria Police to intervene into the matter, she said that the State Commissioner of Police in Imo State withdrew his men from it, even as he tagged it a marital issue that his commission cannot handle.       

Sensing foul play in the handling of her case, she called on the Human Rights Commission to thoroughly investigate the matter.

In related development, Onwuliri family went ahead yesterday morning to serve a divorce notice to Christina, in a move to rate her an ex-wife with the threat of the rising media reports and reactions in favour of her.

Report By: Ifeanyi Asomugha Ugwuh 

EMIR OF KANO SHARES LETTERS HE SENT TO AIG KANO ORDERING IMMEDIATE REALEASE OF ESE TO HER PARENTS

Oby Ezekwesili,former Minister of Education, reached out to the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, over the abduction 13 year old Ese Oruru. The Emir shared copies of letter he'd sent to the Assistant Inspector General of Police in Kano state ordering the immediate release of 13 year old Ese Oruru to the AIG in Bayelsa state who will in turn return her to her parents.  The Emir was reacting to reports that he was obstructing the release of Ese. Read some of the things the Emir said to the former Minister after the cut...

ROBBERS INVADE HOSPITALS IN OKITIPUPA...INJURES PATIENTS AND WORKERS !!!

Suspected armed robbers invaded two private hospitals at Okitipupa, the headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, injured patients and medical workers. 

The two attacks, sources in the town said, were carried out on Sunday and Monday last week. One of the patients in the hospital told our correspondent yesterday that the armed men attacked the hospitals between 10p.m. and 11.30p.m.

The robbers collected undisclosed amount of money from nurses and other staff of the hospitals. The robbers, he said, also forcibly collected some amount of money from the patients on admission while they mercilessly beat patients and nurses who had no money to give them.

GOVERNOR DICKSON'S SISTER RESCUED FROM KIDNAPPERS AFTER SPENDING 2-MONTH IN CAPTIVITY !!!

Nancy Dickson, 26 , the younger sister of Bayelsa State governor, Henry Seriake Dickson has been rescued on Sunday evening after spending over two months in the hands of kidnappers. A statement issued on Monday by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Daniel Iworiso-Markson.

According to him,

"some of the kidnappers took to their heels while others were apprehended following a tip off on their hideouts."

While calling on the people of the state not to succumb to the demands of ransom made by kidnappers, Governor Dickson assured that plans were underway to amend the Bayelsa State Secret Cult, Kidnapping and other Related Offences Prohibition Bill 2012 to proscribe payment of ransom in the state.

He stressed that the Bill when passed into law, would go a long way in putting a stop to the incidence of kidnapping in the state. Dickson urged Bayelsans to take a cue from his personal experience with kidnappers when his aged mother was abducted in 2009 and efforts were made to secure her release without payment of ransom.

As part of efforts to stem criminal activities in the state, Governor Dickson said "a comprehensive security strategy would be launched soon to boost government,s policy of zero tolerance on crime and criminality."

He therefore advised anyone or group of persons who indulge in the unwholesome practice to turn a new leaf as the full weight of the law would be brought to bear on any culprit.

AIT BEGS TINUBU FORAIRING 'LION OF BOURDILION'

DAAR Communications, owners of African Independent Television (AIT), yesterday, apologised to the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for airing a documentary ‘Lion of Bourdillion’ during the campaign for the 2015 Presidential election.

Tinubu had instituted a N150 billion suit before an Ikeja High Court against the company alleging that the documentary, which started airing on March 1, 2015, was libelous and aimed at tarnishing his image.

At yesterday’s proceedings before Justice Iyabo Akinkugbe, counsel to Dokpesi, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) informed the court that the warring parties had settled the matter out of court following an apology letter written by the defendant to Tinubu..

“My lord, we have come to court today to embrace Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Every war that is fought is always settled amicably on a roundtable. Both parties have expressed their desire to settle amicably based on the terms of settlement which the court has been furnished with. We reached the agreement to enable both parties to continue with the good relationship that they have always had. 

We have driven the devil away with a spiritual “Koboko”, Ozekhome told the court.

In his response, Tinubu’s counsel, Wole Olanipekun (SAN) also informed the court of the willingness of the APC leader to settle out of court.

“I align myself with the submissions and sentiments of my learned friend. I can also confirm that the term of settlement which was drawn up on the 29th of January has been accepted by both parties,” Olanipekun said.

He added: “I also want to appreciate the court for her patience all through the duration of the suit. I also appreciate the claimant who magnanimously agreed to settle out of court.”

The terms of agreement include a retraction of the broadcast by AIT, an apology by AIT which should be aired three times, once daily on AIT and that the claimant and the defendant shall bear their respective costs in the suit.

In an apology letter by Daar Communications Plc and presented before the court, the company stated that it ‘acknowledges that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is an outstanding political leader of unblemished character and integrity, as well as a leading public figure and opinion moulder who has made and continues to make immense, colossal and gargantuan contributions to the progress and development of the nation in general and Lagos State in particular.’

“Daar Communication Plc admits that in airing the said documentary, it had no intention whatsoever to embarrass or diminish the high reputation of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu which it respects and attests to. Daar Communications Plc hereby makes a public and unequivocal retraction of the said documentary titled ‘Lion of Bourdilon’, which was broadcast on its television station, AIT.

Daar Communications Plc hereby tenders unreserved apology to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the broadcast of the documentary on its television station, AIT. Daar Communications Plc prays that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will live long to make more enormous contributions to the advancement of our nation, Nigeria, Lagos State and the world at large,” it stated.