DINO MELAYE RECALL PROCESS CAN NOW CONTINUE~~ ABUJA HIGH COURT

An Abuja High Court has just dismissed Melaye's suit which sought to stop his recall process.
The Senator who represents Kogi West in the upper legislative chamber had approached the court in June of 2017; in a bid to stop his recall.

On June 21, 2017, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) confirmed that it had received the signatures from Melaye's constituents.The commission then slated August 19 for the verification of the signatures from Kogi West.

Melaye thereafter proceeded to the Abuja High court claiming that the petition contained the names of dead people.  to halt the recall process. The Judge then asked INEC to halt the recall process pending determination of Melaye's application.

In its ruling today, the High Court said contrary to Melaye's application which stated that he hadn't been granted fair hearing, the constitution doesn't require a special provision that compels INEC to grant the senator fair hearing.

The court,  presided over by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, thereafter ruled that Melaye be handed the recall petition, schedule of signatures attached to the petition and the list of persons who want the senator recalled, within two weeks.

By today's ruling, the Melaye recall process will now pick up from where it had stopped before the judiciary was brought into the unfolding scenario.

UPDATE: NIGERIAN MAN CHOCKED SELF TO DEATH AFTER SWALLOWING DRUGS~~SOUTH AFRICA POLICE

The death of a 36-year-old Nigerian man in Vryheid, South Africa has taken a new turn following allegations that he was killed by police in a xenophobic attack.

Aggrieved Nigerians claimed that Kingsley Ikeri was tortured and suffocated to death by the police who were conducting a drug raid on August 30.

According to Emeka Okoye, a friend of Mr Ikeri, who was arrested with him on the same day, the police took Mr Okoye to his house, they put a plastic over his face and handcuffed his legs and hands for over an hour and thirty minutes.

Recalling the story Mr Okoye narrated to Channels Television,  that he had never experienced anything like the ordeal before and that he nearly died. “Even now, if I cough, I cough out blood,” said Mr Okoye.

Mr Okoye said that the police then took him to the cells and took Ikeri away for, what he believes, was the same tortured.

However, the inquest investigation at the Ulundi police station,South Africa, however, tells a completely different story.

According to the police report, Kingsley is said to have died on Saturday, August 26, after choking on what is believed to be a small packet of drugs that he attempted to quickly swallow when police arrived at his house.

According to the statement, members of the Ulundi Public Order Policing unit conducted a drug operation in the Vryheid CBD on Saturday, August 26.

Emeka Okoye was arrested for the possession of drugs and detained. Upon being questioned, Mr Okoye is said to have given the police information regarding another drug dealer residing in East Street, but could not give the police his name.

After taking Mr Okoye to the cells, the police proceeded to the said house with the intentions to search for drugs and make possible arrests.

It is here where they found Kingsley Ikeri, who proceeded to swallow an unknown packet, downing it with a beer as they approached him. He is said to have started choking and members of the police took him to Vryheid Hospital where he was later declared deceased.

An inquest has been opened following his death and samples have been taken for a toxicology report.

The South African Police Service (SAPS) are hoping that the results will prove what really happened during the account and that the necessary steps will then be taken.

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PHOTOS: NIGERIA CUSTOMS SERVICE INTERCEPTS 1100 GUNS @TIN CAN PORT

The Nigeria Customs Service at the Tin-Can Island command has intercepted a 20-feet container marked GESU25255208,which was labeled to be carrying Wash hand basins, from Turkey, actually  carrying 600 pieces of Jojef Magnum Black, Pump rifles, Jojef Magnum Silver pump action rifles, Jojef Magnum plastic single barrel, hunting gun pump action rifles.

Controller General of Customs, Col. Ahmed Alli (rtd) , who was at the command where the guns were intercepted and paraded before newsmen, said one of the agency's officers  believed to have cut the seal of the container without following due process, as well as a clerk  at the command, had been arrested in connection with the discovery.

PHOTO: 3 SUSPECTS ARRESTED FOR KILLING 3 FEMALE STUDENTS IN ONDO FOR RITUALS AND SOLD THEIR BREASTS FOR N15 MILLION!

According to Vanguard,  3 men identified as John Adenitire, aka Emir; Fasayo  Fasanu, aka Abore and Alfa Abdulrafiu aka Tijani have been arrested for killing three female students of Adeyemi College of Education Ondo state. The three students went missing after they left their rented apartments for an unknown destination.


During their confession, they revealed that they killed the students and removed their left breasts and hands after they were promised N5million for each of the breasts and hands by suspected ritualists. They revealed that they buried the remains of their victims in the thick forest.

The suspects claimed that they were yet to receive their payment after delivering the breasts and hands to the man who linked them to the ritualists.

The decomposing bodies of two of the victims, Blessing Oladepo and Mary Oluwasemilore, have been recovered by detectives from the shallow graves where they were buried in the forest after Adenitre was arrested and took the police the members' hideouts

The middleman, identified as Sile, now at large, has been declared wanted by the police while

The place of the burial of the third victim, whose name was not disclosed, was yet to be ascertained by detectives.


After they left home, the victims were said to have been carried on motorbike by Adenitire and Fasanu who posed as Okada riders. At that point, the three girls were believed to have been hypnotised, diverted from their destination and taken to the forest where they were killed.

Tijani, according to sources, was the person who received the breasts and hands removed from the girls bodies and, in turn, gave them to Sile before the middleman disappeared without paying the promised N15million.

POSTERS TO RECALL BUKOLA SARALI POPS UP IN ILORIN!

Trouble may be looming for Senate Presidnet, Bukola Saraki as posters calling for his recall begin to pop up in Ilorin, the Kwara State .

 The circulating poster was designed and shared by a group called 'Kwara Must Change', titled ' Itanje Dopin Ni Ilorin'.  So far, there's no official statement from the group or any response from the office of the Senate President.

MAN WAS FOUND DEAD WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS METERS AWAY FROM FIANCE'S HOME IN DELTA STATE!

Late Mr Emeka Anionwu's family , 27, has refused to accept police investigation and revelation that their son was killed by armed robbers.

According to source,Emeka was found dead with gunshots wounds a few meters away from the gates of his fiancé, Chioma Iwuchukwu’s home.

The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), a Chief Superintendent of Police (ACP), Mr Andrew Aniamaka, said that Emeka was shot by robbers who raided his fiance’s father's home.
The deceased’s family had, however, described the police report as "cheap cover-up to avoid uncovering premeditated murder."

Aniamaka, in a situation report explained that three armed men, believed to be armed robbers, tried to rob Emeka, but he allegedly resisted and was consequently shot dead.
The image maker added: “That is the much we know for now. But we are investigating to bring these robbers to book. We’re already working on it. Immediately we got wind of the attack, our men, led by a Superintendent of Police (SP) moved to the scene, unfortunately, the robbers had fled. We only had to convey the corpse to the mortuary, and took inventory of their expended cartridges.”

The deceased’s sister, Linian said: "No robber killed my brother. He was murdered! The police have a duty to find out the truth. My late brother and Chioma had been dating for two years now, and her parents, just like ours, are aware of the relationship. Whether her father approves of the affair is no longer the issue here.

“On that fateful day, Chioma came to our Edejeba home to meet Emeka. He had just returned from offshore work. They left around 5pm to Enerhen, where her father’s home was located. They were supposed to return to Edejeba, but they stayed back on Chioma's insistence that her parents, who travelled, would no longer return till the next day.

"When Chioma's father visited the Enerhen Police Station the following day, he initially labeled my brother, in his first statement, as one among a robbery gang that attacked his home and got killed. He never mentioned that my brother was a guest of daughter. And that the lovers slept in his house, in company of Chioma's brother.

"The DPO was shocked after hearing my statement and that of Chioma. It was in my presence he called the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) to ask Chioma’s father to change his statement on caution. He told him that the matter was not of robbery, but suspected murder case. Chioma and his father knew how and why my brother had to die. They need to be questioned."
The deceased’s aunt, Jane Anionwu said: "We were summoned by the Delta State Commissioner of Police a couple of days after my nephew died. I told him that Chief Athan, Chioma’s father, has a case to answer.”

When contacted, Athan declined to speak much on the issue, stating that the matter was already before the police. He said that it was best to allow the police to do their job.

SUSPECTED HUMAN TRAFFICKER ARRESTED FOR INSERTING HOT BOILING RING INTO VICTIM'S VAGINA !

Miss Rita Chinenye Ani, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirate UAE) based, has been arrested along with her elder sister, Ngozi Stella Nnamani Ani (A.K.A Princess) by operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).

Rita, it was learnt  just returned home from Abu Dhabi to perform her traditional marriage rites preparatory to moving to the United Kingdom with her fiancé, was arrested in Ibadan by the newly established NAPTIP- Rapid Response Squad (NAPTIP-RRS).

Head, Press and Public Relations (NAPTIP), Josiah Emerole, said: “The lid on these suspects was blown recently after one of the victims returned from Abu Dhabi after four months of forced prostitution by Rita and under very excruciating conditions, including flogging and the insertion of hot boiling ring into her vagina when she did not make enough money a day and forceful collection of the proceeds of the prostitution from her by Rita.”

Yesterday, four persons, including Rita, Ngozi were arraigned before a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja for engaging in human trafficking. The other two are Ozigi Abdulkarim and Princewill James.
Emerole said that the four defendants, two males and two females, were arraigned before the court presided over by Hon. Justice Yusuf Halilu by NAPTIP.

The defendants were taken to court by NAPTIP on a 10 count charge that ran contrary to Sections 13, 14, 18 and 26(b) of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015. The NAPTIP legal team was led by Mr Aondona Orti, Chief Legal Officer.
The defendants were recently arrested by operatives of NAPTIP in two operations in Gwarimpa, Abuja and Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

Emerole said: “The victim, who is 19 years old, was recruited from Gwarimpa, Abuja by her ex-boyfriend Ozigi Abdulkarim, Ngozi Stella Ani and Princewill James for onward transfer to Rita Ani in Abu Dhabi UAE. They prepared her travel documents, took her to Ogbomoso, Oyo State where fetish oath was administered on her before the journey.”

When the case came up yesterday, the four defendants, who were represented by counsel pleaded not guilty to the 10 counts charge proffered against them. Counsel to Rita and Ngozi did not file a formal application for bail; hence the Presiding Judge ordered that they be remanded in prison custody. Their Counsel had earlier made an oral application to the court for them to be remanded in NAPTIP custody which the court turned down.

Abdulkarim and James on the other hand, had through their Counsel, M. Ojobor and Ugochukwu Opara made a formal application for their bail. The Judge granted them bail based on the conditions that they must provide two sureties each and that the sureties must not be below the rank of a Director in the Public Service in Abuja.

The sureties, who must own a house each in the FCT, must show proof of being in service by presenting their letters of first appointment and last promotion.
The case was subsequently adjourned to September 13, 2017 for hearing.